Fred Olen Ray
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Fred Olen Ray spent most of his childhood in Florida, where he was
always a fan of horror movies on TV. He collected autographs of many of
the actors in those films where he met
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. His early
career was filled with low-budget horror and science-fiction films, but
the market eventually dried up and he switched to producing softcore
"T&A" videos of the type shown late at night on Showtime and Cinemax.
His films rarely cost more than $500,000, and he has written under at least
30 different pen names; he was one of the first to fill time at the
end of his films with outtakes, now a common practice in other comedy
films. The outdoor sets are often CGI backdrops and many sets are in
his own home or near it. Ray often can share credit for his softcore
film success with the late cinematographer/director
Gary Graver, big shoes for him to fill while
working with an excess of tattooed and body-beaded new performers in
this genre.
