Howard Avedis

Howard Avedis
Born(1927-05-25)May 25, 1927
Baghdad, Iraq
DiedOctober 25, 2017(2017-10-25) (aged 90)
United States
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, author

Howard Avedis, born Hikmet Labib Avedis, was a film director, producer and author

Background

Avedis lived in Southern California with his wife Marlene.[citation needed]

As a film student, he studied at the University of Southern California and won the George Cukor Award.

As of 2014, he was working on his second novel. His first publication was Hotel Paradise: Nothing Is As It Seems.[1]

Film work

His early work as a director included The Stepmother in 1972, a film that starred Alejandro Rey.[2] In 1974, he directed and produced The Teacher, shot in 12 days all around Los Angeles, on a budget of $65,000 using the investor producers home, her boat and clever use of the industrial abandoned (used mostly for location shooting ) industrial manufacturing section in east L.A., a film that starred Angel Tompkins, Jay North and Anthony James.[3][4] in 1975, he produced and directed The Fifth Floor, a film about a young lady who gets sent to the psych ward called "The Filth Floor". It starred Dianne Hull and Bo Hopkins.[5] Other films he has produced or directed include Mortuary, Separate Ways and They're Playing with Fire.[6] Crown International released the film and The Teacher has remained a popular cult film to this day.[citation needed]

In 2007, his film The Teacher paired with The Pick Up and released on a DVD titled "Welcome to the Grindhouse: Two Sinful Shockers".[7] In May 2012, his 1983 horror film Mortuary was transferred to DVD, with special features included, in HD mastered from the original Inter-Negative. It was released by Scorpio Releasing in conjunction with Camelot Entertainment.[8]

Filmography

As Howard Avedis

As Hikmet Avedis

As Hikmet L. Avedis

Books

  • Hotel Paradise – (2014) ISBN 149357566X, 9781493575664[11]

References

  1. ^ Google Books Hotel Paradise: Nothing Is As It Seems
  2. ^ French Film Site The Stepmother (1972)
  3. ^ The Southeast Missourian August 9, 1974 Page 17 Star Vue Drive-In
  4. ^ Imdb Howard Avedis
  5. ^ Reading Eagle April 30, 1980 Page 44, 'Fifth Floor' You' Have To Be Nuts To See This Movie By Jennifer J. Hollingshead
  6. ^ The New York Times Howard Avedis Filmography
  7. ^ IGN August 7, 2007 Grindhouse Double Feature: The Teacher and Pick-up We take a double-dip...in blood! by Adam DiLeo
  8. ^ Horror-Movies.Ca Scorpio Releasing Unleashes Mortuary Onto DVD by Chris Savage
  9. ^ At a Theater Or Drive-in Near You: The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film by Randall Clark Page 195 Directors Filmographies Hikmet Avedis/Howard Avedis
  10. ^ Imdb Howard Avedis
  11. ^ Google Books Hotel Paradise: Nothing Is As It Seems