
Gary Graver
Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' fin...
Biography
Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cinematographer, working over a period of six years on Welles' epic film The Other Side of the Wind which was released in 2018, 48 years after it was started. Graver began his career in the late 1960s as a cinematographer and editor of various B-movies, including several films by Roger Corman, before providing additional camerawork on John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence (1974). He continued to serve as the cinematographer of numerous horror films from the late 1970s and through the 1980s, including The Toolbox Murders (1978), Trick or Treats (1982), which he also wrote, edited, and directed; Mortuary (1983), They're Playing with Fire (1984), and Twisted Nightmare (1988). Under the pseudonym of Robert McCallum, Graver was also a prolific director of adult films, working as a cinematographer and director on 135 features. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Graver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
A Woman Under the Influence1974 · Second Unit Director, Additional Camera3.9ActuallyLike
Always1989 · Additional Photography3.1ActuallyLike
F for Fake1973 · Self3.7ActuallyLike
The Other Side of the Wind2018 · Documentary Filmmaker3.4
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018 · Self (archive footage)3.5
Eating Raoul1982 · Second Unit Director of Photography3.2
Up!1976 · Production Assistant2.8
The Sword and the Sorcerer1982 · Additional Photography2.8Cast credits
F for Fake1973 · Self3.7ActuallyLike
The Other Side of the Wind2018 · Documentary Filmmaker3.4
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018 · Self (archive footage)3.5
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson2019 · Himself (archive footage)3.4
Girls for Rent1974 · Billy2.4
Orson Welles' Magic Show1985 · Self3.6
Horror of the Blood Monsters1970 · Earthly Vampire (uncredited)1.6
Masseuse1996 · Bob2.1
The Dirty Dolls1973 · Charlie2.6
Bad Girls from Mars1990 · Camera Guy1.9
Invisible Mom1996 · Psych Patient2.5
Operation Cobra1997 · Conspirator2.4
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns1971 · Tim Harris3.3
The Embracers1966 · The Boy4.0
Working with Orson Welles1993 · Himself2.9
Edge of Outside2006 · Self2.9
The Hard Road1973 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)2.5
Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles1993 · Cast3.3Crew credits
A Woman Under the Influence1974 · Second Unit Director, Additional Camera3.9ActuallyLike
Always1989 · Additional Photography3.1ActuallyLike
F for Fake1973 · Additional Photography, Co-Director3.7ActuallyLike
The Other Side of the Wind2018 · Director of Photography3.4
Eating Raoul1982 · Second Unit Director of Photography3.2
Up!1976 · Production Assistant2.8
The Sword and the Sorcerer1982 · Additional Photography2.8
Evil Toons1992 · Director of Photography2.5
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers1988 · Second Unit Director of Photography2.8
The Toolbox Murders1978 · Director of Photography2.8
Mortuary1982 · Director of Photography2.6
Demon Wind1990 · Additional Photography2.5
Grand Theft Auto1977 · Director of Photography2.7
Invasion of the Bee Girls1973 · Director of Photography2.3
Sweet Sixteen1983 · Second Unit Director of Photography2.4
Sorceress1995 · Director of Photography2.5
It's All True1993 · Director of Photography3.8
They're Playing with Fire1984 · Director of Photography2.5