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Jack Hill

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (January 28, 1933- )
    Born in Los Angeles, California
    Directed 'Spider Baby'(1968), 'Pit Stop' (1969), 'The Big Doll House' (1971), 'Coffy' (1973), 'Foxy Brown' (1974), 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975) and 'Sorceress' (1982)

Why he might be annoying:

    He produced mail order nudist films early in his career.
    He gave his movies campy titles.
    He originally wanted to study music but ended up ‘drifting’ into film.
    He stopped making films in the 80s to study meditation and write a novel (that he never finished).
    He blames racism for poor reviews of his blaxploitation movies.
    Despite considerable success in the 70s, he was forgotten for years.
    He says he hates violence, yet he made some very brutal films.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a classmate of Francis Ford Coppola and apprenticed with Roger Corman.
    He made the first women’s prison pictures and popularized the blaxploitation genre.
    ‘Coffy’ and ‘Foxy Brown’ made Pam Grier a star.
    He could make a film in a few weeks time only.
    He watched his movies in regular theaters, the better to gauge audience reaction.
    He advises novice independent filmmakers to ‘pray for luck.’
    He influenced Quentin Tarantino who helped revive interest in his work.

Credit: Georgina


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying