Beverly Sebastian is an American film director, writer, and
cinematographer
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whose
independent films
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in the 1970s and 1980s were predominantly
exploitation pictures similar to the work of
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
and other directors in the 1960s at independent studios like
American International Pictures
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. Her husband,
Ferd Sebastian
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* Ferd (nickname), a list of people with the nickname, usually a short form of Ferdinand
* Ferd Napfel, 1960s American drag racer
* Ferd (company), a Norwegian holding company
* Melvin Ferd III, the hero and title character of i ...
, often co-directed with her.
After directing ''Running Cool'' in 1993, she and her husband retired to Florida. As of 2012, Sebastian runs the ''Greyhound Foundation'' which saves
Greyhound
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dogs retired from racing, gives them medical assistance and trains them with prisoners.
Director and writer filmography
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Running Cool'' (1993)
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American Angels: Baptism of Blood'' (1989)
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'Gator Bait II: Cajun Justice'' (1988)
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Rocktober Blood
''Rocktober Blood'' is a 1984 horror film, directed by Beverly Sebastian and starring Tray Loren, Donna Scoggins and Cana Cockrell. It features the band Sorcery (band), Sorcery as actors and on the soundtrack.
Plot
The film opens in a recording ...
'' (1984)
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On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
''On the Air Live with Captain Midnight'' is a 1979 American comedy-drama, comedy-drama film directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian with Tracy Sebastian as Marvin Ziegler, also known as Captain Midnight (not to be confused with the Capta ...
'' (1979)
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Delta Fox'' (1979)
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Flash and the Firecat
Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional aliases
* Flash (DC Comics character), several DC Comics superheroes with super speed:
** Flash (Barry Allen)
** Flash (Jay Garrick)
** Wally West, the first Kid F ...
'' (1975)
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'Gator Bait
''Gator Bait'' (U.K. title: ''Swamp Bait'') is a 1974 film written, produced, and directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian.
The film starred former Playboy "Playmate of the Year" Claudia Jennings. It was followed by the sequel '' 'Gator ...
'' (1974)
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The Single Girls
''The Single Girls'' (also released under the titles ''Bloody Friday'' and ''Private School'') is a 1974 exploitation film about a group of swingers at a Caribbean resort who are stalked by a mysterious killer. The film was directed by Beverly Se ...
'' (1974)
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The Hitchhikers
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'' (1972)
*''Red, White and Blue'' (1971)
References
External links
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Living people
American film directors
American production designers
American women film directors
American women screenwriters
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women film producers
Women production designers
21st-century American women
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