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Russ Meyer, (born March 21, 1922), is a American motion picture director.
He made a number of amateur films at the age of 15, and worked during World War II as a newsreel cameraman. Upon returning to civilian life, he became a glamor photographer, and found himself working for Hugh Hefner's newly launched Playboy magazine.
From here, he became a director of nudie films. His films are more ribaldry than pornography, and seem unusually focused on women with large breasts. His later films are almost entirely devoted to this vision; his discoveries include Kitten Natividad and Uschi Digard. He co-wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls with Roger Ebert. Faster, Pussycat. . . Kill! Kill! is usually considered to be his greatest, or at least his most idiosyncratic, picture.
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Russ Meyer Facts
| Birth Name | Russell Albion Meyer |
| Occupation | Director, Producer, Writer |
| Birthday | March 21, 1922 (87) |
| Sign | Aries |
| Birthplace | Oakland, California, USA |