Erwin C. Dietrich
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Erwin C. Dietrich is a Swiss film producer
, director
and writer, mainly of exploitation vehicles like "Ranch of the Nymphomaniac Girls", "Barbed Wire Dolls", and "The Erotic Adventures of Robin Hood".
Dietrich produced films as early as 1955 but began his most productive, and lucrative, streak around 1968, working under a variety of pseudonyms and producing as many as 10 films per year. He is best known for providing financing and stable working conditions for filmmakers such as Jess Franco and Antonio Margheriti
. Franco's web site describes Dietrich as the European Roger Corman
. http://www.jess-franco.com/html/dietrich/bio-dietrich.html
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and writer, mainly of exploitation vehicles like "Ranch of the Nymphomaniac Girls", "Barbed Wire Dolls", and "The Erotic Adventures of Robin Hood".
Dietrich produced films as early as 1955 but began his most productive, and lucrative, streak around 1968, working under a variety of pseudonyms and producing as many as 10 films per year. He is best known for providing financing and stable working conditions for filmmakers such as Jess Franco and Antonio Margheriti
Antonio Margheriti
Antonio Margheriti , also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72....
. Franco's web site describes Dietrich as the European Roger Corman
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...
. http://www.jess-franco.com/html/dietrich/bio-dietrich.html
Further reading
- Benedikt Eppenberger, Daniel Stapfer Maedchen, Machos und Moneten: Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Schweizer Kinounternehmers Erwin C. Dietrich. Mit einem Vorwort von Jess Franco. Verlag Scharfe Stiefel, Zurich, 2006, ISBN 3-033-00960-3