William Lustig

William "Bill" Lustig (born February 1, 1955, in The Bronx, New York) is an American film director and producer who has worked primarily in the horror film genre. He is the nephew of former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. As a film director, Lustig is best known for his low-budget horror films Maniac, Vigilante, Uncle Sam, and the Maniac Cop series. Lustig has also worked as an actor playing small roles in his own films as well as in films by Sam Raimi, most notably as a fake shemp in Army of Darkness and a dockworker in Darkman. As of 2009, Lustig is the CEO of Blue Underground; an entertainment company specializing in the release of obscure films and exploitation films on DVD. He also produced a remake of his film Maniac (2012) and is rumoured to be producing a new upcoming Maniac Cop with Nicolas Winding Refn. In an interview with Vulture in January 2023, Refn, when asked whether the creation of the series was still under discussion, said: "All I can say is, unfortunately, it’s not going to happen."

Known For: Directing

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1955-02-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Maniac	Al - Hotel Manager (uncredited)	64
2	1982	Vigilante	First Man Exiting Courtroom Elevator (uncredited)	62
3	1988	Maniac Cop	Motel Manager	61
4	1988	Cameron's Closet	Ice Cream Eater (uncredited)	47
5	1989	Relentless	Cop #2	54
6	1990	Darkman	Dockworker	64
7	1992	Trepanator	Man with nightmares	38
8	1992	Army of Darkness	Fake Shemp	73
9	1997	Hollywood Rated 'R'	Self	51
10	2000	Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth	Himself	69
11	2000	Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film	Self	60
12	2001	Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror	Self	66
13	2001	The Joe Spinell Story	Self	57
14	2009	Direct Your Own Damn Movie!	Self	50
15	2009	Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare	Self	0
16	2009	13 Scarier Movie Moments	Self	90
17	2010	Maniac Men		0
18	2011	American Grindhouse	Himself	68
19	2013	The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti	Self	60
20	2013	Maniac: The Making of Documentary	Self	0
21	2015	42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street	Himself	78
22	2017	VHS Revolution	Self	61
23	2017	Tax Shelter Terrors	Self	50
24	2018	Returning to the scene of the crime	himself	0
25	2020	Maniac: The making of a living pulp novel	himself	0
26	2022	In Search of Darkness: Part III	Self	74
27	2023	Masters of the Grind	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2016	Creature Features	Self	100
2	2017	Marcians	Self - Interviewee	0
3	2019	The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs	Himself	75
4	2022	Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow		60

William Lustig

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