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."
VHS Revolution
(Self)
In Search of Darkness: Part III
(Self)
Hollywood Rated 'R'
(Self)
Maniac Cop
(Motel Manager)
American Grindhouse
(Himself)
The Joe Spinell Story
(Self)
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
(Self)
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
(Himself)
Returning to the scene of the crime
(himself)
Maniac: The making of a living pulp novel
(himself)
Vigilante
(First Man Exiting Courtroom Elevator (uncredited))
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
(Himself)
Maniac
(Al - Hotel Manager (uncredited))
Darkman
(Dockworker)
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
(Self)
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
(Self)
Trepanator
(Man with nightmares)
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
(Self)
Cameron's Closet
(Ice Cream Eater (uncredited))
Relentless
(Cop #2)
Tax Shelter Terrors
(Self)
13 Scarier Movie Moments
(Self)
Army of Darkness
(Fake Shemp)
Maniac Men
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
(Self)
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
(Self)
Masters of the Grind
(Self)
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
(Himself)
Creature Features
(Self)
Marcians
(Self - Interviewee)
Vigilante
(Director)
Vigilante
(Producer)
The Expert
(Director)
Uncle Sam
(Director)
Maniac
(Director)
Maniac
(Producer)
Maniac Cop 2
(Director)
Maniac Cop
(Director)
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
(Director)
The Joe Spinell Story
(Executive Producer)
Relentless
(Director)
Hit List
(Director)
Maniac
(Producer)
Halloween: Unmasked
(Executive Producer)
The Stepford Life
(Executive Producer)
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
(Executive Producer)
Zombie Lover
(Executive Producer)
Bella
(Production Manager)
The Violation of Claudia
(Director)
The naked face
(Executive Producer)
The Violation of Claudia
(Screenplay)
The Violation of Claudia
(Producer)
The Violation of Claudia
(Editor)
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
(Executive Producer)
Two Gangsters and an Island
(Associate Producer)
Hot Honey
(Director)
Tripwire
(Story)
Bloody Jess
(Executive Producer)
Death Wish
(Editorial Staff)
Hot Honey
(Producer)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
(Thanks)
Hot Honey
(Writer)
Don't Look Now: Looking Back
(Associate Producer)
A British Horror Film
(Associate Producer)
Bleeder
(Thanks)
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
(Executive Producer)
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
(Executive Producer)
Absence of Malick
(Associate Producer)
Giornata Nera
(Producer)
Sole Survivor: Interview with Star Brooke Adams
(Producer)
A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances
(Executive Producer)
Death in Venice: Interview with Aldo Lado
(Producer)
The Spaghetti West
(Executive Producer)
Jesús in Furs
(Executive Producer)
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
(Director)
The Death Dealer
(Executive Co-Producer)
The Squeeze
(Production Manager)
Sylvia
(Assistant Director)