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Ormsby began work in feature films with the Bob Clark-directed Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972), co-writing the script with Clark, providing the make-up effects and starring as the lead, Alan, alongside his then-wife Anya Ormsby. [2] Two years later, Ormsby and Clark re-teamed on Deathdream, directed by Clark and penned by Ormsby ...
Alan Ormsby. Writer: Dead of Night. Writer, director and make-up effects artist Alan Ormsby was born on December 14, 1943. He was a drama student at the University of Florida, where he met future director Bob Clark. The pair first collaborated on a tongue-in-cheek low-budget zombie horror flick, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972).
- January 1, 1
- 3 min
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Alan Ormsby. Writer: Dead of Night. Writer, director and make-up effects artist Alan Ormsby was born on December 14, 1943. He was a drama student at the University of Florida, where he met future director Bob Clark. The pair first collaborated on a tongue-in-cheek low-budget zombie horror flick, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972). Ormsby not only co-wrote the script and did the ...
- December 14, 1943
Oct 16, 2020 · Alan Ormsby's script is filled with macabre ideas that puncture expectations. For example, Andy strikes out at victims that don't always make consistent sense; sometimes it's understandable ...
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This interview with Alan Ormsby (CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS, DERANGED, MY BODYGUARD, CAT PEOPLE) was filmed by David Gregory and Carl Daft and ...
- 10 min
- 1936
- Savage Cinema
Oct 31, 2021 · Alan Ormsby, now 77, has had quite a career. He wrote or co-wrote movies as diverse as The Little Dragons and My Bodyguard (both of which I watched ad nauseam on HBO in the early 1980s), Porky's II, the Michael Keaton ice hockey romantic comedy Touch and Go, and the 1982 remake of Cat People (which is stylish, but skip it and watch the 1942 original).
Ormsby began work in feature films with the Bob Clark-directed Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972), co-writing the script with Clark, providing the make-up effects and starring as the lead, Alan, alongside his then-wife Anya Ormsby. [2] Two years later, Ormsby and Clark re-teamed on Deathdream, directed by Clark and penned by Ormsby ...
