| DIRECTORS OF THE 70 FEATURED FILMS (GAY DIRECTORS HIGHLIGHTED) | ACTORS PLAYING GAY CHARACTERS (GAY ACTORS HIGHLIGHTED) | ACTORS PLAYING GAY CHARACTERS (GAY ACTORS HIGHLIGHTED) | Gay Screenwriters & Gay Writers of Source Material |
| Herbert Ross (5) | Helmut Berger (2) | Barney James (1) | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (2) |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder (2) | Dirk Bogarde (2) | Robert Joel (1) | Luchino Visconti (2) |
| William Friedkin (2) | Robert La Tourneaux (1) | Chantal Akerman (1) | |
| Stanley Kubrick (2) * | Frank Langella (1) | Giorgio Bassani (1) | |
| Sidney Lumet (2) * | Rod Steiger (2) * | Laurence Luckinbill (1) | Mart Crowley (1) |
| Alan Parker (2) | Michael York (2) | Sandra McCabe (1) | John Dyer (1) |
| Frank Perry (2) | Michael Caine (2) | Paul McCrane (1) | Christopher Gore (1) |
| John Schlesinger (2) * | Peter McEnery (1) * | Paul Hallam (1) | |
| Luchino Visconti (2) | Tim McIntire (1) | Christopher Isherwood (1) | |
| Brian De Palma (2) | F. Murray Abraham (1) | Anthony Malet (1) | |
| Chantal Akerman (1) | Harry Andrews (1) | Michael Meyers (1) | Larry Kramer (1) |
Robert Aldrich (1) * | Rene Auberjonois (1) | Christopher Morley (1) | Arthur Laurents (1) |
| Dario Argento (1) | Bob Balaban (1) | Bette Midler (1) | Ron Peck (1) |
| John G. Avildsen (1) | Martin Balsam (1) | Kenneth Nelson (1) | Frank Ripploh (1) |
| Max Baer (1) | Alan Bates (1) | Al Pacino (1) | John Van Druton (1) |
| Bernardo Bertolucci (1) | Paul Benedict (1) | Anita Pallenberg (1) | Hugh Wheeler (1) |
| Bertrand Blier (1) | Richard Benjamin (1) | Estelle Parsons (1) | |
| Donald Cammell (1) | Joan Bennett (1) | George de la Pena (1) | |
| Gilbert Cates (1) | Robby Benson (1) | Anthony Perkins (1) * | |
Shirley Clarke (1) | Karlheinz Böhm (1) | Keith Prentice (1) | |
Jack Clayton (1) | Marcel Bozzuffi (1) | Douglas Rain (voice only) (1) | |
| Costa-Gavras (1) | Carol Browne (1) * | John Randolph (1) | |
| Betty Buckley (1) | Beryl Reid (1) | ||
| Vittorio De Sica (1) | Richard Burton (1) | Ron Rickards (1) | |
| Frank Ripploh (1) | |||
| Ken Robertson (1) | |||
| Stanley Donen (1) | Timothy Carlton (uncredited) (1) | Anton Rodgers (1) | |
Gordon Douglas (1) | Margit Carstensen (1) | Dominique Sanda (1) | |
| Clint Eastwood (1) | Jack Cassidy (1) | Hanna Schygulla (1) | |
Richard Fleischer (1)* | Jonathan Cecil (1) | Michel Serrault (1) | |
| Peter Chatel (1) | Robert Stephens (1) | ||
| John Flynn (1) | Lois Chiles (1) | Ugo Tognazzi (1) | |
Bob Fosse (1) | Pierre Clementi (1) | Leonardo Treviglio (1) | |
| Melvin Frank (1) | Eve Collyer (1) | Jean-Louis Trintignant (1) | |
| Frederick Colms (1) | Nina van Pallandt (1) | ||
| Douglas Hickox (1) | Hume Cronyn (1) * | Jon Voight (1) | |
| Paul Humfress (1) | Tim Curry (1) | Sam Waterston (1) | |
| Derek Jarman (1) | Brad Davis (1) | Peter White (1) | |
| Christopher Larkin (1) | Sandy Dennis (1) | William Windom (1) | |
| Richard Lester (1) | Gerard Depardieu (1) | Susannah York (1) | |
| Patrick Deweare (1) | |||
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1) * | Divine (1) | ||
| Albert Maysles (1) | Gwyda Donhowe (1) | ||
| Davis Maysles (1) | Bill Duke (1) | ||
| Edouard Molinaro (1) | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1) | ||
Paul Newman (1) | Peter Finch (1) | ||
Alan J. Pakula (1) | James Fox (1) * | ||
| Leonard Frey (1) | |||
| Ron Peck (1) | |||
| Larry Peerce (1) | Cliff Gorman (1) | ||
| Harold Prince (1) | Reuben Greene (1) | ||
| Frank Ripploh (1) | Helmut Griem (1) | ||
| Martin Ritt (1) | Rex Harrison (1) | ||
| Nicholas Roeg (1) | Hurd Hatfield (1) * | ||
| Richard Rush (1) | Irm Hermann (1) | ||
| Ken Russell (1) | Anne Heywood (1) | ||
| Mark Rydell (1) | Anthony Higgins (1) | ||
| Richard C. Sarafian (1) | Dustin Hoffman (1) | ||
| Paul Schrader (1) | Jason Holliday (1) | ||
| Jim Sharman (1) | Bernard Hughes (1) | ||
| Jack Smight (1) Nancy Walker (1) | Jeremy Irons (1) | ||
| John Waters (1) | Mick Jagger (1) | ||
| Peter Weir (1) | |||
| Billy Wilder (1) * | Harvey Jason (1) | ||
| Fred Zinnemann (1) | Anthony James (1) |
Seventeen Fassbinder Films Rated! He was astonishingly productive over a fourteen-year period.
| 1 | 1969 | Love is Colder than Death | Ulli Lommel Hanna Schygulla Ingrid Caven | B- | Dietrich Lohmann | Ingrid Caven was married to Fassbinder from 1970-1972. Fassbinder’s first of numerous feature collaborations with composer and onetime lover Peer Raben. |
| 2 | 1970 | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Kurt Raab Ingrid Caven | B | Dietrich Lohmann | Co-directed and co-written by Michael Fengler |
| 3 | 1971 | Beware a Holy Whore | Hanna Schygulla Eddie Constantine | B- | Michael Ballhaus | |
| 4 | 1972 | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Hans Hirschmuller Hanna Schygulla Irm Hermann Kurt Raab | B | Dietrich Lohmann | |
| 5 | 1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Margit Carstensen Hanna Schygulla Irm Hermann Eva Mattes | A+ | Michael Ballhaus | Fassbinder’s masterpiece |
| 6 | 1974 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Brigitte Mira El Hedi ben Salem Barbara Valentin Irm Hermann | A- | Jurgen Jurges | |
| 7 | 1974 | Effi Briest | Hanna Schygulla | B- | Dietrich Lohmann | |
| 8 | 1975 | Fox and His Friends | Michael Rainer Fassbinder Karlheinz Bohm | B+ | Michael Ballhaus | |
| 9 | 1977 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | Kurt Raab Udo Keir | A- (the uncut TV version) | Michael Ballhaus | Made for German TV Later, an inferior cut version was released in cinemas. Alternative title “Bolweiser.” The first Fassbinder movie to be edited by his partner for the last five years of his life, Juliane Lorenz. |
| 10 | 1978 | Despair | Dirk Bogarde | C | Michael Ballhaus | Screenplay by Tom Stoppard Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov Fassbinder’s first English-language film. |
| 11 | 1978 | In the Year of 13 Moons | Volker Spengler Ingrid Caven | C | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder’s lover Armin Meier |
| 12 | 1979 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Hanna Schygulla | B | Michael Ballhaus | |
| 13 | 1980 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Hanna Schygulla Elizabeth Trissenaar Barbara Sukowa | A- (the uncut TV version | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Fourteen-episode West German TV series. Released theatrically in the United States. Also broadcast on PBS, Bravo and Channel 4. Based on the novel by Alfred Doblin. |
| 14 | 1981 | Lili Marleen | Hanna Schygulla Giancarlo Giannini Udo Kier | B- | Xaver Schwarzenberger & Michael Ballhaus | The first film in the BRD trilogy. |
| 15 | 1981 | Lola | Armin Mueller-Stahl | C- | Xaver Schwarzenberger | The third film in the BRD trilogy. This is a loose adaptation of Heinrich Mann’s “Professor Unrat,” which Josef von Sternberg previously adapted as “The Blue Angel.” |
| 16 | 1982 | Veronika Voss | Rosel Zech | A | Xaver Schwarzenberger | The second film of the BRD trilogy. |
| 17 | 1982 | Querelle | Brad Davis Franco Nero | C | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Based on “Querelle of Brest” by Jean Genet |
The Dreamlanders
This is just a partial list of John Waters’s group of stock players known as “The Dreamlanders.” Most of the original bunch live /lived in the Baltimore area. Divine, David Lochary, Edith Massey, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce and Rikki Lake were essential to Water’s transition from cult favorite to mainstream success with “Pink Flamingos,” “Polyester,” and particularly “Hairspray.”
| Actor and/or Crew | Pink Flamingos (1972) | Female Trouble (1974) | Desperate Living (1977) | Polyester (1981) | Hairspray (1988) | Cry-Baby (1990) | Serial Mom (1994) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divine | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | | |
| David Lochary | Yes | Yes | | | | | |
| Mary Vivian Pearce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edith Massey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | | |
| Mink Stole | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Patty Hearst | | | | | | Yes | Yes |
| Ricki Lake | | | | | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Traci Lords | | | | | | Yes | Yes |
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Seventy Queer Films Made Under the Hays Code (1934-1967)
Seventy Queer Films Made Under the Hays Code (1934-1967) Table Summary
