Stephen C. Apostolof

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Stephen C. Apostolof
Born 25 February 1928(1928-02-25)
Burgas, Bulgaria
Died 14 August 2005 (aged 77)
Mesa, Arizona, United States

Stephen C. Apostolof (born 25 February 1928 in Burgas, Bulgaria, died 14 August 2005, Mesa, Arizona), sometimes credited under aliases A.C. Stephen(s) or Robert Lee, was an Bulgarian-American erotic filmmaker. Born in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Burgas, he claimed asylum the United States in the 1940s. His large body of work was produced mainly between the late 1960s and the late 1970s.

In 1957 Apostolof produced "Journey to Freedom", an anti-Communist picture, inspired by his own life. The film teamed Apostolof with director of photography William C. Thompson and Swedish-born actor Tor Johnson, both now best-known for their work with the infamous director Ed Wood. Later Thompson introduced Apostolof to Wood. In an interview conducted in the beginning of the 1990s, Apostolof remember his first meeting with the eccentric director, who appeared at the "Brown Derby" restaurant in Los Angeles, in drag and with a moustache.

In 1965, Apostolof made his directorial debut with Orgy of the Dead. The film starred Criswell, the famous television oracle immortalized in Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space. During the 1960s and 1970s, Apostolof directed nine screenplays written by Wood.

In 1990 the specialized magazine Psychotronic Video published an 8-page interview with Apostolof entitled "Stephen C. Apostoloff: Bulgarian nudie director".

Stephen Apostolof died on August 14, 2005, aged 77.

[edit] Filmography

  • 1957 Journey to Freedom
  • 1965 Orgy of the Dead
  • 1966 Suburbia Confidential
  • 1967 Motel Confidential
  • 1967 The Bachelor's Dreams
  • 1968 Office Love-Inn
  • 1968 College Girl Confidential
  • 1968 College Girls
  • 1969 Lady Godiva Rides
  • 1969 The Divorcee
  • 1971 Drop Out
  • 1972 Drop-Out Wife
  • 1972 Class Reunion
  • 1972 The Snow Bunnies
  • 1973 The Cocktail Hostesses
  • 1974 Five Loose Women (also known as Fugitive Girls)
  • 1976 The Beach Bunnies
  • 1978 Hot Ice
  • 1990 Saturday Night Sleazies Vol 1. Documentary
  • 1990 Saturday Night Sleazies Vol 2. Documentary
  • 1990 Saturday Night Sleazies Vol 3. Documentary
  • 1999 The Erotic World of A.C. Stephens

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