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AKA: Henry Paris
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/21/1929
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
biography
A pioneer in the erotic genre, Bronx-born Radley Metzger is recalled for a series of frank features in the 1960s and 70s that were aimed at a mature audience. In comparison with later R-rated fare, his European-flavored artsy movies contained far less explicit sex but in their day, his films were considered adventurous.Metzger has claimed that because of allergies, he found a refuge in movie houses in his NYC neighborhood while growing up. After beginning graduate studies at Columbia University, the future filmmaker entered the US Air Force during the Korean War and found himself working in
Early film credit as assistant director to William Kyriakis on "Guerilla Girl"
1958
Co-directed with Kyriakis the the low-budget drama "Dark Odyssey"; independently distributed it himself; set a record for lowest gross at the theater where it debuted
1959
Edited the Walter Matthau-helmed film "The Gangster Story"
Formed Audobon Films with Ava Leighton in the 1960s
