A famed film auetuer and master of celluloid erotica, Russ Meyer held a unique place in Hollywood mythology. Part showman, part filmmaker, the uninhibited Meyer helped usher in the sexual revolution past Hollywood’s repressed gates in the 1960’s, thereby establishing sex as a crucial cinema ingredient for decades to come.Born Russell Albion Meyer on March 21, 1922 in San Leandro, CA, Meyer was the son of a small-town police officer and a registered nurse. Fascinated with photography since childhood, legend has it that Meyer’s mother pawned her wedding ring to buy her son his very first camera.
