Herschell Gordon Lewis

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Northwestern_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-06-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania,_USA
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-09-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pompano_Beach,_Florida,_USA
gptkbp:directed gptkb:A_Taste_of_Blood
gptkb:Blood_Feast
gptkb:Color_Me_Blood_Red
gptkb:Just_for_the_Hell_of_It
gptkb:She-Devils_on_Wheels
gptkb:Something_Weird
gptkb:The_Gore_Gore_Girls
gptkb:The_Gruesome_Twosome
gptkb:The_Magic_Land_of_Mother_Goose
gptkb:The_Wizard_of_Gore
gptkb:Two_Thousand_Maniacs!
gptkbp:genre horror
splatter film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Herschell Gordon Lewis
gptkbp:knownFor pioneering the splatter subgenre of horror films
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Godfather_of_Gore
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Blood_Feast
gptkb:Color_Me_Blood_Red
gptkb:The_Gore_Gore_Girls
gptkb:The_Wizard_of_Gore
gptkb:Two_Thousand_Maniacs!
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:film_director
gptkb:screenwriter
author
producer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margo_E._Lewis
gptkbp:website http://www.herschellgordonlewis.com/
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:A_Taste_of_Blood
gptkb:Blood_Feast
gptkb:Color_Me_Blood_Red
gptkb:Just_for_the_Hell_of_It
gptkb:She-Devils_on_Wheels
gptkb:Something_Weird
gptkb:The_Gore_Gore_Girls
gptkb:The_Gruesome_Twosome
gptkb:The_Magic_Land_of_Mother_Goose
gptkb:The_Wizard_of_Gore
gptkb:Two_Thousand_Maniacs!
gptkbp:yearsActive 1959–2016
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Waters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5