and in the half-hour documentary David Friedman, Portrait of an Exploiteer, in the both of which he goes over his entire career and the history of exploitation films in America. In 2000 Friedman was featured alongside cult filmmakers Roger Corman, Doris Wishman, Harry Novak and others in the documentary SCHLOCK! The Secret History of American Movies, a film about the rise and fall of American exploitation cinema. In 1990 Friedman published his autobiography, A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-Film King. He remained proud of his cinematic oeuvre: “I made some terrible pictures, but I don’t make any apologies for anything I’ve ever done. Nobody ever asked for their money back.” In 2001 he co-starred with longtime business partner Dan Sonney in the documentary Mau Mau Sex Sex (IMDb entry). Friedman died in Anniston, Alabama on February 14, 2011, at the age of 87. Further reading Andrews, David. Soft in the middle: the contemporary softcore feature in its contexts, Ohio State University Press, 2006, . Briggs, Joe Bob. Profoundly disturbing: shocking movies that changed history!, Universe, 2003, . Burger, Frederick. (2002-02-24). "Blood! Guts! Gall!; David Friedman is proud of the schlock he's inflicted on the public over the years." Los Angeles Times. p. F-4. RE/Search No. 10: Incredibly Strange Films RE/Search Publications, 1986, . Suckling, Nigel. Werewolves, AAPPL, 2006, . References External links David F. Freidman at BhamWiki.com 1923 births 2011 deaths American film directors American film producers Businesspeople from Birmingham, Alabama United States Army soldiers 20th-century American businesspeople