19 Facts About Gary Graver

Gary Foss Graver was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Gary Graver was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cinematographer, working over a period of six years on Welles' epic film The Other Side of the Wind which was released in 2018,48 years after it was started.

Gary Graver continued to serve as the cinematographer of numerous horror films from the late 1970s and through the 1980s, including The Toolbox Murders, Trick or Treats, which he wrote, edited, and directed; Mortuary, They're Playing with Fire, and Twisted Nightmare.

Under the pseudonym of Robert McCallum, Gary Graver was a prolific director of adult films, working as a cinematographer and director on 135 features.

Gary Graver was born July 20,1938, in Portland, Oregon, to Raleigh and Frances Gary Graver.

Gary Graver's father was a native Oregonian, while his mother was born in Washington state.

Gary Graver was raised in Portland, where he attended Grant High School.

Gary Graver acted in stage productions for the Portland Civic Theatre.

At age twenty, Graver moved to Hollywood to become an actor, and studied acting with Lee J Cobb.

Gary Graver was drafted into the US military in the early 1960s and was assigned to the Navy Combat Camera Group, where he was trained as a professional cameraman while touring in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan.

Gary Graver wrote and directed his first film, The Embracers, in 1966.

In 1970, Gary Graver made an unannounced inquiry to Orson Welles, saying he wanted to work with the director.

Gary Graver held onto the award for several years until he ran into financial trouble in the 1990s, and in 1994 he sold it for $50,000.

Gary Graver eventually took possession of the statuette before attempting to sell it herself, however Christie's withdrew it from auction after the Academy objected to the sale.

Besides his work with Welles, Gary Graver worked for other Hollywood directors including Roger Corman and Fred Olen Ray.

In 1982, Gary Graver wrote, directed, edited, and produced the slasher film Trick or Treats, after which he served as cinematographer on the slasher film Mortuary, and the comedy Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Gary Graver directed the thriller film Moon in Scorpio starring Britt Ekland in 1987, followed by a cinematography credit on Twisted Nightmare.

Gary Graver was later inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame for his contributions to the adult film industry.

Gary Graver died on November 16,2006, at his home in Rancho Mirage, California after a lengthy battle with cancer.