Lindsay Craig Shonteff was a Canadian born film director, film producer and screenwriter who achieved fame for low-budget films produced in the United Kingdom.
11 Facts About Lindsay Shonteff
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Lindsay Shonteff had to cut the horror tale of a ventriloquist's dummy for an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors.
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Lindsay Shonteff then filmed the "African horror adventure" Curse of Simba in 1965 for Gordon.
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Reportedly Lindsay Shonteff was offered a contract by 20th Century Fox but disagreed on conditions.
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Lindsay Shonteff collaborated again with Ward on Run with the Wind in 1966.
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Lindsay Shonteff then directed Harry Alan Towers's The Million Eyes of Sumuru in 1967.
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In 1969, Lindsay Shonteff directed the rarely seen crime film Clegg, followed in 1970 by the horror film Night After Night After Night and the cult film Permissive which explored the world of groupies.
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Lindsay Shonteff then directed the cult exploitation film Big Zapper in 1973, and its sequel, The Swordsman, the following year.
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Lindsay Shonteff followed this with Licensed to Love and Kill and Number One Gun.
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Lindsay Shonteff directed a film adaptation of Len Deighton's Spy Story in 1976.
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Lindsay Shonteff died on the last day of production of his final film Angels, Devils, and Men.