PAUL E. HUNT, 67 - Cult Film Producer and Director

Film producer and director Paul Edward Hunt, who was noted for his work in B films in the 1960s and 1970s, died of a heart attack in Redondo Beach, California, on September 13, 2011. He was 67.  Hunt was born in Redondo Beach on October 14, 1943. He was making surfboards when he was cast in a small role as a surfer in the 1964 film "North Swell". He directed "The Psychedelics" in 1966, and also helmed, and frequently produced, wrote, and photographed, the films "The Harem Bunch" (1968), "You" (1968), "Wild, Free & Hungry" (1969),"Fusion" (1970), "Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns" (1971), and "California Country" (1973). He was also producer of the films "Surfari" (1967), "Blow the Man Down" (1968), "All the Way Down" (1968), "Tropic of Scorpio: (1968), "The Pleasure Machines" (1969), "House of a Thousand Dreams" (1969), "The Toy Box" (1971), "Erika's Hot Summer" (1971), and Orson Welles' unfinished "The Other Side of the Wind" (1972), and was seen in small roles in "Four Kinds of Love" (1968), "Mantis in Lace" (aka "Lila") (1968), "The Scavengers" (1969), and "The Other Side of the Wind" (1972). He produced, directed, wrote, and was featured in the 1973 science fiction film "The Clones". He produced and directed the films "Home Grown" (1974) and "Woman in the Rain", and directed, scripted, and appeared in the 1977 western "The Great Gundown".

He was featured in the 1988 film "The 13th Floor", and produced, directed, and wrote the 1987 horror film "Twisted Nightmare". He produced "Demon Wind" in 1990, and produced, directed, and wrote 1993's "Merlin", and appeared onscreen as the Mayor. He was involved with David Carradine's film "Mata Hari", starring daughter Callista Carradine, which has been in production for over 25 years.