Directing

Matt Cimber

Born

1936-12-01 (89)

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Writer, director and producer Matt Cimber was born as Matteo Ottaviano in 1936 and began his career in the early 60s directing off-Broadway plays including works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams and the US premieres of the Jean Cocteau trilogy. During his theater years, Cimber rewrote Burning Bright with John Steinbeck which introduced Sandy Dennis who went on to win an Academy Award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) . Cimber then directed the Broadway revival of Bus Stop, where he met future wife Jayne Mansfield. Matt made his cinematic directorial debut with the offbeat Single Room Furnished (1966), which was also Mansfield's last movie. He followed this movie with the f…

Known for

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street poster
7.8

The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.

42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street

2015

Butterfly poster
4.9

Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newfound parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.

Butterfly

1982

Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold poster
3.7

Fiery blonde half-breed Yellow Hair and her easygoing sidekick the Pecos Kid are after a fortune in Mayan gold. The courageous duo have run-ins with an army of Mexican soldiers, a gang of dastardly bandits, and a lethal tribe of Aztec warriors while searching the countryside for said gold fortune.

Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold

1984

Gemini Affair poster
3.2

A hopeful young actress is lured to Hollywood by the seduction of fame and fortune. A friend she lives with while in Hollywood becomes her lover, and they both soon come to realize that the seedy Hollywood lifestyle is not for them.

Gemini Affair

1975

The Witch Who Came from the Sea poster
5.9

Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.

The Witch Who Came from the Sea

1976

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde poster
6.4

On June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield tragically died at the age of 34. Her stunning blue Buick Electra collided with and was crushed under a semi-trailer truck. With her voluptuous figure and baby-doll face, Hollywood's most photographed actress did everything to become a star, accepting every compromise, going from icon to object. While portraying the actress, this film offers a glimpse into the Hollywood dream factory through the lens of a casting call. Like Jayne herself, who went through countless auditions...

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

2015

Film credits

Behind the camera

Butterfly poster
4.9

Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newfound parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.

Butterfly

1982

Butterfly poster
4.9

Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newfound parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.

Butterfly

1982

Butterfly poster
4.9

Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newfound parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.

Butterfly

1982

Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold poster
3.7

Fiery blonde half-breed Yellow Hair and her easygoing sidekick the Pecos Kid are after a fortune in Mayan gold. The courageous duo have run-ins with an army of Mexican soldiers, a gang of dastardly bandits, and a lethal tribe of Aztec warriors while searching the countryside for said gold fortune.

Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold

1984

Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold poster
3.7

Fiery blonde half-breed Yellow Hair and her easygoing sidekick the Pecos Kid are after a fortune in Mayan gold. The courageous duo have run-ins with an army of Mexican soldiers, a gang of dastardly bandits, and a lethal tribe of Aztec warriors while searching the countryside for said gold fortune.

Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold

1984

Gemini Affair poster
3.2

A hopeful young actress is lured to Hollywood by the seduction of fame and fortune. A friend she lives with while in Hollywood becomes her lover, and they both soon come to realize that the seedy Hollywood lifestyle is not for them.

Gemini Affair

1975

Gemini Affair poster
3.2

A hopeful young actress is lured to Hollywood by the seduction of fame and fortune. A friend she lives with while in Hollywood becomes her lover, and they both soon come to realize that the seedy Hollywood lifestyle is not for them.

Gemini Affair

1975

The Witch Who Came from the Sea poster
5.9

Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.

The Witch Who Came from the Sea

1976

The Witch Who Came from the Sea poster
5.9

Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.

The Witch Who Came from the Sea

1976

A Time to Die poster
4.0

A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a CIA operative, who has another agenda. One of the targeted men is being groomed by the US to become the West German chancellor and is to be protected. Along the way, a third person joins the team.

A Time to Die

1982

A Time to Die poster
4.0

A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a CIA operative, who has another agenda. One of the targeted men is being groomed by the US to become the West German chancellor and is to be protected. Along the way, a third person joins the team.

A Time to Die

1982

Hundra poster
4.8

Born in a tribe of fierce warrior women, Hundra has been raised to despise the influence of men. An archer, fighter and sword fighter, Hundra is superior to any male. Hundra finds her family slain and takes a vow of revenge until one day she meets her match.

Hundra

1983

Hundra poster
4.8

Born in a tribe of fierce warrior women, Hundra has been raised to despise the influence of men. An archer, fighter and sword fighter, Hundra is superior to any male. Hundra finds her family slain and takes a vow of revenge until one day she meets her match.

Hundra

1983

Lady Cocoa poster
4.5

After being given a 24-hour leave from prison, in exchange for which she’ll agree to testify against her mobster boyfriend, Cocoa hits the streets, but quickly discovers that violence lurks around every corner.

Lady Cocoa

1975

Lady Cocoa poster
4.5

After being given a 24-hour leave from prison, in exchange for which she’ll agree to testify against her mobster boyfriend, Cocoa hits the streets, but quickly discovers that violence lurks around every corner.

Lady Cocoa

1975

Fake-Out poster
4.1

Gangster's girlfriend hangs out in a Las Vegas hotel with her cop protectors while she waits to testify.

Fake-Out

1982

Fake-Out poster
4.1

Gangster's girlfriend hangs out in a Las Vegas hotel with her cop protectors while she waits to testify.

Fake-Out

1982

That Girl from Boston poster
9.0

Willa Starch travels from Boston to Lake Havasu City, Arizona for her summer vacation.

That Girl from Boston

1975

Alias Big Cherry poster
NR

The life and tribulations of Big Cherry Hill Fats, a 650-pound conman who swindled his victims out of 25 million dollars and helped bring down a criminal enterprise.

Alias Big Cherry

1975

The Candy Tangerine Man poster
5.0

Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.

The Candy Tangerine Man

1975

The Black Six poster
4.9

A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his brother's death.

The Black Six

1973

Single Room Furnished poster
4.7

The story of woman's change from an innocent teenager to an embittered, disillusioned prostitute and the life tragedies which brought the transformation.

Single Room Furnished

1968

Man & Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults poster
3.1

Hosted by some unnamed escapee from a twelve-step program, Man and Wife, moves from anatomy charts and Asian erotic art into actual footage of two couples demonstrating nearly fifty different sexual positions.

Man & Wife: An Educational Film for Married Adults

1969

Mondo Hunt poster
NR

Tucsonian big game hunter C.J. McElroy's world travels and hunting experiences being stalked by man-eating animals in remote areas on five continents.

Mondo Hunt

1972

Calliope poster
8.0

Early 70s sex comedy

Calliope

1971

Tiger Man poster
9.0

Don Won's father dies and his home is burned, so he decides to go off to learn kung fu. 10 years later in the city of Taipei, Don interferes with the Tongs while defending his best friend.The gangsters swear that Don can never hide, they’ll find him and kill him. Don's mom gives him money that she saved and tells him to go to America where he'll be safe, but it's not enough, so he ends up in Hong Kong and the gangsters catch up to him again.

Tiger Man

1978

Tiger Man poster
9.0

Don Won's father dies and his home is burned, so he decides to go off to learn kung fu. 10 years later in the city of Taipei, Don interferes with the Tongs while defending his best friend.The gangsters swear that Don can never hide, they’ll find him and kill him. Don's mom gives him money that she saved and tells him to go to America where he'll be safe, but it's not enough, so he ends up in Hong Kong and the gangsters catch up to him again.

Tiger Man

1978

Stallone's Knockouts poster
1.0

Big-haired broads work out, box, sing, wax poetic about their deepest desires and are involved in comedy skits with both a horny announcer and a pervy sex predator physician named "Dr. Fondle." Meanwhile, Jackie Stallone further embarrasses her family by rapping (!), the one minority boxer ("Cartella the Smuggler") is booed by the live audience as soon as they find out she's from Colombia and ringside commentator Traci Lords (!!) has to fend off the romantic advancements of the celebrity impersonator referee, who finally wins her over by pretending to be Richard Simmons (?!?)

Stallone's Knockouts

1990

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7.5

Heart-wrenching story of a woman who takes another's identity to survive the most horrible time of the 20th Century. Miriam is the triumphant story of one woman's survival and success, which takes place in Lithuania over a period of forty years, from the German occupation of World War II through the Soviet era, and is based upon the true story of Miriam Shafer.

Miriam

2006

Sex & Astrology poster
5.3

The humorous narrator explains the sex habits of the twelve signs of the zodiac as the ancient Roman festival of Venus presided by the goddess herself begins.

Sex & Astrology

1971

Black Is Beautiful - Africanus Sexualis poster
6.0

The little-known love rites and mating customs of Africa, the Oldest Continent, come to the screen.

Black Is Beautiful - Africanus Sexualis

1970

The Sensually Liberated Female poster
4.3

Farcical interpretation of the white-coater sex-ed genre, taking the viewer on a journey through the sexual habits of women.

The Sensually Liberated Female

1970

The Sensually Liberated Female poster
4.3

Farcical interpretation of the white-coater sex-ed genre, taking the viewer on a journey through the sexual habits of women.

The Sensually Liberated Female

1970

He & She poster
5.2

Following the mad success of Man & Wife, the first American-made explicit feature film, Matt Cimber created this ambitious follow-up, focusing on the sex life of a hippie couple in the style of an educational documentary.

He & She

1972

Black Is Beautiful - Africanus Sexualis poster
6.0

The little-known love rites and mating customs of Africa, the Oldest Continent, come to the screen.

Black Is Beautiful - Africanus Sexualis

1970

Sex & Astrology poster
5.3

The humorous narrator explains the sex habits of the twelve signs of the zodiac as the ancient Roman festival of Venus presided by the goddess herself begins.

Sex & Astrology

1971