Radley Metzger

Radley Metzger (born January 21, 1929) is an American filmmaker and distributor. He is also credited under the pseudonym Henry Paris, a name he adopted in the 1970s when he began to direct hardcore pornography. Metzger was born in New York City. In his early career, he worked primarily as a film editor employed in cutting trailers for European art films. His directorial debut, Dark Odyssey (1958) did poorly at the box office, however was well received by some critics. He cites John Farrow, Michael Powell and Orson Welles as influencing his work. His films have had scores written by composers including Piero Piccioni, Georges Auric, Georges Delerue and Stelvio Cipriani. Along with Ava Leighton, he founded Audubon Films in the early...