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Matt Cimber
Born
Thomas Vitale Ottaviano
1936 (age 87–88)
Other names
Gary Harper Matteo Ottaviano Rinehart Segway
Spouses
Jayne Mansfield
(m. 1964; div. 1966)
Christy Hanak
(m. 1967–1978)
Lynn Fero
(m. 1987)
Children
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Matt Cimber (born Thomas VitaleOttaviano; 1936)[1][2][3] is an American producer, director, and writer. He also occasionally acts in films, television, and theatre. He is known for directing genre films including The Candy Tangerine Man, The Witch Who Came from the Sea,Hundra, and Butterfly. Cimber has been called "an unsung hero of 70s exploitation cinema."[4] He was co-founder and director of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) professional wrestling promotion and syndicated television series.[5][6][7] Cimber was also the last husband of actress Jayne Mansfield, directing her on stage and in the film Single Room Furnished (1968), which was released after her death.[8]
^Faris, Jocelyn (1 January 1994). Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-bibliography. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313285448.
^Parish, James Robert (20 December 2010). The Hollywood Book of Breakups. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118040676.
^Strait, Raymond (1 January 1992). Here They Are Jayne Mansfield. SP Books. ISBN 9781561711468.
^"Now on Blu-ray: THE CANDY TANGERINE MAN & LADY COCOA, a Blaxploitation Double from Matt Cimber". ScreenAnarchy. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^"The Real Women of 'GLOW' Told Us the Sexist BS They Dealt with in the 80s". Vice. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^O'Keeffe, Jack. "'GLOW's Director Has A Complicated Legacy". Bustle. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^Higgins, Bill (22 June 2017). "Hollywood Flashback: GLOW Smashed Pro Wrestling's Glass Ceiling in 1986". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^Golden, Eve (2021). Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It. University Press of Kentucky. p. 303. ISBN 978-0813180977.
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blaxploitation and outlaw biker film written by George Theakos and directed by MattCimber. It starred several National Football League stars in the title roles...
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both a pimp and a doting father. The film was directed and produced by MattCimber and written by Mikel Angel under the pseudonym of George Theakos. A successful...
low-budget American blaxploitation crime drama that was directed by MattCimber. With Lola Falana in the title role, the film also featured Millie Perkins...
director MattCimber, who had directed her in a 1964 production of the William Inge play Bus Stop. By the summer of 1966, however, Mansfield and Cimber had...
of Gold is a 1984 Spanish western comedy adventure film directed by MattCimber and starring Laurene Landon, Cihangir Gaffari and Claudia Gravy. It is...
based on the stage play of the same title by Gerald Sanford, adapted by MattCimber, who also directed (credited on-screen as "Matteo Ottaviano"). The screenplay...
1990 Nutz, Yutz and Klutz Unknown Pilot "All Washed Up" directed by MattCimber 1990 They Came from Outerspace Willie Tyrell Season 1, episode 8: "Rodeo...
Endless Love 1982 (3rd) Ken Annakin The Pirate Movie Terence Young Inchon MattCimber Butterfly John Huston Annie Hal Needham Megaforce 1983 (4th) Peter Sasdy...
Fifth Floor Howard Avedis Film Ventures International — 1983 Tiger Man MattCimber — Credited as Alan Sylvestri 1984 Romancing the Stone Robert Zemeckis...
motorcycle. After seeing her audition out of 3500 other women, director MattCimber hired her: Meltzer wrestled as Roxy Astor for seasons 3 and 4 of GLOW’s...
drag to entrap him with procurement of prostitutes. Lady Cocoa (dir. MattCimber) stars Lola Falana. Let's Do It Again, Music: Composed by Curtis Mayfield...
role in Butterfly (1982), the debut movie of Pia Zadora directed by MattCimber. Christian's role in Beyond Atlantis as Syrene, the undersea princess...
Annie Columbia Pictures Ray Stark Butterfly Analysis Film Releasing MattCimber Megaforce 20th Century Fox Albert S. Ruddy The Pirate Movie David Joseph...
by Harold Gray (uncredited) Butterfly – John F. Goff and MattCimber, adaptation by Cimber, based on the novel by James M. Cain The Pirate Movie – Trevor...
bear. Booher later teamed with GLOW creator David McLane and director MattCimber to cast, recruit and train performers for the first all-women's professional...
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