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Toby Ross(I)

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Toby Ross is an American film director who made gay pornographic films in the 1970s and 1980s and later on went to produce non sexual and cult films. Many film aficionados consider Ross the only missing link between Adult films and commercial independent films, as Ross calls it The Antarctica of the film business. He was born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, to a Jewish mother and a Catholic father. At the age of eight, his mother having remarried an Austrian Jew, he moved with his mother and stepfather to Israel. He served two years in the Israeli army. After studies in Los Angeles, attracted by stories of the freedom in San Francisco, he moved there in the 1970s.[1]

Before Ross made feature films he made loops, which were shot on silent 8mm or 16mm. His earliest feature films were partially composed of some of his loops with added soundtracks. Some of his later films were very successful in underground gay film circles. These films include Do Me Evil, Cruisin' 57, and Schoolmates.

His earlier theatrical features were released under Cinema Mirage. In 1980 he started a company called Hornbill Films which he used to release his hard core films onto VHS and in 1995 his regular general audience films some shown in various festivals.

In the early 1980s he began making movies on video instead of film.

He no longer makes hardcore porn movies, only "erotic story movies."[2]

On October 8, 2008 Canadian film maker and experimental klezmer/hip hop musician Josh Dolgin showed Cruisin' 57 at the Pop Montreal music festival; the film was accompanied by a live band and played to a packed house with standing room only.[3][4]

In the winter of 2010 Josh Dolgin released his Film "Socalled The Movie" in which parts of a documentary he made with Ross profiles Toby Ross as one of his influences.[5]

In July 2019 Toby moved back to Israel to resume his film career although his fame and name In America has not translated into the Israeli Public.
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Cruisin' 57
6.1
  • Director
  • 1975
Do Me Evil
6.2
  • Director
  • 1975
Paper Dreams (2015)
Paper Dreams
7.0
  • Director
  • 2015
Bill Eld in Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon (2020)
Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon
  • Director
  • 2020

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Director

  • Teenage Twins
    • Director
    • Short
  • Bill Eld in Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon (2020)
    Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Paper Dreams (2015)
    Paper Dreams
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Michaelangelo in Homosexual (2013)
    Homosexual
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Chad Manuel and Austin Parker in To Fetch a Predator (2012)
    To Fetch a Predator
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2012
  • Payton Collins: Serial Rapist
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2011
  • Calendar Boy (2010)
    Calendar Boy
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Like a Moth to a Flame (2009)
    Like a Moth to a Flame
    • Director (segments In our Darkest Moments, Deep)
    • 2009
  • Straight Boys Gay Boys
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Moon Over Hong Kong (2008)
    Moon Over Hong Kong
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Father Knows (2007)
    Father Knows
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Father Knows... (2007)
    Father Knows...
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Live for Sex... Die for Love (2007)
    Live for Sex... Die for Love
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Michael Gonring
    Get a Life
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Nick Lewis as Bowser and Michael Miro as his heartthrob in a sexy zany comedy that has more twists and turns than a Chicago pretzel.
    Bowser Makes a Movie
    • Director
    • 2005
  • Schoolmates 5: Year Book Confidential
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2003

Editor

  • Bill Eld in Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon (2020)
    Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon
    • Editor
    • 2020
  • Paper Dreams (2015)
    Paper Dreams
    • Editor
    • 2015
  • Michaelangelo in Homosexual (2013)
    Homosexual
    • Editor
    • 2013
  • Chad Manuel and Austin Parker in To Fetch a Predator (2012)
    To Fetch a Predator
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 2012
  • Payton Collins: Serial Rapist
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 2011
  • Calendar Boy (2010)
    Calendar Boy
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Like a Moth to a Flame (2009)
    Like a Moth to a Flame
    • Editor (segment In Our Darkest Moments and In Deep)
    • 2009
  • Moon Over Hong Kong (2008)
    Moon Over Hong Kong
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Father Knows (2007)
    Father Knows
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Father Knows... (2007)
    Father Knows...
    • Editor (editing)
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Live for Sex... Die for Love (2007)
    Live for Sex... Die for Love
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Michael Gonring
    Get a Life
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Nick Lewis as Bowser and Michael Miro as his heartthrob in a sexy zany comedy that has more twists and turns than a Chicago pretzel.
    Bowser Makes a Movie
    • Editor
    • 2005
  • Tough Guys Do Dance
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 1991
  • Mr. Wonderful
    • Editor
    • Video
    • 1987

Writer

  • Bill Eld in Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon (2020)
    Bill Eld: American Pop Culture Icon
    • Writer
    • 2020
  • Paper Dreams (2015)
    Paper Dreams
    • Writer
    • 2015
  • Chad Manuel and Austin Parker in To Fetch a Predator (2012)
    To Fetch a Predator
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2012
  • Payton Collins: Serial Rapist
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2011
  • Like a Moth to a Flame (2009)
    Like a Moth to a Flame
    • Writer (segments In Deep, In Our Darkest Moments)
    • 2009
  • Moon Over Hong Kong (2008)
    Moon Over Hong Kong
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Father Knows (2007)
    Father Knows
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Father Knows... (2007)
    Father Knows...
    • screenplay
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Live for Sex... Die for Love (2007)
    Live for Sex... Die for Love
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Michael Gonring
    Get a Life
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Nick Lewis as Bowser and Michael Miro as his heartthrob in a sexy zany comedy that has more twists and turns than a Chicago pretzel.
    Bowser Makes a Movie
    • Writer
    • 2005
  • Rock N Roll Dreams
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 1995
  • Baby It's You
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    • Video
    • 1992
  • Hot Splash
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    • Video
    • 1985
  • Ivy League
    • written by
    • Video
    • 1985

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Straight Boys Gay Boys 3
Bill Eld American Pop Culture Icon Trailer
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Bill Eld American Pop Culture Icon Trailer

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