Barbara Peeters, also known as Barbara Peters, is an American

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and

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of television and film. She is best known for her collaborations with producer-director

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he w ...

on films such as '' Humanoids from the Deep'', and directing episodes of television shows such as ''

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''.

Career

Peeters broke into the film industry working in makeup, as a script supervisor, and as a production manager. An Israeli investor wanted an X-rated sex film, enabling Peeters to turn director with '' Just the Two of Us'' (originally titled ''The Dark Side of Tomorrow''). She wrote and directed the 1971 biker '' Bury Me an Angel''. She was one of two female directors working for

New World Pictures New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment, New World Communications Group, Inc., and New World International) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia com ...

in the 1970s, the other being

Stephanie Rothman Stephanie Rothman (born November 9, 1936) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s, especially ''The Student Nurses'' (1970) and ''Terminal Isla ...

. Film writer Gary Morris argued, "her New World work is arguably more subversive than Rothman's." She worked in a variety of capacities for that company, also production managing and second -unit directing. Says Peeters:

We lived like gypsies, sleeping in the hallways when we couldn’t pay rent, sharing a car among five people. I thought I had the best life in the world. I was making movies. What were the other girls I’d graduated high school doing back in Iowa? They were marrying the boy who had the biggest farm.'Barbara Peeters – Don’t Ask her about "Humanoids from the Deep" ', ''Rosey's Ashland Play Reviews''
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Peeters was quoted in 1978 as saying:

I don't like to be dictated to once I start shooting. If you tell me I have to shoot eight pages in a day and its 6 pm, let icme alone. Don't talk to me at midnight until I am done. If I'm going to take the blame, then I want to make the decisions. If I fail, I won't die. I consider real power the point when you're not afraid to fail... I don't know any director who wants to spend his whole life making low-budget exploitation movies, just as nobody wants to spend their whole life in kindergarten. You look forward to graduating to high school.

Peeters formed Big Movie Company with Terry Schwartz, intending to develop projects for female stars. However, Peeters fell ill in 1979 and spent some time out of the industry. She returned to directing with the 1980 film '' Humanoids from the Deep'', which was taken out of her hands and greatly changed by Roger Corman, including the addition of several rape sequences. Peeters asked for her name to be taken off the film, but this was not done. After this experience, she stopped working for New World and directed TV for the next decade.Christopher T Koetting, ''Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures'', Hemlock Books. 2009 p 175-176 In the 1990s, she established her own company, Silver Foxx Films. In 2008, she moved to Oregon and concentrated primarily on making commercials and developing documentaries.

Selected filmography

*'' The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago'' (1969) – costume designer *'' The Gun Runner'' (1969) – actor *'' Angels Die Hard'' (1970) – script supervisor *'' Caged Desires'' (1970) – writer, star *'' The Dark Side of Tomorrow'' (1970) – writer, director *'' Bury Me an Angel'' (1972) – writer, director *''

Night Call Nurses ''Night Call Nurses'' is a 1972 American sex comedy, sex comedy film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It is the third in Roger Corman's "nurses" cycle of films, starting with ''The Student Nurses'' (1970). Quentin Tarantino called it "a sexy version ...

'' (1972) – production manager *'' The Young Nurses'' (1973) – art director *'' The Student Teachers'' (1973) – 2nd unit director *''

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'' (1973–74) (TV series) – production assistant *''

Summer School Teachers ''Summer School Teachers'' is a 1974 feature film directed and written by Barbara Peeters and starring Candice Rialson. It is about three female friends who all teach at a school over the summer. The film was an unofficial follow up to '' The S ...

'' (1974) – director, writer *'' Candy Stripe Nurses'' (1975) -2nd unit director *''

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'' (1976) – 2nd unit director, stunt co-ordinator *''

Eat My Dust! ''Eat My Dust!'' is a 1976 American action comedy film written and directed by Charles B. Griffith, and starring Ron Howard. The film depicts a conflict between a sheriff and his rebellious son over a stolen car. Plot When the clean-cut but reb ...

'' (1976) – 2nd unit director *'' Starhops'' (1978) – director, writer *'' Humanoids from the Deep'' (1980) – director *''

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'' (1982) (TV series) – director *''

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'' (1982) (TV series) – director *'' Renegades'' (1983) (TV series) – director *''

'' (1984) (TV series) – director *''

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'' (1984–85) (TV series) – director *'' Shadow Chasers'' (1985) (TV series) – director

References

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Resume at Silver Foxx Films website
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