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Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian are American film directors, producers and writers, whose independent films in the 1970s and 1980s were predominantly exploitation pictures similar to the work of
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and other directors in the 1960s at independent studios like
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. The Sebastians were a working couple who collaborated on most aspects of filmmaking together. During an interview with JA Kerswell of the UK publication, ''Hysteria Lives!'', Ferd Sebastian recalled, with his son Tracy's encouragement, he imported the French-made rock documentary about the Australian band
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, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, which played as a " midnight movie" in theaters across the United States. After directing ''Running Cool'' in 1993, she and her husband retired to Florida. As of 2012, Sebastian runs the ''Greyhound Foundation'' which saves
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dogs retired from racing, gives them medical assistance and trains them with prisoners.


Director and writer filmography

*'' Running Cool'' (1993) *'' American Angels: Baptism of Blood'' (1989) *'' 'Gator Bait II: Cajun Justice'' (1988) *''
Rocktober Blood ''Rocktober Blood'' is a 1984 horror film directed by Beverly Sebastian, starring Tray Loren, Donna Scoggins, and Cana Cockrell. The film also stars the Los Angeles rock band Sorcery, as well as musician Nigel Benjamim, as actors and on the so ...
'' (1984) *'' On the Air Live with Captain Midnight'' (1979) *'' Delta Fox'' (1979) *'' Flash and the Firecat'' (1975) *'' 'Gator Bait'' (1974) *'' The Single Girls'' (1974) *'' The Hitchhikers'' (1972) *'' Red, White and Blue'' (1971) *'' The Love Clinic'' (1969) *'' I Need'' (1968)


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