Jim Wynorksi is a director, producer, and writer. He was born in Long Island, New York on August 14th, 1950. He has directed a huge number of low-budget B-movies in his career.

Failing film school, he worked at Doubleday publishing during the 70s. Wanting to break into film, he quit his job and moved to Los Angeles. He was fired from his first job in television. On a flight, he sat beside someone who knew the famous B-movie producer Roger Corman. He started working for him and, in the subsequent decades, directed over 70 films.

At the height of his career, he could direct a movie in as little as two weeks.

Jim Wynorski Filmography

Forbidden World (1982) as writer

Sorceress (1982) as writer

Amazons (1986) as director

The Lost Empire (1984) as director

Chopping Mall (1986) as director & writer

Deathstalker II (1987) as director & writer

Not of This Earth (1988)

Sorority House Massacre II (1990) as director (credited as Arch Stanton)

Hard to Die (1990) as director & producer (credited as Arch Stanton)

Dead Space (1991)

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991) as writer

Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991) as director, writer & producer (credited as Arch Stanton)

Dinosaur Island (1994) as director & producer

Sorceress (1995) as director

Sonic Impact (1999) as producer

Stealth Fighter (1999) as producer & director (credited as Jay Andrews)

Rangers (2000) as director & producer

Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010) as director & writer

Piranhaconda (2012) as director

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (2015) as director & writer

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