Beverly Sebastian

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Beverly Sebastian
Born
United States
Occupation Film director
Ferd Sebastian
Born(1933-07-25)25 July 1933
Travis County, Texas, United States
Died27 March 2022(2022-03-27) (aged 88)
Occupation Film director

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 Roger Corman and other directors in the 1960s at independent studios like American International Pictures. [1]

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The Sebastians were a working couple who collaborated on most aspects of filmmaking together. In an April 1999 interview with Ferd Sebastian by Andrew Leavold for the publication Mondo Stumpo, Ferd stated Beverly was 18 and Ferd was 19 when they met at a Houston, Texas, roller skating rink. They ran away and got married 10 days after they met and remained married for 70 years. They got their start in the industry by producing television commercials that utilized Ferd's photography skills.

During an interview with JA Kerswell of the UK publication, Hysteria Lives!, [2] Ferd Sebastian recalled, with his son Tracy's encouragement, he imported the French-made rock documentary about the Australian band AC/DC, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, which played as a "midnight movie" in theaters across the United States. [3]

After directing Running Cool in 1993, she and her husband retired to Florida. [4] As of 2012, Sebastian runs the Greyhound Foundation which saves Greyhound dogs retired from racing, gives them medical assistance and trains them with prisoners. [5] [6] [7]

Director and writer filmography

References

  1. ↑ White, Victoria (April 16, 1993). "The good the bad the redneck". Tampa Bay Times. p. 3.
  2. ↑ Kerswell, JA. "Hysterical Inteview: JA Kerswell Talks with Ferd Sebastian". Hysteria Lives!. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  3. ↑ Francis, R.D (28 October 2022) (February 21, 2025). "Ferd Sebastian: A Life in Film The '70s exploitation filmmaker behind the drive-in hits 'Rocktober Blood' and 'Gator Bait', passes". Medium.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Free, Erin (July 6, 2023). "Unsung Auteurs: Beverly & Ferd Sebastian". Filmink.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Beverly Sebastian about her life and career from 2012". Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Loose talk loses lives - interview with Ferd Sebastian". Hysteria Lives.
  7. ↑ Behrend, Barbara (November 27, 2005). "On Track for a Fresh Start: Second Chances". Tampa Bay Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)



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