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Fred Olen Ray#Television

{{short description|American filmmaker}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Fred Olen Ray

| image =

| caption = Ray with reels of some of his films, 1992

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|10}}

| birth_place = Wellston, Ohio, U.S.

| othername =

| occupation = {{hlist|Film producer|director|screenwriter|actor}}

| years_active = 1971–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • Dawn Wildsmith
  • {{marriage|Kimberly A. Ray|1997}}

}}

}}

Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter of more than 200 low- to medium-quality feature films in many genres,{{cite web |last1=Campopiano |first1=John |title=Cult Film Legend Fred Olen Ray Talks the Birth of His Stepmonster |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/166442/cult-film-legend-fred-olen-ray-talks-birth-stepmonster/ |website=Dread Central|date=June 27, 2016 }} including horror, science fiction, action/adventure, erotic thrillers, crime dramas, and holiday films.{{cite web |title=Understanding the Holiday TV Movie Market with Fred Olen Ray and Christopher Ray |url=https://www.finaldraft.com/learn/final-draft-blog/understanding-holiday-tv-movie-market-fred-olan-ray-christopher-ray/ |website=Final Draft|date=December 19, 2017 }}

Ray is the head of Retromedia, which releases DVDs of both his own productions and archival films.{{cite web |title=Meet Fred Olen Ray of Retromedia Entertainment Group in Studio City |url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-fred-olen-ray-retromedia-entertainment-group-studio-city/ |website=VoyageLA}} He has also worked for other well-known independent studios and on a few occasions for major Hollywood studios. He has been cited as an inspiration for many independent filmmakers. He loaned a 16mm camera to Quentin Tarantino so he could make My Best Friend's Birthday.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/q-a-with-tarantino-when-he-was-mr-green-1117961178/|title=Q&A with Tarantino…when he was Mr. Green|first=Steve|last=Gaydos|website=Variety|date=March 14, 2007}}

Aside from his work in the film industry, Ray was also a professional wrestler. His wrestling name was Fabulous Freddie Valentine.{{cite book|author=Johnny D. Boggs|title=Jesse James and the Movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-TLXYhM3cTkC&pg=PA225|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8496-6|pages=223–226}}

Early life

Ray was born September 10, 1954, in Wellston, Ohio, to a family originally from West Virginia. As a teenager, he regularly read Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Being a fan of horror and science fiction films such as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and the AIP movies of the 1950s and 1960s, Ray started making his own movies at the age of fourteen. At age seventeen, he self-published three issues of the amateur fantasy-film fanzine Dagon in 1972.

Career

= Early work and ''The Brain Leeches'' (1970s) =

After serving in the United States Navy, Ray began working at a local television station in Orlando, Florida. He first appeared in a small role in the 1975 film Shock Waves, which starred Peter Cushing and John Carradine.{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1m2mma/i_am_fred_olen_ray_a_movie_producerdirector_ama/|title=Interview with Fred Olen Ray|website=Reddit}} Ray then began directing independent films during his free time using station equipment, starting with The Brain Leeches (1978), produced on a budget of $298.{{cite book|author=Fred Olen Ray|title=The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9GknfDYd4sC&pg=PA176|date=January 1, 1991|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-89950-628-9|page=176}}{{cite book|author=Mike Quarles|title=Down and Dirty: Hollywood's Exploitation Filmmakers and Their Movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5iRMlzjbSEC&pg=PA80|date=June 21, 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6257-5|page=80}} Ray also co-wrote the screenplay with political essayist Brad Linaweaver, and the two later collaborated on additional films.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodinvestigator.com/2007/linaweaver.htm|title=Libertarian Screenwriter Brad Linaweaver Slams Neocons|publisher=Hollywood Investigator|date=August 12, 2007|access-date=December 20, 2019}}

= 1980s =

Ray's next film was shot on a budget of $15,000. Lessons learned from The Brain Leeches allowed Ray to keep production cost to a minimum, while using the bulk of the budget to attract a recognized Hollywood name to the project. Alien Dead was shot featuring an elderly Buster Crabbe, cinema action hero of the 1930s and 1940s, and star of three Flash Gordon serials from 1936 to 1940. With the success of that film, Ray decided to move to Hollywood to be close to the film industry. He was interested in working in make-up and special effects, "probably from all of those years of reading Famous Monsters magazine", he later said. He found out "it soon became apparent that you would always be between jobs and I was looking for something that would actually earn me a living. I think I became a director because that was the fastest way to get a film made on the independent side of things."{{cite web|url=http://www.badmovies.org/interviews/olenray/|title=Interview Fred Olen Ray|date=October 12, 2007|website=Bad Movies}}

Ray succeeded in raising money for a low-budget horror film, Scalps (1983), which featured cameos from Carroll Borland and Forrest J. Ackerman. The Tomb (1986) stars Cameron Mitchell and John Carradine. Ray switched to action films with Armed Response (1986), which stars David Carradine and Lee Van Cleef. Ray had affection for this movie because "it had a great cast and was one of the first times I had more than two nickels to rub together." He then turned to science fiction: Deep Space (1987) and Cyclone (1987). Beverly Hills Vamp (1988) was a horror comedy with Eddie Deezen. Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) was made in only a few days and turned out to be a big hit. Less popular was The Phantom Empire (1988).

= 1990s =

File:Fred Olen Ray making Operation Cobra.jpg in 1996]]

After Alienator (1989) he was reunited with Deezen for Mob Boss (1990), another comedy. He entered sword and sorcery movies with Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991) and made the more popular Bad Girls from Mars (1991). During this time he published his book, The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors (1991).[http://yourvideostoreshelf.com/?page_id=66/ 2007 Audio Interview at Your Video Store Shelf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330065945/http://yourvideostoreshelf.com/?page_id=66%2F |date=March 30, 2010 }}

Ray co-directed Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991) with Jim Wynorski, shot in one day.{{cite web|title=AFTER MIDNIGHT: FRED OLEN RAY ON STRIP CLUBS & CHAINSAW HOOKERS|first=Fred|last=Topel|date=October 27, 2014|website=Crave|url=http://www.craveonline.com/site/780405-midnight-fred-olen-ray-strip-clubs-chainsaw-hookers}} Ray moved into erotic thrillers with Inner Sanctum (1991) starring Tanya Roberts. It was a hit and Ray would make others in that genre, including Inner Sanctum 2, Mind Twister (1994) and Possessed by the Night (1994).

Evil Toons (1992) is a comedy-horror, which was followed by another effort co-directed with Wynorski, Dinosaur Island (1994). Witch Academy (1994) was the last of his "scream queen" movies. After Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995), he made Fugitive Rage (1996), Friend of the Family II (1996), Inferno (1997), Hybrid (1997), and The Shooter, which has been referred to as Ray's best film. Dear Santa (1998) is a family film and Billy Frankenstein (1998) is a comedy.

= 2000s to present =

In 2001, he made the film Critical Mass. He later said he was a "Critical Mass kind of guy. I like to shoot things and blow stuff up. I also like comedies. Don't like erotic thrillers."{{cite web |title=INTERVIEW WITH FRED OLEN RAY |url=http://www.badmovies.org/interviews/olenray/ |website=Bad Movies}}

He established a DVD company called Retromedia. Ray made a film called Bikini Airways "on a lark and it did really well", said Ray. This led to a series of Bikini films.{{cite web |title=After Midnight: Fred Olen Ray on Strip Clubs & Chainsaw Hookers |url=http://www.mandatory.com/fun/780405-midnight-fred-olen-ray-strip-clubs-chainsaw-hookers |website=Mandatory|date=October 28, 2014 }}

In 2007, he reflected on his career:

{{Blockquote|Money is always a barrier. The more they give you, the more they expect, so you're always caught short, regardless. I don't think anything I've done was ever budgeted properly for what was expected of me, but that's just the nature of the business, I guess. There certainly are films I did because there was a paycheck attached. It's a working man's world and it doesn't pay to get too idealistic about things like directing low-budget movies if you have a family to think about. I usually try to find something that interests me in each and every project. It's not really possible to phone it in. Making a film with no money or schedule is ten times harder than it is to make a big-budget show where you're surrounded by a gang of super-talented people.}}

Budgetary constraints notwithstanding, Ray has, on occasion, been able to attract A-list actors to appear in his films. Two-time Academy Award nominee Peter Fonda played Marshal Kane in the 2010 Ray film American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James, while Golden Globe Award winner Christian Slater appeared in Ray's 2012 film Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood.{{cite web|url=https://www.movierewind.com/2012/bad-blood-the-hatfields-and-mccoys |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805192045/https://www.movierewind.com/2012/bad-blood-the-hatfields-and-mccoys |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |title=Bad Blood: The Hatfields and McCoys |last=Millinocket |first=Sue |work=Movie Rewind |access-date=August 20, 2024}} One reviewer described American Bandits as perhaps "the most boring Jesse James film ever made".

In 2017, he received a "Living Legend Award" at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Buffalo Dreams 2017 Dreamer Awards |url=http://www.buffalodreamsfantasticfilmfestival.com/2017-dreamer-award-winners/ |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011194518/http://www.buffalodreamsfantasticfilmfestival.com/2017-dreamer-award-winners/ |url-status=dead }}

In 2019, he produced and released Boggy Creek: The Series, with director Henrique Couto at the helm.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-31|title=Fred Olen Ray presents Boggy Creek: The Series, now on Amazon|url=https://www.joblo.com/fred-olen-ray-presents-boggy-creek-the-series-now-on-amazon/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=JoBlo|language=en-US}}

Books

  • Grind Show - Weirdness as Entertainment (1993)
  • The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors (2011), {{ISBN|978-0786467556}}
  • Hell-Bent for Hollywood: A Director's Journey (2024), {{ISBN|979-8986521589}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! width="65"| Director

! width="65"| Writer

! width="65"| Producer

! Notes

2022

|Piranha Women

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

2020

|Dying for a Daughter

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=3|2016

|Trial

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Sniper: Special Ops

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Accidental Switch

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=3|2014

|After Midnight

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Christmas in Palm Springs

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

House of Secrets

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=2|2013

|All I Want for Christmas

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Abner, the Invisible Dog

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=4|2012

|Collision Course

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Baby Dolls Behind Bars

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Busty Housewives of Beverly Hills

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina

rowspan=5|2011

|Super Shark

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Together We Can Find a Cure

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Little Witches

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

| rowspan="4" |as Nicholas Medina

Lady Chatterly's Ghost

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

Knock Outs

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

rowspan=5|2010

|Housewives from Another World

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

Twilight Vamps{{cite web|url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=13408|title=Sexy Good Time in Twilight Vamps, Bikini Frankenstein}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

|

Bikini Frankenstein{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35096/twilight-vamps-and-bikini-frankensteins-ring-2010|title=Twilight Vamps and Bikini Frankenstein Ring in 2010|date=July 3, 2012 }}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

| rowspan="3" |as Nicholas Medina

Bikini Royale 2

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan=2|2009

|Silent Venom

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Dire Wolf

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan="2" |2008

|Solar Flare

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Bikini Royale

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

2007

|The Girl from B.I.K.I.N.I.

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

2006

|Bikini Pirates, aka Ghost of the Pirate Queen{{Cite web |last=Nanarland |title=Fred Olen Ray - la biographie par Nanarland |url=https://www.nanarland.com/personnalites/realisateurs-producteurs/fred-olen-ray.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.nanarland.com |language=fr}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina

2006

|Ghost in a Teeny Bikini

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

|VOD

2008

|Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

|VOD

rowspan=2|2005

|Glass Trap

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Ed Raymond

Bikini Round-Up

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina

rowspan=6|2004

|Tomb of the Werewolf

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|as Sherman Scott

Bikini a Go-Go

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina
Sherman Scott

The Bikini Escort Company

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Associate}}

|as Bill Carson
Nicholas Medina
Sherman Scott

Genie in a String Bikini

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|rowspan=2|as Nicholas Medina

Bikini Chain Gang

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Associate}}

Bikini Cavegirl (also known as Teenage Cavegirl)

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina
Sherman Scott

rowspan=2|2003

|Final Examination

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Ed Raymond

Bikini Airways

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=3|2002

|Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|as Freddy Valentine

Venomous

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Ed Raymond

13 Erotic Ghosts

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

|as Roger Collins
Nicholas Medina
Peter Stewart

rowspan=5|2001

|Air Rage

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Ed Raymond

Mach 2

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

ACW Wrestling's Wildest Matches

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|as Sherman Scott
Freddie Valentine

Kept

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Uncredited

Stranded

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=4|2000

|Submerged

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Sideshow

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Critical Mass

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Ed Raymond

Special Envoys

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=6|1999

|Invisible Mom II

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Fugitive Mind

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

The Kid with X-ray Eyes

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Counter Measures

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Active Stealth

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Scandal: On the Other Side

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Nick Medina

rowspan=6|1998

|The Prophet

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Sherman Scott

Mom, Can I Keep Her?

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Illicit Dreams 2

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|as Roger Collins

Billy Frankenstein

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Dear Santa

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|rowspan=2|as Peter Stewart

Mom's Outta Sight

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

rowspan=10|1997

|The Shooter

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Ed Raymond

Inferno

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Bikini Hoe-Down

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|as Roger Collins
Nicholas Medina

Hybrid

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Invisible Dad

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

Little Miss Magic

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Masseuse 2

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|as Peter Daniels

Maximum Revenge

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Bill Carson

Night Shade

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|as Nicholas Medina

Rapid Assault

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Sherman Scot

rowspan=5|1996

|Invisible Mom

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Friend of the Family II

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina

Fugitive Rage

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Over the Wire

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina

Masseuse

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Peter Daniels

rowspan=7|1995

|Sorceress

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Droid Gunner

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Bikini Drive-In

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|as Randy Rocket

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Star Hunter

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|as Sam Newfield

The Wasp Woman

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|as Tex

Witch Academy

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=4|1994

|Inner Sanctum II

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Possessed by the Night

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

Dinosaur Island

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Mind Twister

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

1993

|Dinosaur Girls

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

1992

|Evil Toons

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=6|1991

|Haunting Fear

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Spirits

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Inner Sanctum

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes|Co-producer}}

|

Scream Queen Hot Tub Party

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|as Bill Carson

Bad Girls from Mars

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|as Sherman Scott

Wizards of the Demon Sword

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

1990

|Mob Boss

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=2|1989

|Terminal Force

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

Alienator

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

rowspan=4|1988

|Warlords

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

The Phantom Empire

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|as Dr. S. Carver

Beverly Hills Vamp

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=4|1987

|Commando Squad

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes|Co-producer}}

|

Cyclone

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Uncredited}}

|{{no}}

|

Deep Space

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

Evil Spawn

|{{yes|Uncredited}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

rowspan=4|1986

|Demented Death Farm Massacre

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Reshoots

Armed Response

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Co-producer}}

|

Prison Ship

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Co-writer}}

|{{yes|Co-producer}}

|

The Tomb

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

1985

|Biohazard

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

1983

|Scalps

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

1980

|Alien Dead

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|as Fred Ray

1978

|The Brain Leeches

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|as Fred Ray
Brian Wolfe

=Television=

TV Movies

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! width="65"| Director

! width="65"| Writer

! width="65"| Producer

! Notes

2004

| Haunting Desires

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| as Nicholas Medina and Sherman Scott

rowspan=5| 2007

| Nuclear Hurricane

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| n/a

Bewitched Housewives

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| as Nicholas Medina

Super Ninja Doll

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|as Nicholas Medina and Sherman Scott

Girl with the Sex-Ray Eyes

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| as Nicholas Medina and Sherman Scott

An Accidental Christmas

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|rowspan=2| n/a

rowspan=4|2008

| Polar Opposites

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Bikini Royale

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Medina

Voodoo Dollz

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Medina

Tarzeena, Queen of Kong Island

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| as Nicholas Medina

2009

| Reptisaurus

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|rowspan=2| n/a

rowspan=2| 2010

| Turbulent Skies

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Medina

rowspan=4| 2011

| Bikini Warriors

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Juan Medina

Lady Chatterley's Daughter

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Juan Medina and Mark Reynolds

Bikini Time Machine

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Juan Medina

Sexual Witchcraft

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| as Nicholas Juan Medina

rowspan=3| 2012

| Dirty Blondes from Beyond

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| as Nicholas Medina

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|rowspan=20| n/a

A Christmas Wedding Date

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=2| 2013

| Holiday Road Trip

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

All I Want For Christmas

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

2014

| A Perfect Christmas List

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=3|2015

| Eyewitness

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

A Prince for Christmas

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

The Christmas Gift

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=3|2016

| A Mother's Revenge

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Unwanted Guests

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

A Christmas in Vermont

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=4|2017

| The Twin

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Stage Fright

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Deadly Vows

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Framed by My Fiancé

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=5| 2018

| Witness Unprotected

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Fiancé Killer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Deadly Shores

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

A Wedding For Christmas

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

A Christmas In Royal Fashion

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=4|2019

| Sister of the Bride

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Uncredited

One Fine Christmas

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|rowspan=8| n/a

Baking Christmas

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

A Christmas Princess

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=2| 2020

|A Mother's Secret

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

A Royal Christmas Engagement

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

2021

| The Killer in My Backyard

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan=2|2022

| A Royal Christmas on Ice

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Dognapped: Hound for the Holidays

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

TV Series

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! Year

! Title

! width="65"| Director

! width="65"| Writer

! width="65"| Producer

! Notes

2000

|Emmanuelle 2000

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| as Nicholas Medina, Episode: Emmanuelle's Sensual Pleasures

2002

|Sexy Urban Legends

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 2 Episodes

2006–2007

| Dante's Cove

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Supervising Producer

2007–2009

| The Lair

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Creator, Executive Producer

2018–2020

| The Bay

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Co-executive producer

2019

| Boggy Creek - The Bigfoot Series

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Executive Producer

See also

  • Sam Newfield, a filmmaker who uses the "Sherman Scott" and "Peter Stewart" pseudonyms.
  • Brad Linaweaver, science fiction writer, publisher, and frequent Ray collaborator.

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.fredolenray.com/}}
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{{Fred Olen Ray}}

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