Danny Steinmann

Danny Steinmann (January 7, 1942 – December 18, 2012) was an American film director. Steinmann made his debut as both writer and director with the hardcore porno picture High Rise (1973), on which he used the alias Danny Stone. Steinmann was a production associate on Arthur Hiller's The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) and served as an associate producer on the offbeat Gene Roddenberry made-for-TV supernatural film Spectre (1977). In addition, Steinmann headed a production company in Puerto Rico that made TV commercials for such companies as International House of Pancakes, Chase Manhattan Bank and Wesson Oil. Steinmann directed and co-wrote the horror film The Unseen (1980). Dissatisfied with the finished version of the film, Steinmann attributed his directorial credit to the pseudonym Peter Foleg. He followed this film with the teen exploitation action/revenge thriller Savage Streets (1984). Steinmann achieved relatively mainstream success with the horror sequel ()