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Michael Legge's filmmaking career developed out of his love of the movies and of his own skill at making short comedies and off-the-wall films. His early movies were all shot on film. From 1970 to 1986 he made dozens of films. He continued to produce and develop films through his production company
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Sideshow Cinema. With his success on the festival circuit, an independent film distributor signed him up and released many of his short and feature films on video. Currently, Sub Rosa is releasing all his films.
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films that he writes, directs and generally stars in. He founded the production company Sideshow Cinema.
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Video and DVD Guide 2003, by Mick Martin and Marsha Porter, Ballantine Books, 2002, pages 20 & 1570
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that were so prevalent in the 1950s/1960s. He started making movies at a young age with an
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Legge has won several awards as an actor, including a B-Movie Award at the
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The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies: Films from the Fringes of Cinema
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Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 46. Gale Group, 2003.
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movie camera and by high school was making spoofs of movies such as
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filmmaker and actor. He is known for producing low-budget
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According to Legge, he enjoyed watching the comedies of
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