Nudie films were a 1950s genre of films, popular in Europe and the USA. World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...

Because of ruling censorship laws, the only open cinematic displays of nudity were naturist (nudist camp) quasi-documentary films. Examples are Garden of Eden by Max Nosseck.

Other producers and directors active in the genre included David F. Friedman, Herschell Gordon Lewis. David F. Friedman 24 December 1923 Birmingham, Alabama, USA is an American filmmaker and producer. ... Herschell Gordon Lewis (born 15 June 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is a film-maker best known for creating the splatter film subgenre of horror. ...

Filmmaker Doris Wishman was particularly active in the genre with no less than eight nudie films to her name during the early 1960s. The titles speak for themselves: Diary of a Nudist, Blaze Starr Goes Wild, Blaze Starr Goes Nudist, Nude on the Moon, Hideout in the Sun, Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls, Playgirls International, Behind the Nudist Curtain, The Prince and the Nature Girl. Doris Wishman (July 23, 1912 - August 10, 2002) was an American screenwriter. ... Nude on the Moon was a 1962 movie written and directed by Doris Wishman under the pseudonym Anthony Brooks. For some time, it was mistakenly believed by film historians to be Wishmans first film, because the negative of 1960s Hideout in the Sun had been lost for nearly 40...

With The Immoral Mr. Teas, director Russ Meyer produced a nudie film with a slightly different twist. At the time called a "nudie cutie"; it was his first successful film. The Immoral Mr. ... Russell Albion Russ Meyer (March 21, 1922 (Oakland, California) – September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director. ...