Alan Ormsby (born December 14, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, make up artist, actor and author.
[3] Deranged (1974), a horror film inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, saw Clark producing with Ormsby writing and co-directing the feature (with Jeff Gillen).
[4] In the 1980s, Ormsby continued working as a screenwriter, penning the screenplays for The Little Dragons (1980),[5] My Bodyguard (1980), Paul Schrader's Cat People (1982) and Clark's Porky's II: The Next Day (1983).
[6] Ormsby returned to directing with Popcorn (1991), which he'd also written, but left the production early on and was replaced by Porky's actor Mark Herrier.
[8] In the early 1990s, he was initially recruited to write the screenplay for a remake of The Mummy for Joe Dante, although it was later re-written by John Sayles.