Career
Ormsby began work in feature films with the Bob Clark-directed Children Shouldn"t Play with Dead Things (1972). In addition to writing the film"s script, Ormsby played the lead, Alan, and provided the film"s make-up effects. Two years later, Ormsby and Clark re-teamed on Deranged and Deathdream.
Deranged, a horror film inspired by serial killer Editor Gein, saw Clark producing with Ormsby writing and co-directing the feature (with Jeff Gillen), while Deathdream saw Clark directing another Ormsby script.
In 1980s Ormsby continued as a screenwriter, writing the screenplays for My Bodyguard (1980), The Little Dragons (1980), Paul Schrader"s Cat People (1982) and Clark"s Porky"s II: The Next Day (1983). Ormsby returned to directing with Popcorn.
Written by Ormsby, the film production saw him leave the director"s chair early on, to be replaced by Porky"s actor Mark Herrier. In 1996, he co-wrote The Substitute, which became a successful series of films.
