David F. Friedman (b.1923) had learnt the exploitation trade at an early age and had toured with Kroger Babb and his Mom And Dad epic in the 1940s. In the 1950s Friedman secured a job as a publicist at Paramount, but gave it up to pursue a career in independent films. In the early 1960s, he joined forces with Herschell Gordon Lewis and together they pioneered the 'Gore' genre of excess violence and sex. After leaving Lewis, Friedman approached Dan Sonney with whom he produced an endless stream of exploitation fodder. Essentially a remake of Freaks, the theme of She Freak was particularly appropriate for Friedman as he had begun his career in the carnival trade.