Ted Newsom wrote, directed and produced  THE NAKED MONSTER, ultimate parody of low-budget 1950s sci-fi monster films.   His other credits include the documentaries  ED WOOD,  LOOK BACK IN ANGORA,  100 YEARS OF HORROR, and  FLESH & BLOOD,  THE HAMMER HERITAGE OF HORROR, the last teaming of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.   As a screenwriter, he co-wrote the original screenplay for  SPIDER-MAN, as well as adaptations of Marvel Comics'  THE SUB-MARINER and  SGT. FURY; as a writer, he contributed to  OUI,  CINEFNATASTIQUE,  LA TIMES CALENDAR,  FILMFAX   and  FILM COMMENT; as an editor, he worked with Harlan Ellsion, Robert Bloch and Theodore Sturgeon.   He is currently shooting a screwball romantic comedy with actress/writer Brinke Stevens, and co-writing (with Stevens)  SINBAD'S ULTIMATE VOYAGE  with s-f- legend Ray Harryhausen.