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Monte Hellman

Monte Hellman

Director · Born 1929-07-12 · Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Monte Hellman (born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 — April 20, 2021) ​was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. He was born in New York City, where his parents were visiting, but he grew up in Los Angeles.Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the horror film "Beast from Haunted Cave" (1959), produced by Roger Corman. He would later gain critical recognition for the Westerns "The Shooting" and "Ride in the Whirlwind" (both 1966) starring Jack Nicholson, and the independent road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson. His later directorial work included the slasher film "Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!" (1989) and the independent thriller "Road to Nowhere" (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Hellman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

  1. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) — Director
  2. The Shooting (1966) — Director
  3. Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) — Director
  4. Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989) — Director
  5. Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) — Director
  6. Cockfighter (1974) — Director
  7. Trapped Ashes (2006) — Director
  8. Road to Nowhere (2010) — Director
  9. China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) — Director
  10. Shatter (1974) — Director
  11. Back Door to Hell (1964) — Director
  12. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
  13. Iguana (1988) — Director
  14. Flight to Fury (1964) — Director
  15. Inside the Coppola Personality (1981) — Director
  16. Stanley's Girlfriend (2006) — Director
  17. Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (2007) — Director
  18. Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (2007) — Director
  19. Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin (2007) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — Self
  2. Room 666 (1985) — Self
  3. L.A. Without a Map (1999) — Himself
  4. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) — Self
  5. A Fuller Life (2013) — Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
  6. Someone to Love (1987) — Attendee / Richard
  7. Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993) — Self
  8. The Christian Licorice Store (1971) — Joseph
  9. Wanderlust (2006) — Himself
  10. An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) — Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
  11. Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005) — Self
  12. Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993) — Self
  13. Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder (1994) — Self
  14. Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998) — Self
  15. Hellman Rider (1989) — himself
  16. Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day (1986) — Himself
  17. Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987) — Self
  18. Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (2007) — Self
  19. Godard Made in USA (2010) — Self
  20. Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011) — Self