Monte Hellman
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.
Known for
- L.A. Without a Map (1999)
- A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
- An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
- A Fuller Life (2013)
- Godard Made in USA (2010)
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)
- Room 666 (1985)
- Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011)
- The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987)
- Someone to Love (1987)
- Reservoir Dogs Revisited (2005)
- Wanderlust (2006)
- Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder (1994)
- Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (2007)
- Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day (1986)