Monte Hellman
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.
Top Filmography
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 // MOVIE
Room 666
1982 // MOVIE
L.A. Without a Map
1999 // MOVIE
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 // MOVIE
A Fuller Life
2013 // MOVIE
Someone to Love
1987 // MOVIE
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 // MOVIE
The Christian Licorice Store
1971 // MOVIE
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979 // MOVIE
Wanderlust
2006 // MOVIE
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994 // MOVIE
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993 // MOVIE
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 // MOVIE
Hellman Rider
1989 // MOVIE
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
1986 // MOVIE