Monte Hellman
Born: 1929-07-12 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2021-04-20
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Strutter ... (Thanks)
- A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
2011
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2010
- Sodankylä Forever as Self
- Road to Nowhere ... (Director)
- Godard Made in USA as Self
2007
- On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited ... (Executive Producer)
- Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin ... (Director)
- Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor as Self
- Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson ... (Director)
2006
- Trapped Ashes ... (Director)
- Wanderlust as Himself
- Stanley's Girlfriend ... (Director)
2003
1999
- L.A. Without a Map as Himself
1998
1996
- To Have and to Hold ... (Thanks)
1994
1993
- Love, Cheat & Steal ... (Additional Editing)
- Grey Knight ... (Editor)
- Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
1992
- Reservoir Dogs ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! ... (Story)
- Hellman Rider as himself
1988
- Iguana ... (Director)
1987
- Someone to Love as Attendee / Richard
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
1986
1985
- Room 666 as Self
1981
- Inside the Coppola Personality ... (Director)
1980
- The Big Red One ... (Second Unit Director)
1979
- An Almost Perfect Affair as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
- Avalanche Express ... (Editor)
1978
- China 9, Liberty 37 ... (Director)
1977
- Sudden Death ... (Editor)
1975
- The Killer Elite ... (Editor)
1974
- Shatter ... (Director)
- Cockfighter ... (Director)
1971
- Two-Lane Blacktop ... (Director)
- The Christian Licorice Store as Joseph
1969
- Target: Harry ... (Editor)
1968
- Head ... (Editor)
1967
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre ... (Dialogue)
1966
- Ride in the Whirlwind ... (Director)
- The Shooting ... (Director)
- The Wild Angels ... (Editor)
1965
- Bus Riley's Back in Town ... (Assistant Editor)
1964
- Flight to Fury ... (Director)
- Cordillera ... (Co-Director)
- Back Door to Hell ... (Director)
1963
- The Terror ... (Location Manager)
1960
- The Wild Ride ... (Editor)
1959
- Beast from Haunted Cave ... (Director)