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
- Strutter ... (Thanks)
- Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Monte Hellman ... (Director)
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
2011
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
2010
- Road to Nowhere ... (Director)
- Godard Made in USA as Self
- Sodankylä Forever as Self
2007
- Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin ... (Director)
- Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson ... (Director)
- Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor as Self
- On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- Trapped Ashes ... (Director)
- Stanley's Girlfriend ... (Director)
- Wanderlust as Himself
2003
1999
- L.A. Without a Map as Himself
1998
1996
- To Have and to Hold ... (Thanks)
1994
1993
- Grey Knight ... (Editor)
- Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- Love, Cheat & Steal ... (Additional Editing)
1992
- Reservoir Dogs ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- Hellman Rider as himself
- Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! ... (Story)
1988
- Iguana ... (Director)
1987
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- Someone to Love as Attendee / Richard
1986
1982
- Room 666 as Self
1981
- Inside the Coppola Personality ... (Director)
1980
- The Big Red One ... (Second Unit Director)
1979
- Avalanche Express ... (Editor)
- An Almost Perfect Affair as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
1978
- China 9, Liberty 37 ... (Director)
1977
- Sudden Death ... (Editor)
1975
- The Killer Elite ... (Editor)
1974
- Shatter ... (Director)
- Cockfighter ... (Director)
1971
- The Christian Licorice Store as Joseph
- Two-Lane Blacktop ... (Director)
1969
- Target: Harry ... (Editor)
1968
- Head ... (Editor)
1967
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre ... (Dialogue)
1966
- The Shooting ... (Director)
- Ride in the Whirlwind ... (Director)
- The Wild Angels ... (Editor)
1965
- Bus Riley's Back in Town ... (Assistant Editor)
1964
- Cordillera ... (Co-Director)
- Flight to Fury ... (Director)
- Back Door to Hell ... (Director)
1963
- The Terror ... (Location Manager)
1960
- The Wild Ride ... (Editor)
1959
- Beast from Haunted Cave ... (Director)