Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films, The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle". In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and was a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers". Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), François Truffaut (France) and Akira Kurosawa (Japan). He mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles, and James Cameron, and was highly influential in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also helped to launch the careers of actors like Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Corman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024 · Sharksploitation as Self
- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2022 · Spector as Self
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2021 · Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
- 2021 · Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema as Self
- 2020 · Tales of the Uncanny as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2020 · AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS as Self
- 2020 · AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 as Self
- 2020 · Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy as Self
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2019 · CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman as Himself
- 2019 · Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson as Self
- 2019 · The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs as
- 2019 · The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs as Self
- 2019 · Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self
- 2018 · Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 as
- 2017 · Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur as Self
- 2015 · Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four as Himself
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · La última película de Jess Franco as Self
- 2013 · Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie as
- 2013 · Extraordinary Tales as Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
- 2012 · Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader as Dean Hinkle
- 2011 · Corman's World as Self - Filmmaker
- 2011 · From Manila with Love as Himself
- 2011 · Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- 2010 · Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood as Self
- 2010 · Machete Maidens Unleashed! as Self
- 2010 · A History of Horror as Self
- 2010 · Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres as Himself (archive footage)
- 2010 · Sharktopus as Beach Bum
- 2010 · With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
- 2010 · Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man as Self
- 2010 · Dinoshark as Dr. Frank Reeves
- 2009 · Nightmares in Red, White and Blue as Self
- 2009 · Popatopolis as Himself
- 2009 · Direct Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2008 · Rachel Getting Married as Wedding Guest
- 2008 · Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
- 2007 · Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
- 2007 · Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2007 · Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute as Self
- 2007 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self
- 2006 · The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2005 · The Perfect Scary Movie as Self
- 2005 · The True Story of Hannibal as Self - Producer
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Mr. Secretary
- 2004 · Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
- 2004 · Leçon de Cinéma as
- 2003 · Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Hollywood Director
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · All the Love You Cannes! as Self
- 2001 · Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man as Himself
- 2001 · Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties as Self
- 2001 · Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies as Himself
- 2001 · Remembering 'The Intruder' as Himself
- 2000 · The Independent as Roger Corman
- 2000 · Scream 3 as Studio Executive
- 1999 · The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman as Self
- 1998 · Some Nudity Required as Himself
- 1998 · The Dark Side of Hollywood as
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997 · The Second Civil War as Sandy Collins
- 1997 · Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
- 1997 · The Practice as John Matlin
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Apollo 13 as Congressman
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mr. Randolph
- 1994 · The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self
- 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Mr. Laird
- 1993 · Body Bags as Dr. Bregman
- 1991 · Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self
- 1991 · The Silence of the Lambs as FBI Director Hayden Burke
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as
- 1990 · Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1989 · First Works as Self
- 1989 · Lords of the Deep as Corporate executive (uncredited)
- 1984 · Swing Shift as Mr. MacBride
- 1982 · The State of Things as The Lawyer
- 1981 · The Howling as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
- 1976 · Cannonball as District Attorney
- 1975 · Tidal Wave as President of the United States (voice)
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · The Godfather Part II as Senator #2
- 1969 · Target: Harry as Man on Phone
- 1960 · Ski Troop Attack as German Officer (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Wasp Woman as Hospital Doctor
- 1958 · The Cry Baby Killer as Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
- 1958 · War of the Satellites as Ground Control (uncredited)
- 1957 · Naked Paradise as Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1955 · Day the World Ended as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Fast and the Furious as Roadblock State Trooper
- Future · I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni as Self
- 1991 · Hollywood Boulevard II as Roger Corman
- 1983 · The Horror of It All as Self
- 1978 · Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel as Self
- 1961 · Atlas as Greek Soldier (uncredited)
- Future · Segal as Self
- 2023 · Lost Explorer as Jean
- 2021 · A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus as Self
- 2020 · Ivan, the TerrirBle as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Greetings from Tromaville! as Himself
- 2017 · Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive as
- 2015 · It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story as Himself
- 2015 · Kings of Cult as self
- 2014 · Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins as Self
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2014 · Behind the Swinging Blade as Self
- 2011 · Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2010 · Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror as Self
- 2010 · Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2009 · Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman as Himself
- 2008 · Hollywood Gangster as Self
- 2008 · The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff as Himself
- 2007 · Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows as Self
- 2007 · Searchers 2.0 as Producer (Flashback)
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2004 · Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen as Self
- 2003 · Corman's Comedy of Poe as Himself
- 2001 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 1999 · The Phantom Eye as Dr. Gorman
- 1996 · Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2 as Self
- 1994 · Weird Night as
- 1990 · Horror Cafe as Self
- 1987 · Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- 1984 · Ticket to Hollywood as Self
- 1964 · Horror!!! as Self
- 1960 · Battle of Blood Island as Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
- 1954 · Monster from the Ocean Floor as Tommy
- Future · Z Dead End as Rumored
- Future · Mary Woronov: Cult Queen as
- Future · In Hock & Staying There as Himself