Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works that have an already-established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low-budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In 1964, Corman—admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du Cinéma—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 is a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers". Corman 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, Sylvester Stallone, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner. Corman has occasionally taken minor acting roles in the films of directors who started with him, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13, The Manchurian Candidate, and Philadelphia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Corman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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- 2024 · The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman as Himself
- 2024 · Sharksploitation as Self
- 2022 · Spector 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)
- 2020 · Tales of the Uncanny 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 · Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self
- 2017 · Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive as
- 2015 · Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four as Himself
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Himself
- 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 · Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- 2010 · Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 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 · Dinoshark as Dr. Frank Reeves
- 2009 · Nightmares in Red, White and Blue as Self
- 2008 · Rachel Getting Married as Wedding Guest
- 2008 · Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
- 2007 · Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2007 · Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows 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 · 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, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · All the Love You Cannes! as Self
- 2001 · It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
- 2000 · The Independent as Roger Corman
- 2000 · Scream 3 as Studio Executive
- 1998 · Some Nudity Required as Himself
- 1997 · The Second Civil War as Sandy Collins
- 1997 · The Practice as John Matlin
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Apollo 13 as Congressman
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mr. Randolph
- 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Mr. Laird
- 1993 · Body Bags as Dr. Bregman
- 1991 · The Silence of the Lambs as FBI Director Hayden Burke
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as
- 1989 · Lords of the Deep as Corporate executive (uncredited)
- 1987 · Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- 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 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · The Godfather Part II as Senator #2
- 1960 · Battle of Blood Island as Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
- 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 · Remembering 'The Intruder' as Himself
- 2021 · A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus as Self
- 2021 · Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
- 2017 · Greetings from Tromaville! as Himself
- 2015 · It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story as Himself
- 2014 · Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins as Self
- 2014 · It Came From Connemara! as Self
- 2013 · La última película de Jess Franco as Self
- 2010 · Machete Maidens Unleashed! as Self
- 2010 · Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man as Self
- 2004 · Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen as Self
- 1991 · Hollywood Boulevard II as Roger Corman
- Future · Z Dead End as Rumored
- Future · Segal as Self
- 2015 · Kings of Cult as self
- 2014 · Behind the Swinging Blade as Self
- 2011 · From Manila with Love as Himself
- 2010 · Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror as Self
- 2009 · Popatopolis as Himself
- 2007 · Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
- 2007 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2001 · The Wicker Man Enigma as Himself
- 2001 · Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies as Himself
- 1999 · The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman as Self
- 1990 · Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1983 · The Horror of It All as Self
- 1969 · Target: Harry as Man on Phone
- 1964 · Horror!!! as Self
- 1961 · Atlas as Greek Soldier (uncredited)
- 1954 · Monster from the Ocean Floor as Tommy
- Future · I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni as Self
- 2023 · Lost Explorer as Jean
- 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
- 2018 · Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 as
- 2017 · Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur as Self
- 2011 · Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2010 · Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2009 · Direct Your Own Damn Movie! 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 · Searchers 2.0 as Producer (Flashback)
- 2007 · Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute as Self
- 2004 · Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
- 2003 · Corman's Comedy of Poe as Himself
- 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
- 1999 · The Phantom Eye as Dr. Gorman
- 1998 · The Dark Side of Hollywood as
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997 · Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
- 1994 · Weird Night as
- 1994 · The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self
- 1991 · Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self
- 1990 · Horror Cafe as Self
- 1989 · First Works as Self
- 1978 · Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel as Self
- Future · Mary Woronov: Cult Queen as
- Future · In Hock & Staying There as Himself
- 1984 · Ticket to Hollywood as Self