Monte Hellman
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.
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- 2013 · A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
- 2011 · Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2010 · Godard Made in USA as Self
- 2010 · Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2007 · Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor as Self
- 2006 · Wanderlust as Himself
- 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
- 1999 · L.A. Without a Map as Himself
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1994 · Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
- 1993 · Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
- 1993 · Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- 1989 · Hellman Rider as himself
- 1987 · Someone to Love as Attendee / Richard
- 1987 · Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- 1986 · Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day as Himself
- 1982 · Room 666 as Self
- 1971 · The Christian Licorice Store as Joseph