Directing
Monte Hellman
EN, IT, DE, FR cinema · 55 credits
Born
12 July 1929
Died
20 April 2021 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Monte Himmelbaum · M. Hellman · Monte Jay Himmelbaum
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
Road to Nowhere
Director, Producer
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
as Self, Director, Producer
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, Producer
Wanderlust
as Himself
Trapped Ashes
Director
L.A. Without a Map
as Himself
Love, Cheat & Steal
Additional Editing
Grey Knight
Editor
Reservoir Dogs
Executive Producer
Iguana
Writer, Director, Editor
Someone to Love
as Attendee / Richard
Room 666
as Self
The Big Red One
Second Unit Director
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
China 9, Liberty 37
Producer, Director, Editor
Sudden Death
Editor
Cockfighter
Director, Editor
Two-Lane Blacktop
Director, Editor
Head
Editor
Ride in the Whirlwind
Director, Producer, Editor
The Shooting
Producer, Director, Editor
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Assistant Editor
Cordillera
Co-Director
Back Door to Hell
Director
Flight to Fury
Director, Editor, Story
The Terror
Location Manager
