Monte Hellman
Monte Himmelbaum | M. Hellman | Monte Jay Himmelbaum
Directing
Date of birth:Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2021-04-20
91Monte 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).
Filmography
Rating by year
- A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")2013-08-286.612
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie!Self2011-09-130.00
- Godard Made in USASelf2010-12-110.00
- Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James TaylorSelf2007-12-110.00
- WanderlustHimself2006-07-125.97
- Reservoir Dogs RevisitedSelf2005-06-037.85
- A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf2003-04-257.943
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf2003-03-097.163
- L.A. Without a MapHimself1999-02-265.955
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des ErfolgsSelf1998-01-013.01
- Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelf1994-10-256.03
- Warren Oates: Across the BorderSelf1993-11-106.54
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf1993-06-297.18
- Hellman Riderhimself1989-01-016.01
- Someone to LoveAttendee / Richard1987-09-115.511
- Out of the Blue and Into the BlackSelf1987-01-300.00
- Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a DayHimself1986-09-070.00
- Room 666Self1985-02-246.657
- An Almost Perfect AffairMonte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes1979-04-275.07
- The Christian Licorice StoreJoseph1971-11-244.88