Monte Hellman
Biography
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.
Directed Films
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Road to Nowhere
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
Trapped Ashes
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
Iguana
Inside the Coppola Personality
China 9, Liberty 37
Shatter
Cockfighter
Two-Lane Blacktop
Ride in the Whirlwind
The Shooting
Back Door to Hell
Flight to Fury
Beast from Haunted Cave
Also Appeared In
A Fuller Life
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Godard Made in USA
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Wanderlust
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
A Decade Under the Influence
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
L.A. Without a Map
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
