Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 12, 1929
Died
Apr 20, 2021
Place of Birth
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
56 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
Strutter
Thanks
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Godard Made in USA
Self
Road to Nowhere
Director
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
Director
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
Director
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Self
On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited
Executive Producer
Trapped Ashes
Director
Wanderlust
Himself
Stanley's Girlfriend
Director
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
L.A. Without a Map
Himself
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
To Have and to Hold
Thanks
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
Love, Cheat & Steal
Additional Editing
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
Grey Knight
Editor
Reservoir Dogs
Executive Producer
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
Story
Hellman Rider
himself
Iguana
Director
Someone to Love
Attendee / Richard
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
Himself
Room 666
Self
Inside the Coppola Personality
Director
The Big Red One
Second Unit Director
Avalanche Express
Editor
An Almost Perfect Affair
Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
China 9, Liberty 37
Director
Sudden Death
Editor
The Killer Elite
Editor
Shatter
Director
Cockfighter
Director
The Christian Licorice Store
Joseph
Two-Lane Blacktop
Director
Target: Harry
Editor
Head
Editor
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Dialogue
Ride in the Whirlwind
Director
The Wild Angels
Editor
The Shooting
Director
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Assistant Editor