Monte Hellman

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

2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Director

Movie
2013

A Fuller Life

Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")

Movie
2013

Strutter

Thanks

Movie
2011

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

Self

Movie
2010

Godard Made in USA

Self

Movie
2010

Road to Nowhere

Director

Movie
2007

Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin

Director

Movie
2007

Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson

Director

Movie
2007

Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor

Self

Movie
2007

On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited

Executive Producer

Movie
2006

Trapped Ashes

Director

Movie
2006

Wanderlust

Himself

Movie
2006

Stanley's Girlfriend

Director

Movie
2005

Reservoir Dogs Revisited

Self

Movie
2003

A Decade Under the Influence

Self

Movie
2003

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Self

Movie
1999

L.A. Without a Map

Himself

Movie
1998

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Self

Movie
1996

To Have and to Hold

Thanks

Movie
1994

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

Self

Movie
1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

Additional Editing

Movie
1993

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Self

Movie
1993

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Self

Movie
1993

Grey Knight

Editor

Movie
1992

Reservoir Dogs

Executive Producer

Movie
1989

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

Story

Movie
1989

Hellman Rider

himself

Movie
1988

Iguana

Director

Movie
1987

Someone to Love

Attendee / Richard

Movie
1987

Out of the Blue and Into the Black

Self

Movie
1986

Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day

Himself

Movie
1985

Room 666

Self

Movie
1981

Inside the Coppola Personality

Director

Movie
1980

The Big Red One

Second Unit Director

Movie
1979

Avalanche Express

Editor

Movie
1979

An Almost Perfect Affair

Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes

Movie
1978

China 9, Liberty 37

Director

Movie
1977

Sudden Death

Editor

Movie
1975

The Killer Elite

Editor

Movie
1974

Shatter

Director

Movie
1974

Cockfighter

Director

Movie
1971

The Christian Licorice Store

Joseph

Movie
1971

Two-Lane Blacktop

Director

Movie
1969

Target: Harry

Editor

Movie
1968

Head

Editor

Movie
1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Dialogue

Movie
1966

Ride in the Whirlwind

Director

Movie
1966

The Wild Angels

Editor

Movie
1966

The Shooting

Director

Movie
1965

Bus Riley's Back in Town

Assistant Editor

Movie