Monte Hellman
Known for DirectingBorn 1929-07-12 — died 2021-04-20Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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).
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A Fuller Life
2013 · as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
L.A. Without a Map
1999 · as Himself
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · as Self
Room 666
1985 · as Self
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005 · as Self
Someone to Love
1987 · as Attendee / Richard
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · as Self
Wanderlust
2006 · as Himself
Godard Made in USA
2010 · as Self
The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · as Joseph
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979 · as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994 · as Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 · as Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011 · as Self
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993 · as Self
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987 · as Self
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
1986 · as Himself