Roger Corman
Born April 05, 1926 (Age: 100)
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “The King of The B’s”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films, The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle". In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and was a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers". Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), François Truffaut (France) and Akira Kurosawa (Japan). He mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles, and James Cameron, and was highly influential in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also helped to launch the careers of actors like Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner.
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “The King of The B’s”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film.
Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films, The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle".
In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and was a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers".
Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), François Truffaut (France) and Akira Kurosawa (Japan). He mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles, and James Cameron, and was highly influential in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also helped to launch the careers of actors like Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner.
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Filmography
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 94
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
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as Self
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Age: 91
From Manila with Love
2011
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as Himself
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Age: 85
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
2010
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as Himself (archive footage)
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Age: 84
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010
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as Self
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Age: 83
Rachel Getting Married
2008
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as Wedding Guest
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Age: 82
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
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as
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Age: 79
No Image
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
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as Self - Producer
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Age: 78
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
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as Self
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Age: 78
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
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as Mr. Secretary
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Age: 78
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
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as Self
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Age: 78
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
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as Hollywood Director
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Age: 77
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
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as Self
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Age: 77
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
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as Self
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Age: 76
No Image
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 75
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
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as Self
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Age: 75
The Independent
2000
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as Roger Corman
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Age: 74
Scream 3
2000
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as Studio Executive
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Age: 73
The Devil Ant
1999
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as Himself
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Age: 72
Some Nudity Required
1998
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as Himself
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Age: 72
The Dark Side of Hollywood
1998
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as
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Age: 72
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Second Civil War
1997
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as Sandy Collins
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Age: 71
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
No Image
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
1996
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as Self
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Age: 69
Apollo 13
1995
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as Congressman
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Age: 69
A Century of Cinema
1994
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as Self
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Age: 67
Philadelphia
1993
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as Mr. Laird
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Age: 67
Body Bags
1993
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as Dr. Bregman
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Age: 67
No Image
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
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as FBI Director Hayden Burke
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Age: 64
Hollywood Boulevard II
1991
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as Roger Corman
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Age: 64
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
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as Self
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Age: 64
Horror Cafe
1990
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as Self
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Age: 64
Lords of the Deep
1989
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as Corporate executive (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987
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as Self
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Age: 60
The Howling
1981
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as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
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as Self
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Age: 52
Cannonball
1976
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as District Attorney
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Age: 50
Tidal Wave
1975
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as President of the United States (voice)
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Age: 49
The Godfather Part II
1974
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as Senator #2
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Age: 48
Target: Harry
1969
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as Man on Phone
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Age: 43
Horror!!!
1964
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as Self
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Age: 37
The Young Racers
1963
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as Man Outside Monaco Hotel (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Atlas
1961
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as Greek Soldier (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Ski Troop Attack
1960
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as German Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Battle of Blood Island
1960
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as Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
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Age: 34
The Wasp Woman
1959
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as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 33
Hot Car Girl
1958
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as Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
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Age: 32
Cry Baby Killer
1958
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as Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
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Age: 32
War of the Satellites
1958
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as Ground Control (uncredited)
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Age: 32
Day the World Ended
1955
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as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
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Age: 29
The Fast and the Furious
1954
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as Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Monster from the Ocean Floor
1954
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as Tommy (uncredited)
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Age: 28