
Person
Monte Hellman
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jul 12, 1929
- Died
- Apr 20, 2021
- From
- Greenpoint, 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Hellman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Room 666

L.A. Without a Map

A Decade Under the Influence

A Fuller Life

Someone to Love

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

The Christian Licorice Store

Wanderlust

An Almost Perfect Affair

Reservoir Dogs Revisited

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Hellman Rider

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

Out of the Blue and Into the Black

Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor