Monte Hellman
Director
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).
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Filmography
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self 2003
Room 666
as Self 1982
L.A. Without a Map
as Himself 1999
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self 2003
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible") 2013
Someone to Love
as Attendee / Richard 1987
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self 1993
The Christian Licorice Store
as Joseph 1971
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes 1979
Wanderlust
as Himself 2006
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
as Self 1994
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self 1993
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self 1998
Hellman Rider
as himself 1989
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
as Himself 1986
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
as Self 1987
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
as Self 2007