Roger Corman
Born
April 5, 1926
Died
May 9, 2024 (98 years old)
Known For
Production
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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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Sharksploitation
Self
2024
Lost Explorer
Jean
2023
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Self
2021
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Self
2020
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
Self
2017
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
Kings of Cult
self
2015
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Himself
2015
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Self
2014
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
2014
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2014
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
2013
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
2013
Extraordinary Tales
Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
2013
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
2011
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Self
2011
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
2010
Sharktopus
Beach Bum
2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
2010
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
2009
Popatopolis
Himself
2009
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
2009
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Himself
2009
Hollywood Gangster
Self
2008
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
2008
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Self
2007
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self
2007
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
Self
2004
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Hollywood Director
2003
Corman's Comedy of Poe
Himself
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
2001
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Himself
2001
The Independent
Roger Corman
2000
Scream 3
Studio Executive
2000
Some Nudity Required
Himself
1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
Apollo 13
Congressman
1995
Weird Night
1994
Runaway Daughters
Mr. Randolph
1994
Body Bags
Dr. Bregman
1993
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
FBI Director Hayden Burke
1991
The Horror of It All
Self
1983
The State of Things
The Lawyer
1982
The Howling
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
1981
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
1978
Cannonball
District Attorney
1976
The Godfather Part II
Senator #2
1974
Atlas
Greek Soldier (uncredited)
1961
The Fast and the Furious
Roadblock State Trooper
1954
In Hock & Staying There
Himself
The Wasp Woman
Hospital Doctor
1959
War of the Satellites
Ground Control (uncredited)
1958
Naked Paradise
Office Worker (uncredited)
1957
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Tommy
1954
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
Philadelphia
Mr. Laird
1993
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
2020
SEGAL
Self
Z Dead End
Rumored
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
2025
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Himself · (1 episode)
2024
Spector
Self · (4 episodes)
2022
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
(1 episode)
2022
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
2021
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Self (archive footage)
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self
2020
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
Self
2020
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
Self
2020
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Self
2020
The Movies That Made Us
Self · (1 episode)
2019
CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman
Himself · (13 episodes)
2019
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
Self
2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
(1 episode)
2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
2019
Greetings from Tromaville!
Himself
2017
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Himself
2015
It Came From Connemara!
Self
2014
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Dean Hinkle
2012
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
2011
From Manila with Love
Himself
2011
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self · (7 episodes)
2010
A History of Horror
Self · (3 episodes)
2010
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
Himself (archive footage)
2010
Sodankylä Forever
Self
2010
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Self
2010
Dinoshark
Dr. Frank Reeves
2010
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Himself
2008
Rachel Getting Married
Wedding Guest
2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Searchers 2.0
Producer (Flashback)
2007
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
2005
The True Story of Hannibal
Self - Producer
2005
The Manchurian Candidate
Mr. Secretary
2004
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
2004
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
2002
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2001
Remembering 'The Intruder'
Himself
2001
The Phantom Eye
Dr. Gorman
1999
The Devil Ant
Himself
1999
The Dark Side of Hollywood
1998
The Second Civil War
Sandy Collins
1997
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
1997
The Practice
John Matlin · (1 episode)
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
Self
1996
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self
1994
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Hollywood Boulevard II
Roger Corman
1991
Beverly Hills, 90210
(1 episode)
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990
Horror Cafe
Self
1990
First Works
Self
1989
Lords of the Deep
Corporate executive (uncredited)
1989
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
1987
Ticket to Hollywood
Self
1984
Swing Shift
Mr. MacBride
1984
Tidal Wave
President of the United States (voice)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Target: Harry
Man on Phone
1969
Horror!!!
Self
1964
Battle of Blood Island
Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
1960
Ski Troop Attack
German Officer (uncredited)
1960
The Cry Baby Killer
Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
1958
Day the World Ended
Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
1955