Monte Hellman
Born
July 12, 1929
Died
April 20, 2021 (91 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
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).
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Known For
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
2013
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
2011
Godard Made in USA
Self
2010
Sodankylä Forever
Self
2010
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Self
2007
Wanderlust
Himself
2006
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
L.A. Without a Map
Himself
1999
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Self
1994
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Self
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1993
Hellman Rider
himself
1989
Someone to Love
Attendee / Richard
1987
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
1987
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
Himself
1986
Room 666
Self
1982
An Almost Perfect Affair
Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
1979
The Christian Licorice Store
Joseph
1971