BIRTH 05/04/1926
DEATH 09/05/2024
Country United States
SHOWS 7
MOVIES 43
DIRECTOR 36
SCRIPT 3
PRODUCTION 208

Roger Corman

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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Shows (7)

Beverly Hills, 90210

Roger Corman

The Movies That Made Us

Self

The Practice

John Matlin

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs

Self

Biography

Self

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Self

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss

Self

Movies (43)

The Silence of the Lambs

FBI Director Hayden Burke

Scream 3

Studio Executive

Philadelphia

Mr. Laird

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Hollywood Director

Rachel Getting Married

Wedding Guest

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Self

The Fast and the Furious

Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie…

Self

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Self

Sharktopus

Beach Bum

The Second Civil War

Sandy Collins

Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson

Self

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The…

Self

Dinoshark

Dr. Frank Reeves

Extraordinary Tales

Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer

Der Stand der Dinge

The Lawyer

Atlas

Greek Soldier (uncredited)

Target: Harry

Man on Phone

Z Dead End

Rumored

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Self

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's…

Himself

Corman's World

Self - Filmmaker

Tales of the Uncanny

Self

Day the World Ended

Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)

A Century of Cinema

Self

The Independent

Roger Corman

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of…

Self

That Guy Dick Miller

Self

Horror!!!

Self

Runaway Daughters

Mr. Randolph

All the Love You Cannes!

Self

Ivan, O TerrirVel

Self (archive footage)

The Wasp Woman

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Ski Troop Attack

German Officer (uncredited)

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Self

Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber…

Himself (archive footage)

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n'…

Self

Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight…

Self

Lords of the Deep

Corporate executive (uncredited)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Self

Cry Baby Killer

Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Self

Director (36)

The Little Shop of Horrors

House of Usher

The Raven

The Masque of the Red Death

Bloody Mama

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Haunted Palace

A Time for Killing

The Trip

Von Richthofen and Brown

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Secret Invasion

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The Intruder

The Premature Burial

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Target: Harry

The Wild Angels

Atlas

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Not of This Earth

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the…

Machine-Gun Kelly

De Sade

A Bucket of Blood

Tower of London

Sorority Girl

The Wasp Woman

Ski Troop Attack

Day the World Ended

Last Woman on Earth

Frankenstein Unbound

Tales of Terror

The Terror

The Undead

Script (3)

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Fast and the Furious

Frankenstein Unbound

Production (208)

Death Race

Death Race 2

Death Race: Inferno

Piranha

The Slumber Party Massacre

The Fantastic Four

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Fast and the Furious

House of Usher

Death Race 2000

The Raven

Mon oncle d'Amérique

Dementia 13

The Masque of the Red Death

Battle Beyond the Stars

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

Boxcar Bertha

Piranhaconda

Bloody Mama

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Death Race 2050

Capone

The Haunted Palace

Sharktopus

Cannonball

The Pit and the Pendulum

Dead Space

The Big Bird Cage

Blackbelt

Chopping Mall

Slumber Party Massacre II

The Trip

The Tomb of Ligeia

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Barbarian Queen

Targets

Deathstalker

Humanoids from the Deep

Fly Me

Thunder and Lightning

Bloodfist II

Women in Cages

Piranha

Watchers

The Premature Burial

Overdrive

The Big Doll House

TNT Jackson

Hollywood Boulevard

Food of the Gods II

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The Evil

Night Call Nurses

The Intruder

The Hot Box

Galaxy of Terror

Big Bad Mama

Dillinger and Capone

God Told Me To

Dinoshark

Ride in the Whirlwind

Fire on the Amazon

Big Bad Mama II

The Dunwich Horror

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Suburbia

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Atlas

Attack of the Giant Leeches

La figlia di Frankenstein

Not of This Earth

The Lady in Red

The Shooting

The Wild Angels

Watchers Reborn

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Caged Heat

Cyclops

Munchies

Il castello dalle porte di fuoco

Time Under Fire

Wolfhound

The Arena

The Warrior and the Sorceress

Avalanche

White Star

Emmanuelle 6

Camel Spiders

Cockfighter

The Hunt for Eagle One

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Target: Harry

Streetwalkin'

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia

Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

Machine-Gun Kelly

School Spirit

Pit Stop

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

Not of This Earth

The Final Comedown

Shogun Assassin

The Rain Killer

Android

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

Cheyenne Warrior

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

Bloodfist

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the…

The Bees

Humanoids from the Deep

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

The Liars' Club

The Brain Eaters

Sorority House Massacre

Frankenstein Unbound

The Unborn II

Last Woman on Earth

Born Bad

Dinocroc

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock

Forbidden World

Bloodfist V: Human Target

Lords of the Deep

The Capitol Conspiracy

Dragon Fire

Marquis de Sade

The Undead

Sweet Revenge

Silk 2

Sting of the Black Scorpion

The Terror Within

The Unborn

Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill

Raptor

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

Watchers II

The Terror Within II

Cry of the Winged Serpent

Grotesque

Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

Cocaine Wars

Down and Dirty Duck

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders

Future Kick

One Night Stand

Carnosaur

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

Supergator

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

ＫＹＯＫＯ

Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure

The Terror

T-Bird Gang

The Haunting of Morella

Firefight

Alien Avengers II

Carnosaur 2

Alien Avengers

Space Raiders

A Very Unlucky Leprechaun

Stripped to Kill

Think Big

Stealing Las Vegas

Jackson County Jail

Future Fear

Cry Baby Killer

Not of This Earth

A Bucket of Blood

Sorority Girl

Shakedown

Tales of Terror

Avalanche Alley

Black Scorpion

Day the World Ended

Operation Rogue

Ski Troop Attack

Virtually Heroes

The Wasp Woman

Caged Heat 3000

Up from the Depths

Street Fighter 2050

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

Sorceress

Terminal Virus

Leopard in the Snow

Operation Cobra

Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell

Queen of Blood

Dune Warriors

White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II

Bloodfist 7: Manhunt

Watchers III

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Saint Jack

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Munchie

Deathsport

Munchie Strikes Back

Grand Theft Auto

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

Murder by Phone

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