BIRTH 05/04/1926
DEATH 09/05/2024
Country United States
SHOWS 5
MOVIES 42
DIRECTOR 34
SCRIPT 4
PRODUCTION 203

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 (5)

The Movies That Made Us

Self

The Practice

John Matlin

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss

Self

Biography

Self

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs

Self

Movies (42)

The Silence of the Lambs

FBI Director Hayden Burke

Scream 3

Studio Executive

Philadelphia

Mr. Laird

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Hollywood Director

Sharktopus

Beach Bum

The Second Civil War

Sandy Collins

Rachel Getting Married

Wedding Guest

Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson

Self

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The…

Self

Der Stand der Dinge

The Lawyer

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Self

The Wasp Woman

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Self

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Self

Cry Baby Killer

Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)

Corman's World

Self - Filmmaker

The Fast and the Furious

Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)

Dinoshark

Dr. Frank Reeves

Tales of the Uncanny

Self

Day the World Ended

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

Extraordinary Tales

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

Ivan, O TerrirVel

Self (archive footage)

A Century of Cinema

Self

The Independent

Roger Corman

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of…

Self

That Guy Dick Miller

Self

Runaway Daughters

Mr. Randolph

Horror!!!

Self

Atlas

Greek Soldier (uncredited)

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie…

Self

All the Love You Cannes!

Self

Ski Troop Attack

German Officer (uncredited)

Target: Harry

Man on Phone

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Self

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Self

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

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's…

Himself

Lords of the Deep

Corporate executive (uncredited)

Z Dead End

Rumored

Director (34)

House of Usher

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Masque of the Red Death

The Raven

Machine-Gun Kelly

Tower of London

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The Wasp Woman

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

Sorority Girl

Tales of Terror

Ski Troop Attack

The Wild Angels

Atlas

Last Woman on Earth

Frankenstein Unbound

The Secret Invasion

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Day the World Ended

Bloody Mama

The Premature Burial

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Not of This Earth

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Von Richthofen and Brown

A Bucket of Blood

The Intruder

The Haunted Palace

The Terror

The Trip

The Undead

Target: Harry

Script (4)

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Fast and the Furious

Frankenstein Unbound

The Terror

Production (203)

Death Race

Death Race 2

The Slumber Party Massacre

Piranha

Death Race: Inferno

House of Usher

The Little Shop of Horrors

Death Race 2000

The Tomb of Ligeia

Boxcar Bertha

The Raven

Sharktopus

The Arena

Machine-Gun Kelly

Operation Cobra

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

The Masque of the Red Death

Death Race 2050

The Pit and the Pendulum

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

Dementia 13

The Fantastic Four

Slumber Party Massacre II

Deathstalker

Capone

The Dunwich Horror

The Terror Within II

Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure

Sorority Girl

Mon oncle d'Amérique

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Tales of Terror

Piranha

Targets

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

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

Big Bad Mama II

Barbarian Queen

Time Under Fire

Piranhaconda

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

The Wasp Woman

Humanoids from the Deep

The Warrior and the Sorceress

Marquis de Sade

Fire on the Amazon

Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell

Day the World Ended

The Bees

Hollywood Boulevard

The Big Doll House

Atlas

One Night Stand

Sorceress

Ski Troop Attack

Leopard in the Snow

Saint Jack

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Watchers III

Bloodfist VII: Manhunt

White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II

Dune Warriors

Night Call Nurses

The Evil

Terminal Virus

Virtually Heroes

Lords of the Deep

The Fast and the Furious

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Food of the Gods II

Emmanuelle 6

Street Fighter 2050

Up from the Depths

Caged Heat 3000

The Capitol Conspiracy

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

Overdrive

Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill

Born Bad

Sting of the Black Scorpion

Dragon Fire

Bloodfist V: Human Target

Bloodfist II

Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

Bloodfist

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

Silk 2

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Target: Harry

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

The Rain Killer

Shogun Assassin

Cheyenne Warrior

Watchers II

The Liars' Club

Cocaine Wars

Forbidden World

Sweet Revenge

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock

Last Woman on Earth

White Star

Frankenstein Unbound

Sorority House Massacre

The Brain Eaters

Watchers

Dinocroc

Down and Dirty Duck

The Lady in Red

Humanoids from the Deep

Grotesque

Cry of the Winged Serpent

Raptor

Caged Heat

The Terror Within

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

Il castello dalle porte di fuoco

Bloody Mama

Watchers Reborn

Jackson County Jail

The Terror

The Haunting of Morella

Alien Avengers II

Alien Avengers

A Very Unlucky Leprechaun

The Haunted Palace

Stealing Las Vegas

Not of This Earth

The Trip

Not of This Earth

School Spirit

Dinoshark

Galaxy of Terror

Operation Rogue

Shakedown

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia

Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

La figlia di Frankenstein

Munchie Strikes Back

A Bucket of Blood

Wolfhound

Big Bad Mama

Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders

Ride in the Whirlwind

The Unborn II

Cannonball

The Unborn

Dillinger and Capone

The Undead

Munchie

God Told Me To

Camel Spiders

Rock 'n' Roll High School

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

Battle Beyond the Stars

Future Kick

Avalanche

Munchies

The Intruder

Cry Baby Killer

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Murder by Phone

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

Supergator

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

Avalanche Alley

Space Raiders

Black Scorpion

Not of This Earth

Attack of the Giant Leeches

The Shooting

Attack of the Crab Monsters

The Premature Burial

Queen of Blood

Suburbia

The Wild Angels

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Grand Theft Auto

Deathsport

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

Cockfighter

The Final Comedown

Dead Space

Future Fear

Women in Cages

Think Big

Android

Chopping Mall

Stripped to Kill

The Big Bird Cage

Carnosaur

Cyclops

Carnosaur 2

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

Firefight

TNT Jackson

T-Bird Gang

Blackbelt

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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

The Hunt for Eagle One

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