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

Dinoshark

Dr. Frank Reeves

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The…

Self

Atlas

Greek Soldier (uncredited)

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's…

Himself

Z Dead End

Rumored

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Self

Cry Baby Killer

Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)

Corman's World

Self - Filmmaker

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')

Der Stand der Dinge

The Lawyer

Horror!!!

Self

The Wasp Woman

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Ski Troop Attack

German Officer (uncredited)

Target: Harry

Man on Phone

Lords of the Deep

Corporate executive (uncredited)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Self

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

All the Love You Cannes!

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

Director (36)

The Little Shop of Horrors

House of Usher

The Raven

The Pit and the Pendulum

Bloody Mama

The Masque of the Red Death

The Secret Invasion

The Haunted Palace

The Intruder

Attack of the Crab Monsters

The Tomb of Ligeia

A Time for Killing

Von Richthofen and Brown

Not of This Earth

Atlas

The Premature Burial

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The Trip

Machine-Gun Kelly

Day the World Ended

The Undead

Target: Harry

Last Woman on Earth

The Terror

Ski Troop Attack

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

The Wasp Woman

Tales of Terror

Tower of London

The Wild Angels

Sorority Girl

A Bucket of Blood

De Sade

Frankenstein Unbound

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

Dementia 13

Boxcar Bertha

Piranhaconda

Mon oncle d'Amérique

The Pit and the Pendulum

Battle Beyond the Stars

Death Race 2050

The Haunted Palace

Bloody Mama

Sharktopus

Cannonball

The Masque of the Red Death

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

Capone

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Dead Space

Blackbelt

The Big Bird Cage

Chopping Mall

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Slumber Party Massacre II

Barbarian Queen

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Intruder

Targets

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Ride in the Whirlwind

The Evil

Piranha

Fly Me

Thunder and Lightning

Women in Cages

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

Bloodfist II

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

TNT Jackson

Deathstalker

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Humanoids from the Deep

Night Call Nurses

Watchers

The Shooting

Overdrive

Not of This Earth

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Attack of the Giant Leeches

The Premature Burial

The Big Doll House

Hollywood Boulevard

Food of the Gods II

Atlas

The Hot Box

Machine-Gun Kelly

Big Bad Mama II

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

God Told Me To

The Trip

Dillinger and Capone

The Dunwich Horror

Dinoshark

Galaxy of Terror

Fire on the Amazon

Big Bad Mama

Tales of Terror

Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

The Wild Angels

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia

Android

La figlia di Frankenstein

The Lady in Red

Cry Baby Killer

Il castello dalle porte di fuoco

Wolfhound

Time Under Fire

The Undead

Caged Heat

The Warrior and the Sorceress

Camel Spiders

A Bucket of Blood

The Terror

The Arena

Sorority Girl

Munchies

Emmanuelle 6

The Wasp Woman

The Brain Eaters

Ski Troop Attack

Day the World Ended

The Bees

Avalanche

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

White Star

Last Woman on Earth

Queen of Blood

Suburbia

Not of This Earth

Humanoids from the Deep

The Rain Killer

Shogun Assassin

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

Cyclops

Cockfighter

The Final Comedown

Target: Harry

T-Bird Gang

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

School Spirit

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

Bloodfist

The Hunt for Eagle One

Streetwalkin'

Pit Stop

Watchers II

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

Cheyenne Warrior

Marquis de Sade

Sorority House Massacre

Frankenstein Unbound

Dinocroc

Sweet Revenge

Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

Born Bad

Cry of the Winged Serpent

Down and Dirty Duck

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock

Dragon Fire

Bloodfist V: Human Target

The Liars' Club

The Unborn

Cocaine Wars

Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill

Grotesque

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

The Terror Within II

The Terror Within

Raptor

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

The Unborn II

Sting of the Black Scorpion

Silk 2

Sorceress

Forbidden World

Stealing Las Vegas

Alien Avengers II

Alien Avengers

A Very Unlucky Leprechaun

Black Scorpion

Space Raiders

Avalanche Alley

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

Supergator

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

ＫＹＯＫＯ

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

Jackson County Jail

Not of This Earth

Firefight

Carnosaur 2

Carnosaur

Stripped to Kill

Operation Rogue

Think Big

Shakedown

Future Fear

The Haunting of Morella

Grand Theft Auto

Lords of the Deep

Leopard in the Snow

The Capitol Conspiracy

Future Kick

One Night Stand

Virtually Heroes

Caged Heat 3000

Up from the Depths

Street Fighter 2050

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Munchie

Terminal Virus

Operation Cobra

Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure

Munchie Strikes Back

Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell

Dune Warriors

White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II

Bloodfist 7: Manhunt

Watchers III

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Saint Jack

Watchers Reborn

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Deathsport

Murder by Phone

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