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

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The…

Self

Z Dead End

Rumored

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Self

Corman's World

Self - Filmmaker

Tales of the Uncanny

Self

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

Horror!!!

Self

Atlas

Greek Soldier (uncredited)

Target: Harry

Man on Phone

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's…

Himself

Lords of the Deep

Corporate executive (uncredited)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Self

Cry Baby Killer

Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)

Day the World Ended

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

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

The Wasp Woman

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Ski Troop Attack

German Officer (uncredited)

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 Masque of the Red Death

Bloody Mama

The Secret Invasion

The Haunted Palace

The Tomb of Ligeia

A Time for Killing

The Pit and the Pendulum

Von Richthofen and Brown

The Premature Burial

Attack of the Crab Monsters

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

The Trip

The Intruder

The Terror

Target: Harry

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Atlas

Tower of London

De Sade

The Wild Angels

Tales of Terror

Machine-Gun Kelly

Not of This Earth

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

Sorority Girl

The Wasp Woman

Ski Troop Attack

Day the World Ended

Last Woman on Earth

Frankenstein Unbound

The Undead

A Bucket of Blood

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

Dementia 13

The Raven

Mon oncle d'Amérique

Boxcar Bertha

Battle Beyond the Stars

Piranhaconda

The Masque of the Red Death

Barbarian Queen

Death Race 2050

The Haunted Palace

The Tomb of Ligeia

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

Bloody Mama

Cannonball

Sharktopus

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Ride in the Whirlwind

Slumber Party Massacre II

Capone

The Pit and the Pendulum

Blackbelt

Dead Space

The Big Bird Cage

Chopping Mall

Targets

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Women in Cages

Thunder and Lightning

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

Fly Me

TNT Jackson

Bloodfist II

Humanoids from the Deep

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

The Shooting

Watchers

Attack of the Crab Monsters

The Premature Burial

Night Call Nurses

The Evil

Deathstalker

Food of the Gods II

Piranha

Hollywood Boulevard

The Big Doll House

Overdrive

The Intruder

The Hot Box

God Told Me To

The Trip

Dillinger and Capone

Fire on the Amazon

Big Bad Mama

Big Bad Mama II

Galaxy of Terror

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

The Dunwich Horror

Dinoshark

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia

The Lady in Red

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Suburbia

The Wild Angels

Queen of Blood

La figlia di Frankenstein

The Terror

Not of This Earth

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Time Under Fire

Watchers Reborn

Il castello dalle porte di fuoco

Wolfhound

Caged Heat

The Warrior and the Sorceress

The Arena

Munchies

Avalanche

Camel Spiders

Emmanuelle 6

White Star

The Bees

Atlas

The Hunt for Eagle One

Attack of the Giant Leeches

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

Not of This Earth

Shogun Assassin

The Final Comedown

The Rain Killer

Pit Stop

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

Humanoids from the Deep

Streetwalkin'

School Spirit

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

Target: Harry

Tales of Terror

Cyclops

Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

Machine-Gun Kelly

Cockfighter

Android

Bloodfist

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock

Forbidden World

The Brain Eaters

Sorority House Massacre

Frankenstein Unbound

Last Woman on Earth

Lords of the Deep

Dinocroc

Sweet Revenge

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

Down and Dirty Duck

Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders

Marquis de Sade

Bloodfist V: Human Target

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Sting of the Black Scorpion

Born Bad

The Liars' Club

The Unborn

Silk 2

Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

Cocaine Wars

Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

Grotesque

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

The Unborn II

The Terror Within II

The Terror Within

Cheyenne Warrior

Dragon Fire

Raptor

The Undead

Cry of the Winged Serpent

Watchers II

Leopard in the Snow

The Capitol Conspiracy

Firefight

Avalanche Alley

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

Supergator

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

The Haunting of Morella

Alien Avengers II

ＫＹＯＫＯ

Alien Avengers

A Very Unlucky Leprechaun

T-Bird Gang

Stealing Las Vegas

Black Scorpion

Carnosaur 2

Carnosaur

Jackson County Jail

Stripped to Kill

Not of This Earth

Think Big

Future Fear

Cry Baby Killer

Operation Rogue

A Bucket of Blood

Sorority Girl

Space Raiders

Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure

One Night Stand

Shakedown

Day the World Ended

Ski Troop Attack

Virtually Heroes

The Wasp Woman

Caged Heat 3000

Up from the Depths

Street Fighter 2050

Future Kick

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Sorceress

Terminal Virus

Operation Cobra

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

Munchie

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

Munchie Strikes Back

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Deathsport

Grand Theft Auto

Murder by Phone

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