BIRTH 05/04/1926
DEATH 09/05/2024
Country United States
SHOWS 6
MOVIES 43
DIRECTOR 38
SCRIPT 3
PRODUCTION 207

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 (6)

Beverly Hills, 90210

Roger Corman

The Movies That Made Us

Self

The Practice

John Matlin

Biography

Self

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss

Self

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs

Self

Movies (43)

Scream 3

Studio Executive

The Silence of the Lambs

FBI Director Hayden Burke

Philadelphia

Mr. Laird

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Hollywood Director

Rachel Getting Married

Wedding Guest

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer

The Wasp Woman

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's…

Himself

The Fast and the Furious

Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)

Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson

Self

Sharktopus

Beach Bum

The Second Civil War

Sandy Collins

Horror!!!

Self

Atlas

Greek Soldier (uncredited)

Memory: The Origins of Alien

Self

Ski Troop Attack

German Officer (uncredited)

Target: Harry

Man on Phone

Cry Baby Killer

Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)

Dinoshark

Dr. Frank Reeves

Day the World Ended

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

A Century of Cinema

Self

The Independent

Roger Corman

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The…

Self

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of…

Self

That Guy Dick Miller

Self

Runaway Daughters

Mr. Randolph

Der Stand der Dinge

The Lawyer

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie…

Self

All the Love You Cannes!

Self

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

Lords of the Deep

Corporate executive (uncredited)

Z Dead End

Rumored

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Self

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')

Ivan, O TerrirVel

Self (archive footage)

Director (38)

The Masque of the Red Death

Attack of the Crab Monsters

The Pit and the Pendulum

House of Usher

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Raven

The Premature Burial

The Tomb of Ligeia

The Secret Invasion

The Wasp Woman

Tower of London

Bloody Mama

Ski Troop Attack

Day the World Ended

Last Woman on Earth

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Target: Harry

A Time for Killing

De Sade

Battle Beyond the Stars

Atlas

Not of This Earth

The Wild Angels

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

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

Von Richthofen and Brown

A Bucket of Blood

Sorority Girl

The Intruder

Machine-Gun Kelly

Tales of Terror

The Haunted Palace

The Terror

The Trip

The Undead

Frankenstein Unbound

Deathsport

Script (3)

The Little Shop of Horrors

The Fast and the Furious

Frankenstein Unbound

Production (207)

Death Race

Death Race 2

Death Race: Inferno

The Masque of the Red Death

Death Race 2050

Death Race 2000

Piranha

House of Usher

Dementia 13

The Premature Burial

The Raven

The Fantastic Four

The Pit and the Pendulum

Attack of the Crab Monsters

The Little Shop of Horrors

Rock 'n' Roll High School

The Fast and the Furious

Fire on the Amazon

The Big Doll House

Forbidden World

The Wasp Woman

The Big Bird Cage

Targets

Caged Heat

Women in Cages

Capone

Galaxy of Terror

The Tomb of Ligeia

Pit Stop

Attack of the Giant Leeches

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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

The Shooting

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Queen of Blood

T-Bird Gang

TNT Jackson

The Final Comedown

Cry Baby Killer

Bloody Mama

Suburbia

Watchers

Thunder and Lightning

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

Target: Harry

Cocaine Wars

The Lady in Red

The Saga of the Viking Women and Their…

Deathstalker

Piranha

The Brain Eaters

The Wild Angels

Last Woman on Earth

Atlas

Day the World Ended

Ski Troop Attack

Sorority Girl

Food of the Gods II

Night Call Nurses

Il castello dalle porte di fuoco

Barbarian Queen

A Bucket of Blood

Not of This Earth

The Intruder

Battle Beyond the Stars

The Haunted Palace

The Terror

La figlia di Frankenstein

The Trip

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

Machine-Gun Kelly

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

Not of This Earth

God Told Me To

The Undead

Sharktopus

Dillinger and Capone

The Unborn

Ride in the Whirlwind

The Slumber Party Massacre

The Dunwich Horror

Fly Me

Dinoshark

Tales of Terror

Humanoids from the Deep

Future Fear

Shakedown

Raptor

Cry of the Winged Serpent

Grotesque

Humanoids from the Deep

The Arena

Down and Dirty Duck

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time

Sweet Revenge

Dinocroc

Wolfhound

Sorority House Massacre

The Terror Within

Frankenstein Unbound

White Star

Operation Rogue

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock

Camel Spiders

Overdrive

Lords of the Deep

The Capitol Conspiracy

Marquis de Sade

Hollywood Boulevard

One Night Stand

The Bees

Piranhaconda

The Terror Within II

Future Kick

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

Streetwalkin'

Big Bad Mama

Big Bad Mama II

Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

Watchers II

Cheyenne Warrior

Shogun Assassin

The Rain Killer

Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia

Bloodfist

Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero

Bloodfist II

Bloodfist V: Human Target

Dragon Fire

Sting of the Black Scorpion

Born Bad

The Liars' Club

Mon oncle d'Amérique

Silk 2

The Unborn II

Cannonball

Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

Think Big

Virtually Heroes

Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

Dinocroc vs. Supergator

School Spirit

Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure

Dead Space

The Haunting of Morella

Alien Avengers II

Alien Avengers

Murder by Phone

A Very Unlucky Leprechaun

Black Scorpion

The Hunt for Eagle One

Space Raiders

Avalanche Alley

Supergator

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

Carnosaur

Cockfighter

Cyclops

Carnosaur 2

ＫＹＯＫＯ

Blackbelt

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Stealing Las Vegas

Jackson County Jail

Not of This Earth

Firefight

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Grand Theft Auto

Avalanche

Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell

Caged Heat 3000

Up from the Depths

Street Fighter 2050

Emmanuelle 6

Munchies

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Munchie

Android

Terminal Virus

Leopard in the Snow

Operation Cobra

The Evil

Munchie Strikes Back

Dune Warriors

Slumber Party Massacre II

The Warrior and the Sorceress

White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II

Bloodfist 7: Manhunt

Watchers III

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

Time Under Fire

Saint Jack

Chopping Mall

Boxcar Bertha

Watchers Reborn

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Stripped to Kill

Deathsport

Sorceress

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