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 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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Known for
Beverly Hills, 90210
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Self
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
The Practice
John Matlin
A History of Horror
Self
The Godfather Part II
Senator #2
Scream 3
Studio Executive
Apollo 13
Congressman
The Movies That Made Us
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Philadelphia
Mr. Laird
The Silence of the Lambs
FBI Director Hayden Burke
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Hollywood Director
The Manchurian Candidate
Mr. Secretary
The Fast and the Furious
Roadblock State Trooper
The Howling
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Second Civil War
Sandy Collins
The Wasp Woman
Hospital Doctor
Sharktopus
Beach Bum
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
Body Bags
Dr. Bregman
Cannonball
District Attorney
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
The State of Things
The Lawyer
Extraordinary Tales
Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
Lords of the Deep
Corporate executive (uncredited)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
Rachel Getting Married
Wedding Guest
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Tommy
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
Naked Paradise
Office Worker (uncredited)
CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman
Himself
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Dean Hinkle
Day the World Ended
Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Himself
War of the Satellites
Ground Control (uncredited)
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
The Cry Baby Killer
Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Self
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Self
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
Battle of Blood Island
Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Swing Shift
Mr. MacBride
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Himself
The Independent
Roger Corman
Dinoshark
Dr. Frank Reeves
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
Sodankylä Forever
Self
A Century of Cinema
Self
Ski Troop Attack
German Officer (uncredited)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
Sharksploitation
Self
Remembering 'The Intruder'
Himself
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Runaway Daughters
Mr. Randolph
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
Spector
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
Hollywood Boulevard II
Roger Corman
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
The True Story of Hannibal
Self - Producer
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Segal
Self
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Himself
It Came From Connemara!
Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
Tidal Wave
President of the United States (voice)
Atlas
Greek Soldier (uncredited)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
First Works
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
Self
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Self
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Some Nudity Required
Himself
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Self
Searchers 2.0
Producer (Flashback)
Horror Cafe
Self
The Horror of It All
Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Himself
Target: Harry
Man on Phone
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self
Popatopolis
Himself
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
Z Dead End
Rumored
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
Self
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Self
Greetings from Tromaville!
Himself
Kings of Cult
self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Self
The Dark Side of Hollywood
Horror!!!
Self
The Phantom Eye
Dr. Gorman
Hollywood Gangster
Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
Himself (archive footage)
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Himself
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Himself
Lost Explorer
Jean
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
From Manila with Love
Himself
In Hock & Staying There
Himself
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Self
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Himself
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
Self
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
Ticket to Hollywood
Self
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
Self
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Self (archive footage)
Weird Night
Corman's Comedy of Poe
Himself
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self