Monte Hellman
Known for: Directing
Born: July 12, 1929
Died: April 20, 2021
Place of birth: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Monte Hellman (born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 — April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. He was born in New York City, where his parents were visiting, but he grew up in Los Angeles.Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the horror film "Beast from Haunted Cave" (1959), produced by Roger Corman. He would later gain critical recognition for the Westerns "The Shooting" and "Ride in the Whirlwind" (both 1966) starring Jack Nicholson, and the independent road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson. His later directorial work included the slasher film "Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!" (1989) and the independent thriller "Road to Nowhere" (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Hellman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
55 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
6.6
A Fuller Life
2013
5.0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
NR
Strutter
2013
NR
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
NR
Godard Made in USA
2010
5.8
Road to Nowhere
2010
NR
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007
NR
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
2007
NR
On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited
2007
NR
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
2007
5.1
Trapped Ashes
2006
5.9
Wanderlust
20067.5
Stanley's Girlfriend
2006
7.8
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.1
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
5.8
L.A. Without a Map
1999
3.0
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
4.3
To Have and to Hold
1996
6.0
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
4.5
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
6.5
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
7.1
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
5.0
Grey Knight
1993
8.1
Reservoir Dogs
1992
3.8
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
19896.0
Hellman Rider
1989
6.0
Iguana
1988
5.5
Someone to Love
1987
NR
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987
NR
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
1986
6.6
Room 666
1985
7.5
Inside the Coppola Personality
1981
6.7
The Big Red One
1980
4.8
Avalanche Express
1979
5.0
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
5.4
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
9.0
Sudden Death
1977
5.8
The Killer Elite
1975
6.1
Cockfighter
1974
4.8
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
6.9
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
6.1
Target: Harry
1969
6.2
Head
1968
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
6.2
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
5.5
The Wild Angels
1966
6.2
The Shooting
1966
5.7
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
5.7
Back Door to Hell
1964
7.0
Cordillera
1964
5.4
Flight to Fury
1964
5.2
The Terror
1963
4.7
The Wild Ride
1960
4.5
Beast from Haunted Cave
1959