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Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Producer · 1926–2024 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Highest rated as cast or director

Roger Corman's 19 titles from the 1960s have a median Balasaur Score of 68, led by The Intruder (76) and The Pit and the Pendulum (75), against 50 for those from the 1950s.

Biography

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.

Produced 446

2020s

  1. 2025

    Occupy Cannes!

    Executive Producer

  2. 2024

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Splatter

    Producer

  3. 2008
  4. 2007

    Supergator

    Executive Producer

  5. 2006
  6. The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

    Producer

  7. The Hunt for Eagle One

    Producer

  8. Saurian

    Producer

  9. 2005

    Bloodfist 2050

    Executive Producer

  10. Cry of the Winged Serpent

    Executive Producer

  11. 2004

    Dinocroc

    Executive Producer

  12. 2003

    Firefight

    Executive Producer

  13. Barbarian

    Executive Producer

  14. Operation Balikatan

    Executive Producer

  15. 2002

    Slaughter Studios

    Executive Producer

  16. Shakedown

    Executive Producer

  17. Sting of the Black Scorpion

    Executive Producer

  18. Wolfhound

    Executive Producer

  19. Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Producer

  20. 2001

    A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun

    Producer

  21. Hard as Nails

    Executive Producer

  22. Avalanche Alley

    Producer

  23. 2000

    The Doorway

    Executive Producer

  24. Up Against Amanda

    Producer

  25. Nightfall

    Producer

  26. Moving Target

    Producer

  27. Dangerous Curves

    Producer

  28. The Suicide Club

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1999

    The White Pony

    Producer

  2. Velocity

    Producer

  3. The Haunting of Hell House

    Producer

  4. The Phantom Eye

    Executive Producer

  5. Knocking on Death's Door

    Executive Producer

  6. Enemy Action

    Producer

  7. Stray Bullet

    Producer

  8. The Protector

    Executive Producer

  9. Cybermaster: Shepherd II

    Executive Producer

  10. 1998

    Club Vampire

    Executive Producer

  11. Black Thunder

    Executive Producer

  12. The Shepherd

    Executive Producer

  13. A Very Unlucky Leprechaun

    Producer

  14. Desert Thunder

    Executive Producer

  15. Termination Man

    Executive Producer

  16. Running Woman

    Producer

  17. Lola's Game

    Executive Producer

  18. Criminal Affairs

    Executive Producer

  19. 1997
  20. Future Fear

    Executive Producer

  21. Spacejacked

    Executive Producer

  22. Alien Avengers II

    Executive Producer

  23. My Brother's War

    Executive Producer

  24. Under Oath

    Executive Producer

  25. Shadow Dancer

    Executive Producer

  26. Macon County Jail

    Executive Producer

  27. Don't Sleep Alone

    Executive Producer

  28. The Sea Wolf

    Executive Producer

  29. Rumble in the Streets

    Executive Producer

  30. Overdrive

    Executive Producer

  31. Star Portal

    Producer

  32. 1996

    Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

    Producer

  33. Alien Terminator

    Producer

  34. Ladykiller

    Producer

  35. Vampirella

    Executive Producer

  36. Death Game

    Executive Producer

  37. Humanoids from the Deep

    Executive Producer

  38. Last Exit to Earth

    Executive Producer

  39. The Unspeakable

    Executive Producer

  40. Inhumanoid

    Executive Producer

  41. House of the Damned

    Executive Producer

  42. Dance with Me

    Executive Producer

  43. Black Rose of Harlem

    Executive Producer

  44. Baby Face Nelson

    Executive Producer

  45. Starquest II

    Producer

  46. Bio-Tech Warrior

    Producer

  47. 1995
  48. Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

    Executive Producer

  49. One Night Stand

    Executive Producer

  50. Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure

    Executive Producer

  51. Not of This Earth

    Executive Producer

  52. The Wasp Woman

    Executive Producer

  53. Not Like Us

    Executive Producer

  54. Twisted Love

    Executive Producer

  55. Burial of the Rats

    Executive Producer

  56. Virtual Seduction

    Executive Producer

  57. The Alien Within

    Executive Producer

  58. Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold

    Executive Producer

  59. Carnosaur 2

    Producer

  60. Where Evil Lies

    Executive Producer

  61. Suspect Device

    Executive Producer

  62. Caged Heat 3000

    Executive Producer

  63. 1994

    The Crazysitter

    Executive Producer

  64. Angel of Destruction

    Executive Producer

  65. Revenge of the Red Baron

    Executive Producer

  66. New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020

    Executive Producer

  67. The Liars' Club

    Producer

  68. Munchie Strikes Back

    Executive Producer

  69. No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn

    Producer

  70. The Spy Within

    Executive Producer

  71. Reflections on a Crime

    Executive Producer

  72. Terminal Voyage

    Producer

  73. Saturday Night Special

    Executive Producer

  74. Demon Keeper

    Executive Producer

  75. The Unborn II

    Producer

  76. Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III

    Executive Producer

  77. One Man Army

    Executive Producer

  78. Caroline at Midnight

    Executive Producer

  79. Bloodfist V: Human Target

    Executive Producer

  80. Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

    Executive Producer

  81. In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful

    Executive Producer

  82. 1993

    White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II

    Producer

  83. Dragon Fire

    Executive Producer

  84. Live by the Fist

    Executive Producer

  85. The Skateboard Kid

    Executive Producer

  86. Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon

    Executive Producer

  87. Dracula Rising

    Producer

  88. Stepmonster

    Producer

  89. To Sleep with a Vampire

    Executive Producer

  90. 1992

    Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

    Executive Producer

  91. Quake

    Executive Producer, Producer

  92. Dance with Death

    Executive Producer

  93. The Berlin Conspiracy

    Executive Producer

  94. Ultraviolet

    Executive Producer

  95. In the Heat of Passion

    Executive Producer

  96. Crisis in the Kremlin

    Producer

  97. Final Embrace

    Producer

  98. 1991
  99. Curse of the Crystal Eye

    Executive Producer

  100. To Die Standing

    Executive Producer

  101. Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans

    Executive Producer

  102. Kiss Me a Killer

    Producer

  103. Dune Warriors

    Producer

  104. 1990
  105. Bloodfist II

    Producer

  106. Corporate Affairs

    Executive Producer

  107. Sorority House Massacre II

    Executive Producer

  108. Play Murder for Me

    Executive Producer

  109. The Rain Killer

    Producer

  110. Full Fathom Five

    Producer

  111. Silk 2

    Executive Producer

  112. Schweitzer

    Producer

  113. Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders

    Producer

  114. A Cry in the Wild

    Executive Producer

  115. Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

    Producer

  116. Ultra Warrior

    Executive Producer

  117. Body Chemistry

    Executive Producer

  118. The Haunting of Morella

    Producer

  119. Streets

    Producer

  120. Overexposed

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1989

    Last Stand at Lang Mei

    Producer

  2. Ministry of Vengeance

    Producer

  3. Masque of the Red Death

    Producer

  4. Transylvania Twist

    Executive Producer

  5. Nam Angels

    Producer

  6. Food of the Gods II

    Producer

  7. Time Trackers

    Producer

  8. Dance of the Damned

    Executive Producer

  9. Nowhere to Run

    Executive Producer

  10. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II

    Producer

  11. Two to Tango

    Producer

  12. Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls

    Executive Producer

  13. Heroes Stand Alone

    Producer

  14. Back to Back

    Producer

  15. Hollywood Boulevard II

    Executive Producer

  16. 1988
  17. Purple People Eater

    Producer

  18. Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

    Producer

  19. Grotesque

    Producer

  20. Warlords from Hell

    Producer

  21. Emmanuelle 6

    Producer

  22. Daddy's Boys

    Executive Producer

  23. The Lawless Land

    Producer

  24. The New Gladiators

    Executive Producer

  25. The Sisterhood

    Producer

  26. 1987
  27. Summer Camp Nightmare

    Executive Producer

  28. Sweet Revenge

    Executive Producer

  29. Hour of the Assassin

    Executive Producer

  30. 1986

    The Devastator

    Executive Producer

  31. Shadow Play

    Executive Producer

  32. 1985

    Naked Vengeance

    Producer

  33. School Spirit

    Executive Producer

  34. 1984
  35. Oddballs

    Executive Producer

  36. 1983

    White Star

    Producer

  37. Mountaintop Motel Massacre

    Producer

  38. 1982

    Murder by Phone

    Producer

  39. Jimmy the Kid

    Producer

  40. 1981
  41. Smokey Bites the Dust

    Producer

  42. The Territory

    Producer

  43. 1980

    Richard's Things

    Producer

  44. The Georgia Peaches

    Executive Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Prize Fighter

    Producer

  2. Up from the Depths

    Producer

  3. Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

    Producer

  4. Leopard in the Snow

    Producer

  5. 1978
  6. 1977

    Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia

    Producer

  7. Thunder and Lightning

    Producer

  8. Grand Theft Auto

    Executive Producer

  9. Black Oak Conspiracy

    Producer

  10. 1976
  11. Moving Violation

    Executive Producer

  12. 1975

    Darktown Strutters

    Executive Producer, Producer

  13. Cover Girl Models

    Executive Producer

  14. Tidal Wave

    Executive Producer

  15. 1974
  16. Cockfighter

    Producer

  17. Tender Loving Care

    Producer

  18. Down and Dirty Duck

    Producer

  19. Candy Stripe Nurses

    Executive Producer

  20. 1973
  21. Stacey

    Producer

  22. Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman

    Executive Producer

  23. The Young Nurses

    Producer

  24. 1972
  25. The Dirt Gang

    Executive Producer

  26. The Woman Hunt

    Executive Producer

  27. The Final Comedown

    Producer

  28. The Crucified Girls of San Ramon

    Producer

  29. Night of the Cobra Woman

    Producer

  30. 1971
  31. Women in Cages

    Producer

  32. Private Duty Nurses

    Executive Producer

  33. 1970
  34. Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

    Producer

  35. Angels Die Hard

    Executive Producer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Target: Harry

    Executive Producer

  2. 1968
  3. Targets

    Executive Producer

  4. The Wild Racers

    Executive Producer

  5. 1967
  6. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Producer

  7. Devil's Angels

    Producer

  8. 1966
  9. 1965
  10. 1964

    The Day the Earth Froze

    Producer

  11. 1963

    The Sword and the Dragon

    Producer

  12. Operation Titian

    Co-Producer

  13. The Young Racers

    Producer

  14. 1962

    The Magic Voyage of Sinbad

    Producer

  15. 1961
  16. 1960

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. High School Big Shot

    Producer

  3. I, Mobster

    Producer

  4. 1958

    The Brain Eaters

    Executive Producer

  5. Hot Car Girl

    Executive Producer

  6. Teenage Cave Man

    Producer

  7. Stakeout on Dope Street

    Producer

  8. 1957

    The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent

    Producer

  9. Teenage Doll

    Producer

  10. Carnival Rock

    Producer

  11. Rock All Night

    Producer

  12. Naked Paradise

    Producer

  13. 1956

    It Conquered the World

    Producer

  14. The Oklahoma Woman

    Producer

  15. 1955
  16. Apache Woman

    Producer

  17. 1954

Directed 53

1970s

  1. 1971
  2. 1970

    Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. I, Mobster

    Director

  3. 1958
  4. Teenage Cave Man

    Director

  5. 1957

    The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent

    Director

  6. Teenage Doll

    Director

  7. Carnival Rock

    Director

  8. Rock All Night

    Director

  9. Naked Paradise

    Director

  10. 1956

    It Conquered the World

    Director

  11. The Oklahoma Woman

    Director

  12. 1955
  13. Apache Woman

    Director

Acted in 52

2020s

  1. 2023

    Lost Explorer

    Jean

  2. 2022
  3. 2020

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2017

    Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

    Movie

  2. 2015

    Extraordinary Tales

    Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')

  3. 2013

    Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie

    Movie

  4. 2012
  5. 2010

    Searchers 2.0

    Producer (Flashback)

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2005

    Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood

    Movie

  3. 2004
  4. 2003
  5. 2000

    The Independent

    Roger Corman

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Hollywood Boulevard II

    Roger Corman

  3. 1984

    Swing Shift

    Mr. MacBride

  4. 1982

    The State of Things

    The Lawyer

  5. 1981

1970s

  1. 1976
  2. 1975

    Tidal Wave

    President of the United States (voice)

  3. 1974

No release date

  1. Z Dead End

    Rumored

  2. Olivera & Corman: Hollywood en Argentina

    Entrevistado

Wrote 7

Other crew 2

Art department 1

Created 1

Appearances90

2020s

  1. 2025

    Il cinema secondo Corman

    Self

  2. SEGAL

    Self

  3. Wasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen

    Himself

  4. 2024

    Sharksploitation

    Self

  5. The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

    Himself · 1 episode

  6. Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master

    Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer

  7. 2022

    Spector

    Self · 4 episodes

  8. 2021
  9. 2020

    Tales of the Uncanny

    Self

  10. Ivan, the TerrirBle

    Self (archive footage)

  11. AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

    Self

  12. Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

    Self · 1 episode

  13. AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

    Self

  14. Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman

    Himself · 13 episodes

  3. Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson

    Self

  4. 2018

    Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2

    Self

  5. 2017

    Greetings from Tromaville!

    Self

  6. Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

    Self

  7. 2015

    It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

    Self

  8. 2014

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    Self

  9. It Came From Connemara!

    Self

  10. Behind the Swinging Blade

    Self

  11. That Guy Dick Miller

    Self

  12. 2013

    La última película de Jess Franco

    Self

  13. 2011
  14. Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

    Self

  15. From Manila with Love

    Himself

  16. Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

    Self

  17. 2010

    Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror

    Self

  18. Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

    Self · 7 episodes

  19. Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    Self

  20. Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres

    Himself (archive footage)

  21. With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

    Self

  22. Sodankylä Forever

    Self · 4 episodes

  23. Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Popatopolis

    Himself

  3. Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

    Self

  4. Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman

    Self

  5. 2008

    The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff

    Himself

  6. Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

    Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)

  7. 2007
  8. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    Self

  9. Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

    Self

  10. Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute

    Self

  11. Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

    Self

  12. 2006
  13. 2005

    The Perfect Scary Movie

    Self

  14. 2004

    Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

    Self

  15. Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Self

  16. 2003

    A Decade Under the Influence

    Self

  17. 2002
  18. 2001

    Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

    Himself

  19. The Wicker Man Enigma

    Himself

  20. Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties

    Self

  21. Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

    Self

  22. It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    Self

  23. Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

    Himself

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Devil Ant

    Himself

  2. 1998

    Some Nudity Required

    Himself

  3. Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Self

  4. 1997

    Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

    Self

  5. 1996

    100 Years of Horror

    Self - Interview · 26 episodes

  6. 1994

    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

    Self

  7. A Century of Cinema

    Self

  8. 1990

    Martin Scorsese Directs

    Self

1980s

  1. 1989

    First Works

    Self

  2. 1987
  3. Out of the Blue and Into the Black

    Self

  4. 1983

1970s

  1. 1978

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Self

  2. 1975

1960s

  1. 1964

    Horror!!!

    Self

No release date

  1. In Hock & Staying There

    Himself

  2. I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni

    Self

  3. Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

    Self

Thanked in the credits2

2020s

  1. 2026

    All My Friends Are Back in Brisbane

    Thanks

2010s

  1. 2010

    Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!

    Thanks