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Monte Hellman

Monte Hellman

Director · 1929–2021 · Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

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.

Directed 19

2010s

  1. 2013

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Director

    56
  2. 2010

    Road to Nowhere

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor

    Director

  2. Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson

    Director

  3. Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin

    Director

  4. 2006

    Trapped Ashes

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

    Director

    35
  2. 1988

    Iguana

    Director

  3. 1981

    Inside the Coppola Personality

    Director

  4. 1980

    The Big Red One

    Second Unit Director

    75

1970s

  1. 1978

    China 9, Liberty 37

    Director

    59
  2. 1974

    Cockfighter

    Director

  3. 1971

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    Director

1960s

  1. 1966

    Ride in the Whirlwind

    Director

    71

  2. The Shooting

    Director

    73
  3. 1964

    Back Door to Hell

    Director

  4. Cordillera

    Co-Director

  5. Flight to Fury

    Director

Edited 17

1990s

  1. 1993

    Love, Cheat & Steal

    Additional Editing

    49

  2. Grey Knight

    Editor

1980s

  1. 1988

    Iguana

    Editor

1970s

  1. 1979

    Avalanche Express

    Editor

  2. 1978

    China 9, Liberty 37

    Editor

    59
  3. 1977

    Sudden Death

    Editor

  4. 1975

    The Killer Elite

    Editor

    58
  5. 1974

    Cockfighter

    Editor

  6. 1971

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    Editor

1960s

  1. 1969

    Target: Harry

    Editor

  2. 1968

    Head

    Editor

  3. 1966

    Ride in the Whirlwind

    Editor

    71

  4. The Wild Angels

    Editor

    56

  5. The Shooting

    Editor

    73
  6. 1965

    Bus Riley's Back in Town

    Assistant Editor

  7. 1964

    Flight to Fury

    Editor

  8. 1960

    The Wild Ride

    Editor

    45

Produced 10

2010s

  1. 2010

    Road to Nowhere

    Producer

2000s

  1. 2007

    Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson

    Producer

  2. On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited

    Executive Producer

  3. Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor

    Producer

  4. Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin

    Producer

Wrote 4

1960s

  1. 1967

    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Dialogue

  2. 1964

    Flight to Fury

    Story

Acted in 3

1970s

  1. 1979

    An Almost Perfect Affair

    Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes

  2. 1971

    The Christian Licorice Store

    Joseph

Appearances16

2010s

  1. 2013

    A Fuller Life

    Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")

  2. 2011

    Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

    Self

  3. 2010

    Godard Made in USA

    Self

2000s

  1. 2007

    Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor

    Self

  2. 2006

    Wanderlust

    Himself

  3. 2005

    Reservoir Dogs Revisited

    Self

  4. 2003

    A Decade Under the Influence

    Self

  5. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Self

    81

1990s

  1. 1999

    L.A. Without a Map

    Himself

    59
  2. 1998

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Self

  3. 1994

    Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Self

  4. 1993

    Warren Oates: Across the Border

    Self

  5. Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Self

1980s

  1. 1987

    Out of the Blue and Into the Black

    Self

  2. 1986

    Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day

    Himself

  3. 1985

    Room 666

    Self

Thanked in the credits2

1990s

  1. 1996

    To Have and to Hold

    Thanks