- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 20, 2021
Monte Hellman
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 li…
Filmography
movieA Fuller Life
2013 · Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
movieStrutter
2013 · Thanks
movieProduce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011 · Self
movieGodard Made in USA
2010 · Self
movieRoad to Nowhere
2010 · Director, Producer
movieMake it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007 · Self, Director, Producer
movieSomewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
2007 · Director, Producer
movieOn the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited
2007 · Executive Producer
movieSure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
2007 · Director, Producer
movieTrapped Ashes
2006 · Director
movieWanderlust
2006 · Himself
Stanley's Girlfriend
2006 · Director
movieReservoir Dogs Revisited
2005 · Self
movieA Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
movieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
movieL.A. Without a Map
1999 · Himself
movieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · Self
movieTo Have and to Hold
1996 · Thanks
movieQuentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994 · Self
movieLove, Cheat & Steal
1993 · Additional Editing
movieWarren Oates: Across the Border
1993 · Self
movieSam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 · Self
movieGrey Knight
1993 · Editor
movieReservoir Dogs
1992 · Executive Producer
movieSilent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
1989 · Story, Director
Hellman Rider
1989 · himself
movieIguana
1988 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieSomeone to Love
1987 · Attendee / Richard
movieOut of the Blue and Into the Black
1987 · Self
moviePlunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
1986 · Himself
movieRoom 666
1985 · Self
movieInside the Coppola Personality
1981 · Director
movieThe Big Red One
1980 · Second Unit Director
movieAvalanche Express
1979 · Editor
movieAn Almost Perfect Affair
1979 · Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
movieChina 9, Liberty 37
1978 · Director, Producer, Editor
movieSudden Death
1977 · Editor
movieThe Killer Elite
1975 · Editor
movieShatter
1974 · Director
movieCockfighter
1974 · Director, Editor
movieThe Christian Licorice Store
1971 · Joseph
movieTwo-Lane Blacktop
1971 · Director, Editor
movieTarget: Harry
1969 · Editor
movieHead
1968 · Editor
movieThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · Dialogue
movieRide in the Whirlwind
1966 · Director, Producer, Editor
movieThe Wild Angels
1966 · Editor
movieThe Shooting
1966 · Director, Producer, Editor
movieBus Riley's Back in Town
1965 · Assistant Editor
movieBack Door to Hell
1964 · Director
movieCordillera
1964 · Co-Director
movieFlight to Fury
1964 · Director, Story, Editor
movieThe Terror
1963 · Location Manager
movieThe Wild Ride
1960 · Editor
movieBeast from Haunted Cave
1959 · Director