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Monte Hellman

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Cult director Monte Hellman has made a handful of offbeat, inventive and intriguing low-budget independent features throughout the years. His films are distinguished by slow pacing, vague but compelling plots and often obsessive characters. Hellman was born on July 12, 1932, in New York City. He studied drama at Stanford University and film at UCLA... See full bio »

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Monte Jay Himmelman
in New York City, New York, USA
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Hide HideDirector (19 titles)
2010 Road to Nowhere
 
2007 Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (video short)
 
2007 Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (video short)
 
2006 Trapped Ashes (segment "Stanley's Girlfriend")
 
2006 Stanley's Girlfriend (short)
 
1989 Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (video)
 
1988 Iguana
 
1981 Inside the Coppola Personality
 
1979 Avalanche Express (uncredited)
 
1978 China 9, Liberty 37
 
1974 Cockfighter
 
1974 Shatter (uncredited)
 
1971 Two-Lane Blacktop
 
1966 Ride in the Whirlwind
 
1966 The Shooting
 
1964 Back Door to Hell
 
1964 Flight to Fury
 
1963 The Terror (uncredited)
 
1959 Beast from Haunted Cave
 
Show ShowEditor (17 titles)
1993 Grey Knight
 
1989 Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (video) (uncredited)
 
1988 Iguana
 
1979 Avalanche Express (uncredited)
 
1978 China 9, Liberty 37 (uncredited)
 
1977 Sudden Death (uncredited)
 
1975 The Killer Elite
 
1974 Cockfighter (uncredited)
 
1971 Two-Lane Blacktop
 
1969 Target: Harry
 
1968 Head (uncredited)
 
1966 Ride in the Whirlwind (uncredited)
 
1966 The Shooting (uncredited)
 
1966 The Wild Angels
 
1964 Back Door to Hell (uncredited)
 
1964 Flight to Fury (uncredited)
 
1960 The Wild Ride
 
Show ShowProducer (8 titles)
2010 Road to Nowhere (producer)
 
2007 Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor (video short) (executive producer)
 
2007 On the Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited (video short) (executive producer)
 
2007 Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (video short) (executive producer)
 
1992 Reservoir Dogs (executive producer)
 
1978 China 9, Liberty 37 (producer)
 
1966 Ride in the Whirlwind (producer)
 
1966 The Shooting (producer)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (4 titles)
1993 Love, Cheat & Steal (additional editor)
 
1980 The Awakening (additional editor - uncredited)
 
1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York (additional editor - uncredited)
 
1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town (assistant editor)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1989 Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (video) (story / as M. Hellman)
 
1988 Iguana (writer)
 
1964 Flight to Fury (story)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1989 Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (video)
Danny (uncredited)
 
1987 Someone to Love
Attendee/Richard
 
1971 The Christian Licorice Store
Joseph
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (dialogue director - uncredited)
 
1963 The Terror (location director)
 
1960 Ski Troop Attack (director: footage added for television - uncredited)
 
1987 RoboCop (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1961 Creature from the Haunted Sea (director: pre-title sequence - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (11 titles)
2013 Headless (special thanks) (post-production)
 
2011 Incident at Barstow (dedicatee)
 
2010 Sundown (short) (thanks)
 
2009 Footprints (additional thanks)
 
2009 Inglourious Basterds (special thanks)
 
2009 Marin Blue (special thanks)
 
2009 The Prospector (short) (special thanks)
 
2005 Black Strawberries (short) (thanks)
 
1998 Buffalo '66 (thanks)
 
1997 The Westing Game (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
1979 Avalanche Express (the producers wish to express their appreciation to, for their post production services)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2013 A Fuller Life (documentary) (post-production)
Vision of the Impossible
 
2012-2013 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.152 (2013) … Himself
– Episode #1.142 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Godard Made in USA (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ikuinen aika (2010) … Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 There Is No Direction (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 'Reservoir Dogs' Revisited (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Heist (2002) … Himself
– The Western (2002) … Himself
 
1998 L.A. Without a Map
Himself
 
1997 Monte Hellman: American Auteur (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Warren Oates: Across the Border (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Hellman Rider (documentary short)
 
1982 Room 666 (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 4 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

M. Hellman
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Jack Nicholson] There's something diabolical about him. Jack's evil. See more »

Trivia:

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 418-422. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more »

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