Monte Hellman
- Directing
- July 12, 1929 · Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- April 20, 2021
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Fuller Life · Self
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded · Director
- Strutter · Thanks
- Produce Your Own Damn Movie! · Self
- Godard Made in USA · Self
- Road to Nowhere · Director, Producer
- Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor · Self, Director
- Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson · Director, Producer
- Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin · Director, Producer
- On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited · Executive producer
- Trapped Ashes · Director
- Wanderlust · Self
- Stanley's Girlfriend · Director
- Reservoir Dogs Revisited · Self
- A Decade Under the Influence · Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood · Self
- L.A. Without a Map · Self
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs · Self
- To Have and to Hold · Thanks
- Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder · Self
- Love, Cheat & Steal · Additional Editing
- Warren Oates: Across the Border · Self
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron · Self
- Grey Knight · Editing
- Reservoir Dogs · Executive producer
- Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! · Director, Story
- Hellman Rider · Self
- Iguana · Director, Writer
- Someone to Love · Attendee / Richard
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black · Self
- Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day · Self
- Room 666 · Self
- Inside the Coppola Personality · Director
- The Big Red One · Second Unit Director
- Avalanche Express · Editing
- An Almost Perfect Affair · Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
- China 9, Liberty 37 · Director, Editing
- Sudden Death · Editing
- The Killer Elite · Editing
- Cockfighter · Director, Editing
- The Christian Licorice Store · Joseph
- Two-Lane Blacktop · Director, Editing
- Target: Harry · Editing
- Head · Editing
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · Dialogue
- Ride in the Whirlwind · Director, Producer
- The Wild Angels · Editing
- The Shooting · Producer, Director
- Bus Riley's Back in Town · Assistant Editor
- Back Door to Hell · Director
- Cordillera · Co-Director
- Flight to Fury · Director, Story
- The Terror · Location Manager
- The Wild Ride · Editing
- Beast from Haunted Cave · Director