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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 Corma…
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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.
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Roger Corman's Filmography
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Il cinema secondo Corman
as Self
SEGAL
as Self
Wasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen
as Himself
Sharksploitation
as Self
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
as Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer
Lost Explorer
as Jean
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
as Self
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
Ivan, the TerrirBle
as Self (archive footage)
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
as Self
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
as Self
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
as Self
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
as Self
Greetings from Tromaville!
as Self
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
as Self
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
as Self
Kings of Cult
as self
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
as Himself
Extraordinary Tales
as Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
as Self
It Came From Connemara!
as Self
Behind the Swinging Blade
as Self
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
La última película de Jess Franco
as Self
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
as Dean Hinkle
Corman's World
as Self - Filmmaker
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
From Manila with Love
as Himself
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
as Self
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
as Self
Searchers 2.0
as Producer (Flashback)
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
as Himself (archive footage)
Sharktopus
as Beach Bum
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
as Self
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
as Self
Dinoshark
as Dr. Frank Reeves
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
as Self
Popatopolis
as Himself
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
as Self
No Poster
Hollywood Gangster
as Self
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
as Himself
Rachel Getting Married
as Wedding Guest
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
as Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
as Self
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
No Poster
The True Story of Hannibal
as Self - Producer
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
as Self
The Manchurian Candidate
as Mr. Secretary
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Hollywood Director
No Poster
Corman's Comedy of Poe
as Himself
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
All the Love You Cannes!
as Self
No Poster
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
as Himself
The Wicker Man Enigma
as Himself
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
as Himself
No Poster
Remembering 'The Intruder'
as Self
The Independent
as Roger Corman
Scream 3
as Studio Executive
The Phantom Eye
as Dr. Gorman
The Devil Ant
as Himself
Some Nudity Required
as Himself
The Dark Side of Hollywood
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
The Second Civil War
as Sandy Collins
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
No Poster
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
as Self
Apollo 13
as Congressman
Runaway Daughters
as Mr. Randolph
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
as Self
A Century of Cinema
as Self
Philadelphia
as Mr. Laird
Body Bags
as Dr. Bregman
No Poster
The Horror Hall of Fame II
as Self - Inductee
No Poster
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self
The Silence of the Lambs
as FBI Director Hayden Burke
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
Horror Cafe
as Self
First Works
as Self
Lords of the Deep
as Corporate executive (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard II
as Roger Corman
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
as Self
No Poster
Ticket to Hollywood
as Self
Swing Shift
as Mr. MacBride
The Horror of It All
as Self
The State of Things
as The Lawyer
The Howling
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
as Self
Cannonball
as District Attorney
Tidal Wave
as President of the United States (voice)
The Godfather Part II
as Senator #2
Target: Harry
as Man on Phone
Blood Bath
as Antonio Sordi (in flashback) (uncredited)
Horror!!!
as Self
The Young Racers
as Man Outside Monaco Hotel (uncredited)
Atlas
as Greek Soldier (uncredited)
Battle of Blood Island
as Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
Ski Troop Attack
as German Officer (uncredited)
The Wasp Woman
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Hot Car Girl
as Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
Cry Baby Killer
as Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
War of the Satellites
as Ground Control (uncredited)
Naked Paradise
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Day the World Ended
as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
The Fast and the Furious
as Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
Monster from the Ocean Floor
as Tommy (uncredited)
In Hock & Staying There
as Himself
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self
Z Dead End
as Rumored
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
as Self
Olivera & Corman: Hollywood en Argentina
as Entrevistado