Monte Hellman

DirectingBorn: July 12, 1929in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USADied: April 20, 2021

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.

Monte Hellman

A Fuller Life

Produce Your Own Damn Movie!

Godard Made in USA

Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor

Wanderlust

Reservoir Dogs Revisited

A Decade Under the Influence

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

L.A. Without a Map

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Hellman Rider

Someone to Love

Out of the Blue and Into the Black

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

Room 666

An Almost Perfect Affair

The Christian Licorice Store