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Roger Corman

Roger Corman

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Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for The Godfather Part II
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The Godfather Part II

8.6(13.9K)
The Godfather Part II
Senator #2
Poster for The Silence of the Lambs
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The Silence of the Lambs

8.3(17.9K)
The Silence of the Lambs
FBI Director Hayden Burke
Poster for Apollo 13
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Apollo 13

7.5(5.9K)
Apollo 13
Congressman
Poster for Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Poster for Scream 3
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Scream 3

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Scream 3
Studio Executive
Poster for The Fast and the Furious
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The Fast and the Furious

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The Fast and the Furious
Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
Poster for The State of Things
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The State of Things

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The State of Things
The Lawyer
Poster for Cannonball
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Cannonball

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Cannonball
District Attorney
Poster for The Howling
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The Howling

6.6(0.9K)
The Howling
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Poster for In Hock & Staying There
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In Hock & Staying There

In Hock & Staying There
Himself

Production

Poster for The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
Producer
Poster for Abduction
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Abduction

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Abduction
Producer
Poster for Dinocroc
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Dinocroc

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Dinocroc
Executive Producer
Poster for Supergator
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Supergator

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Supergator
Executive Producer
Poster for Death Race
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Death Race

6.3(4.1K)
Death Race
Producer
Poster for Munchies
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Munchies

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Munchies
Producer
Poster for The Haunted Palace
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The Haunted Palace

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The Haunted Palace
Director
Poster for Frankenstein Unbound
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Frankenstein Unbound

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Frankenstein Unbound
Director
Poster for Frankenstein Unbound
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Frankenstein Unbound

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Frankenstein Unbound
Screenplay
Poster for Frankenstein Unbound
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Frankenstein Unbound

5.8(0.1K)
Frankenstein Unbound
Producer

Gallery

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Roger Corman portrait
Roger Corman portrait
Roger Corman portrait
Roger Corman portrait
Roger Corman portrait
Roger Corman portrait