Person
Monte Hellman
Directing · 1929–2021 · Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Reservoir Dogs
Executive Producer
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
The Killer Elite
Editor
Head
Editor
The Big Red One
Second Unit Director
L.A. Without a Map
Himself
The Shooting
Director
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
Story
The Terror
Location Manager
Trapped Ashes
Director
Filmography
- 2013A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
- 2013StrutterThanks
- 2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie!Self
- 2010Godard Made in USASelf
- 2010Road to NowhereDirector
- 2007Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James TaylorSelf
- 2007Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris KristoffersonDirector
- 2007On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' RevisitedExecutive Producer
- 2007Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael LaughlinDirector
- 2006Trapped AshesDirector
- 2006WanderlustHimself
- 2006Stanley's GirlfriendDirector
- 2005Reservoir Dogs RevisitedSelf
- 2003A Decade Under the InfluenceSelf
- 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf
- 1999L.A. Without a MapHimself
- 1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des ErfolgsSelf
- 1996To Have and to HoldThanks
- 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy WonderSelf
- 1993Love, Cheat & StealAdditional Editing
- 1993Warren Oates: Across the BorderSelf
- 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
- 1993Grey KnightEditor
- 1992Reservoir DogsExecutive Producer
- 1989Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!Story
- 1989Hellman Riderhimself
- 1988IguanaDirector
- 1987Someone to LoveAttendee / Richard
- 1987Out of the Blue and Into the BlackSelf
- 1986Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a DayHimself
- 1985Room 666Self
- 1981Inside the Coppola PersonalityDirector
- 1980The Big Red OneSecond Unit Director
- 1979Avalanche ExpressEditor
- 1979An Almost Perfect AffairMonte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
- 1978China 9, Liberty 37Director
- 1977Sudden DeathEditor
- 1975The Killer EliteEditor
- 1974ShatterDirector
- 1974CockfighterDirector
- 1971The Christian Licorice StoreJoseph
- 1971Two-Lane BlacktopDirector
- 1969Target: HarryEditor
- 1968HeadEditor
- 1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreDialogue
- 1966Ride in the WhirlwindDirector
- 1966The Wild AngelsEditor
- 1966The ShootingDirector
- 1965Bus Riley's Back in TownAssistant Editor
- 1964Back Door to HellDirector
- 1964CordilleraCo-Director
- 1964Flight to FuryDirector
- 1963The TerrorLocation Manager
- 1960The Wild RideEditor
- 1959Beast from Haunted CaveDirector
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