Monte Hellman
Birthday
Jul 12, 1929
Day of Death
Apr 20, 2021 (91 years)
Place of Birth
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)...
Movies (20)
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
1986
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
A Fuller Life
2013
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
L.A. Without a Map
1999
Room 666
1982
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
Wanderlust
2006
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
Someone to Love
1987
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987
Godard Made in USA
2010
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
Sodankylä Forever
2010
As Crew... (55)
Reservoir Dogs
1992
On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited
2007
Head
1968
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
1989
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
1989
Beast from Haunted Cave
1959
Strutter
2013
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007
The Big Red One
1980