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Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 12, 1929
Died
April 20, 2021
Place of Birth
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Monte Himmelbaum
- M. Hellman
- Monte Jay Himmelbaum
Monte Hellman
1.1 Popularity
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
6.6
Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
A Fuller Life
2013
0.0
Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
0.0
Self
Godard Made in USA
2010
0.0
Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010
0.0
Self
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007
5.0
Himself
Wanderlust
2006
7.9
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.1
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
5.8
Himself
L.A. Without a Map
1999
3.0
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
Credits
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
2013
6.6
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2011
0.0
Godard Made in USA
as Self
2010
0.0
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
2010
0.0
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
as Self
2007
0.0
Wanderlust
as Himself
2006
5.0
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
7.9
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
7.1
L.A. Without a Map
as Himself
1999
5.8
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1998
3.0
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
as Self
1994
6.0
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self
1993
5.7
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
1993
6.9
🎬
Hellman Rider
as himself
1989
6.0
Someone to Love
as Attendee / Richard
1987
5.3
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
as Self
1987
0.0
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
as Himself
1986
0.0
Room 666
as Self
1982
6.5
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
1979
4.5
The Christian Licorice Store
as Joseph
1971
4.1