Monte Hellman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 12 July 1929 · Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 20 April 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.
Known for
Directing 22
- 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded · director
- 2013Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Monte Hellman · director
- 2010Road to Nowhere · director
- 2007Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson · director
- 2007Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin · director
- 2007Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor · director
- 2006Trapped Ashes · director
- 2006Stanley's Girlfriend · director
- 1989Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! · director
- 1988Iguana · director
- 1981Inside the Coppola Personality · director
- 1980The Big Red One · second unit director
- 1978China 9, Liberty 37 · director
- 1974Shatter · director
- 1974Cockfighter · director
- 1971Two-Lane Blacktop · director
- 1966Ride in the Whirlwind · director
- 1966The Shooting · director
- 1964Back Door to Hell · director
- 1964Cordillera · co-director
- 1964Flight to Fury · director
- 1959Beast from Haunted Cave · director
Acting 21
- 2013A Fuller Life as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
- 2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie! as Self
- 2010Godard Made in USA as Self
- 2010Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2007Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor as Self
- 2006Wanderlust as Himself
- 2005Reservoir Dogs Revisited as Self
- 2003A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 1999L.A. Without a Map as Himself
- 1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder as Self
- 1993Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
- 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- 1989Hellman Rider as himself
- 1987Someone to Love as Attendee / Richard
- 1987Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- 1986Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day as Himself
- 1985Room 666 as Self
- 1979An Almost Perfect Affair as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
- 1971The Christian Licorice Store as Joseph
crew 2
- 2013Strutter · thanks
- 1996To Have and to Hold · thanks
Production 10
- 2010Road to Nowhere · producer
- 2007Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor · producer
- 2007Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson · producer
- 2007On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited · executive producer
- 2007Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin · producer
- 1992Reservoir Dogs · executive producer
- 1978China 9, Liberty 37 · producer
- 1966Ride in the Whirlwind · producer
- 1966The Shooting · producer
- 1963The Terror · location manager
Editing 17
- 1993Love, Cheat & Steal · additional editing
- 1993Grey Knight · editor
- 1988Iguana · editor
- 1979Avalanche Express · editor
- 1978China 9, Liberty 37 · editor
- 1977Sudden Death · editor
- 1975The Killer Elite · editor
- 1974Cockfighter · editor
- 1971Two-Lane Blacktop · editor
- 1969Target: Harry · editor
- 1968Head · editor
- 1966Ride in the Whirlwind · editor
- 1966The Wild Angels · editor
- 1966The Shooting · editor
- 1965Bus Riley's Back in Town · assistant editor
- 1964Flight to Fury · editor
- 1960The Wild Ride · editor
Writing 4
- 1989Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! · story
- 1988Iguana · writer
- 1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · dialogue
- 1964Flight to Fury · story