Roger Corman
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
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.
Born
Apr 05, 1926
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
May 09, 2024
Known For
Production
Movies
133 acting
521 crew
Popularity
1.9
Known For
The Godfather Part II
1974
as Senator #2
Apollo 13
1995
as Congressman
Scream 3
2000
as Studio Executive
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Hollywood Director
Philadelphia
1993
as Mr. Laird
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as FBI Director Hayden Burke
The Howling
1981
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Rachel Getting Married
2008
as Wedding Guest
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Mr. Secretary
Body Bags
1993
as Dr. Bregman
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