Roger Corman
Biography
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), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films, The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle". 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Corman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Senator #2
The Godfather Part II
FBI Director Hayden Burke
The Silence of the Lambs
Congressman
Apollo 13
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Studio Executive
Scream 3
Roadblock State Trooper
The Fast and the Furious
The Lawyer
Der Stand der Dinge
District Attorney
Cannonball
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Howling
Himself
In Hock & Staying There
Dr. Bregman
Body Bags
Hospital Doctor
The Wasp Woman
Himself
Popatopolis
Tommy
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Office Worker (uncredited)
Naked Paradise
Ground Control (uncredited)
War of the Satellites
Greek Soldier (uncredited)
Atlas
Self
The Horror of It All
Self
Hollywood Gangster
Self
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Beach Bum
Sharktopus
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Roger Corman
The Independent
Himself
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Self - Filmmaker
Corman's World
Self
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Weird Night
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
Roger Corman, le pape du pop cinéma
Self
Sharksploitation
Self
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Himself
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Himself
Corman's Comedy of Poe
Himself
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Self
La última película de Jess Franco
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Mr. Randolph
Runaway Daughters
Self
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
That Guy Dick Miller
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Mr. Laird
Philadelphia
Self
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self
Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
Battle of Blood Island
Self
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Self
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Self
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
Extraordinary Tales
Self
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Self
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
self
Kings of Cult
Man on Phone
Target: Harry
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Jean
Lost Explorer
Hollywood Director
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Corporate executive (uncredited)
Lords of the Deep
Himself
Some Nudity Required
Roger Corman
Hollywood Boulevard II
Self
All the Love You Cannes!
Himself
Remembering 'The Intruder'
Self
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Wedding Guest
Rachel Getting Married
Himself
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Himself
From Manila with Love
Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
Horror Cafe
Himself
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Self
First Works
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
The Dark Side of Hollywood
Himself
Greetings from Tromaville!
Self
It Came From Connemara!
Dr. Gorman
The Phantom Eye
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Sandy Collins
The Second Civil War
Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
The Cry Baby Killer
Mr. Secretary
The Manchurian Candidate
Self
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
Himself
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Self
A Century of Cinema
Dean Hinkle
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Self
O Colírio do Corman Me Deixou Doido Demais
Self
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
Self
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
Self
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Himself
The Wicker Man Enigma
Producer (Flashback)
Searchers 2.0
Self
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Self - Producer
The True Story of Hannibal
Mr. MacBride
Swing Shift
Self
The Perfect Scary Movie
Self
Tales of the Uncanny
Self
SEGAL
Rumored
Z Dead End
Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
Day the World Ended
Self
Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata
Dr. Frank Reeves
Dinoshark
Himself (archive footage)
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
German Officer (uncredited)
Ski Troop Attack
Self
Ticket to Hollywood
Self
Horror!!!
Self
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
Self
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self (archive footage)
Ivan, O TerrirVel
President of the United States (voice)
Tidal Wave
Self (uncredited)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Himself
The Devil Ant
Personal Info
Known For
Production
Known Credits
128
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-04-05
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
Roger William Corman