Monte Hellman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1929, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- April 20, 2021
- Movies
- 38
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).
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Best-Known Movies
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
The Shooting
1966
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
1989
Beast from Haunted Cave
1959
Cockfighter
1974
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Room 666
1985
L.A. Without a Map
1999
Trapped Ashes
2006
Filmography
| 2013 | A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible") |
| 2011 | Produce Your Own Damn Movie! | Self |
| 2010 | Godard Made in USA | Self |
| 2007 | Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor | Self |
| 2006 | Wanderlust | Himself |
| 2005 | Reservoir Dogs Revisited | Self |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a Map | Himself |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder | Self |
| 1993 | Warren Oates: Across the Border | Self |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self |
| 1989 | Hellman Rider | himself |
| 1987 | Someone to Love | Attendee / Richard |
| 1987 | Out of the Blue and Into the Black | Self |
| 1986 | Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day | Himself |
| 1985 | Room 666 | Self |
| 1979 | An Almost Perfect Affair | Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes |
| 1971 | The Christian Licorice Store | Joseph |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director |
| 2010 | Road to Nowhere | Director, Producer |
| 2007 | Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson | Director, Producer |
| 2007 | Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor | Director, Producer |
| 2007 | Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin | Director, Producer |
| 2006 | Trapped Ashes | Director |
| 2006 | Stanley's Girlfriend | Director |
| 1989 | Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! | Director |
| 1988 | Iguana | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Inside the Coppola Personality | Director |
| 1978 | China 9, Liberty 37 | Director, Producer |
| 1974 | Cockfighter | Director |
| 1971 | Two-Lane Blacktop | Director |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind | Director, Producer |
| 1966 | The Shooting | Producer, Director |
| 1964 | Back Door to Hell | Director |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury | Director |
| 1959 | Beast from Haunted Cave | Director |
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