Monte Hellman
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1929
- Died
- April 20, 2021
- Birthplace
- Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Director
A Fuller Life 2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
Strutter 2013
Thanks
Produce Your Own Damn Movie! 2011
as Self
Godard Made in USA 2010
as Self
Road to Nowhere 2010
Director, Producer
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin 2007
Director, Producer
On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited 2007
Executive Producer
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson 2007
Director, Producer
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor 2007
as Self, Director, Producer
Trapped Ashes 2006
Director
Wanderlust 2006
as Himself
- Stanley's Girlfriend
Stanley's Girlfriend 2006
Director
Reservoir Dogs Revisited 2005
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence 2003
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003
as Self
L.A. Without a Map 1999
as Himself
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs 1998
as Self
To Have and to Hold 1996
Thanks
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder 1994
as Self
Love, Cheat & Steal 1993
Additional Editing
Warren Oates: Across the Border 1993
as Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron 1993
as Self
Grey Knight 1993
Editor
Reservoir Dogs 1992
Executive Producer
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! 1989
Story, Director
- Hellman Rider
Hellman Rider 1989
as himself
Iguana 1988
Director, Writer, Editor
Someone to Love 1987
as Attendee / Richard
Out of the Blue and Into the Black 1987
as Self
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day 1986
as Himself
Room 666 1985
as Self
Inside the Coppola Personality 1981
Director
The Big Red One 1980
Second Unit Director
Avalanche Express 1979
Editor
An Almost Perfect Affair 1979
as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
China 9, Liberty 37 1978
Director, Producer, Editor
Sudden Death 1977
Editor
The Killer Elite 1975
Editor
Cockfighter 1974
Director, Editor
The Christian Licorice Store 1971
as Joseph
Two-Lane Blacktop 1971
Director, Editor
Target: Harry 1969
Editor
Head 1968
Editor
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967
Dialogue
Ride in the Whirlwind 1966
Director, Producer, Editor
The Wild Angels 1966
Editor
The Shooting 1966
Director, Producer, Editor
Bus Riley's Back in Town 1965
Assistant Editor
Back Door to Hell 1964
Director
Cordillera 1964
Co-Director
Flight to Fury 1964
Director, Story, Editor
The Terror 1963
Location Manager
The Wild Ride 1960
Editor
Beast from Haunted Cave 1959
Director
Credits from TMDB.