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Monte Hellman

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Monte Hellman

Born July 12, 1929 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USADied April 20, 202118 films

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.

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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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Two-Lane Blacktop posterFirst watchTwo-Lane Blacktop19717.0A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.View film

Essential films

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The Shooting poster6.2The Shooting1966Ride in the Whirlwind poster6.2Ride in the Whirlwind1966Cockfighter poster6.1Cockfighter1974Trapped Ashes poster5.1Trapped Ashes2006Beast from Haunted Cave poster4.5Beast from Haunted Cave1959Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! poster3.9Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!1989

Filmography

18 films as director
  1. 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
  2. 2010Road to NowhereDirector
  3. 2007Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris KristoffersonDirector
  4. 2007Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James TaylorDirector
  5. 2007Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael LaughlinDirector
  6. 2006Trapped AshesDirector
  7. 2006Stanley's GirlfriendDirector
  8. 1989Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!Director
  9. 1988IguanaDirector
  10. 1981Inside the Coppola PersonalityDirector
  11. 1978China 9, Liberty 37Director
  12. 1974CockfighterDirector
  13. 1971Two-Lane BlacktopDirector
  14. 1966Ride in the WhirlwindDirector
  15. 1966The ShootingDirector
  16. 1964Back Door to HellDirector
  17. 1964Flight to FuryDirector
  18. 1959Beast from Haunted CaveDirector