Roger Corman
Production
🎂 1926-04-05
Roger William Corman 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.
Cast credits(141)
1990
John Matlin
1997
Senator #2
1974
Self
1975
Congressman
1995
Studio Executive
2000
Self
2019
Hollywood Director
2003
Mr. Laird
1993
FBI Director Hayden Burke
1991
Mr. Secretary
2004
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
1981
Self
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2019
Wedding Guest
2008
Self
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Mr. MacBride
1984
Dean Hinkle
2012
Dr. Frank Reeves
2010
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2020
Self
Beach Bum
2010
Self
2006
Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
1955
2022
Self
2010
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2022
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self - Filmmaker
2011
Sandy Collins
1997
Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
2013
Roger Corman
2000
Self
1994
Ground Control (uncredited)
1958
Hospital Doctor
1959
Self - Producer
2005
Self
2020
Dr. Bregman
1993
Himself (archive footage)
2010
Self
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Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
1958
Self
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Roadblock State Trooper
1954
Himself
2015
Self
2010
The Lawyer
1982
Self
1991
Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
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Mr. Randolph
1994
Self
1998
Man on Phone
1969
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1964
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Corporate executive (uncredited)
1989
Self
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Himself
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Jean
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Self
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District Attorney
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1998
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President of the United States (voice)
1975
Self
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2013
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Tommy
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Self
2007
Himself
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Himself
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Rumored
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Himself
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Roger Corman
1991
Greek Soldier (uncredited)
1961
Self
2008
Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
1960
Self
2019
2018
Himself
2009
Self
2001
Self
2021
Office Worker (uncredited)
1957
Self
1978
Dr. Gorman
1999
Self
1983
Self
2014
Self
1990
Himself
2008
Self (archive footage)
2020
Himself
2011
Himself
Himself
1999
Producer (Flashback)
2007
Self
1994
Himself
2009
self
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Self
1984
German Officer (uncredited)
1960
Self
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2017
2017
Himself
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Self
1996
Himself
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1994
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