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.
20 movies
A Fuller Life
2013·6.6
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011·0.0
Godard Made in USA
2010·0.0
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
2007·0.0
Wanderlust
2006·5.9
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
2005·7.8
A Decade Under the Influence
2003·7.9
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003·7.1
L.A. Without a Map
1999·5.9
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998·3.0
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994·6.0
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993·6.5
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993·7.1
Hellman Rider
1989·6.0
Someone to Love
1987·5.5
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987·0.0
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
1986·0.0
Room 666
1985·6.6
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979·5.0
The Christian Licorice Store
1971·4.8