Monte Hellman

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-07-12 (92 years old)

Deathday

2021-04-20

Place of Birth

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Monte Hellman

Biography

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 late...

Production

1992

Reservoir Dogs

as Executive Producer

1980

The Big Red One

as Second Unit Director

1978

1978

1978

1971

1974

Cockfighter

as Director

1964

Cordillera

as Co-Director

2006

Trapped Ashes

as Director

1966

1966

The Shooting

as Producer

2010

Road to Nowhere

as Director

2010

Road to Nowhere

as Producer

1966

The Shooting

as Director

1964

1963

The Terror

as Location Manager

1988

Iguana

as Writer

1988

Iguana

as Director

1974

Cockfighter

as Editor

1996

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Additional Editing

1993

Grey Knight

as Editor

1964

Flight to Fury

as Director

1974

Shatter

as Director

1975

2006

1968

Head

as Editor

2013

Vive L'Amour

as Director

2013

Strutter

as Thanks

1988

Iguana

as Editor

1971

1979

1966

The Shooting

as Editor

1965

Bus Riley's Back in Town

as Assistant Editor

1966

1960

The Wild Ride

as Editor

1969

Target: Harry

as Editor

1977

Sudden Death

as Editor

1964

1964

1966

1963

The Terror

as Director

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