Known For
Directing
Known Credits
20
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 12, 1929 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
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| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded...Director | |
| 2010 | Road to Nowhere...Director | |
| 2007 | Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor...Director | |
| 2007 | Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin...Director | |
| 2007 | Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson...Director | |
| 2006 | Trapped Ashes...Director | |
| 2006 | Stanley's Girlfriend...Director | |
| 1989 | Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!...Director | |
| 1988 | Iguana...Director | |
| 1981 | Inside the Coppola Personality...Director | |
| 1980 | The Big Red One...Second Unit Director | |
| 1978 | China 9, Liberty 37...Director | |
| 1974 | Shatter...Director | |
| 1974 | Cockfighter...Director | |
| 1971 | Two-Lane Blacktop...Director | |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind...Director | |
| 1966 | The Shooting...Director | |
| 1964 | Back Door to Hell...Director | |
| 1964 | Cordillera...Co-Director | |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury...Director | |
| 1959 | Beast from Haunted Cave...Director |
| 2013 | Strutter...Thanks | |
| 1996 | To Have and to Hold...Thanks |
| 2010 | Road to Nowhere...Producer | |
| 2007 | Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor...Producer | |
| 2007 | On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited...Executive Producer | |
| 2007 | Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin...Producer | |
| 2007 | Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson...Producer | |
| 1992 | Reservoir Dogs...Executive Producer | |
| 1978 | China 9, Liberty 37...Producer | |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind...Producer | |
| 1966 | The Shooting...Producer | |
| 1963 | The Terror...Location Manager |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal...Additional Editing | |
| 1993 | Grey Knight...Editor | |
| 1988 | Iguana...Editor | |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express...Editor | |
| 1978 | China 9, Liberty 37...Editor | |
| 1977 | Sudden Death...Editor | |
| 1975 | The Killer Elite...Editor | |
| 1974 | Cockfighter...Editor | |
| 1971 | Two-Lane Blacktop...Editor | |
| 1969 | Target: Harry...Editor | |
| 1968 | Head...Editor | |
| 1966 | Ride in the Whirlwind...Editor | |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels...Editor | |
| 1966 | The Shooting...Editor | |
| 1965 | Bus Riley's Back in Town...Assistant Editor | |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury...Editor | |
| 1960 | The Wild Ride...Editor |
| 1989 | Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!...Story | |
| 1988 | Iguana...Writer | |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre...Dialogue | |
| 1964 | Flight to Fury...Story |
| 2013 | A Fuller Lifeas Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible") | |
| 2011 | Produce Your Own Damn Movie!as Self | |
| 2010 | Godard Made in USAas Self | |
| 2007 | Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Tayloras Self | |
| 2006 | Wanderlustas Himself | |
| 2005 | Reservoir Dogs Revisitedas Self | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influenceas Self | |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywoodas Self | |
| 1999 | L.A. Without a Mapas Himself | |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgsas Self | |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonderas Self | |
| 1993 | Warren Oates: Across the Borderas Self | |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Ironas Self | |
| 1989 | Hellman Rideras himself | |
| 1987 | Someone to Loveas Attendee / Richard | |
| 1987 | Out of the Blue and Into the Blackas Self | |
| 1986 | Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Dayas Himself | |
| 1985 | Room 666as Self | |
| 1979 | An Almost Perfect Affairas Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes | |
| 1971 | The Christian Licorice Storeas Joseph |
