Monte Hellman
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 12, 1929
Day of Death: April 20, 2021 (92 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Hellman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Director
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
Director
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Producer
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
Producer
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
Director
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
Executive Producer
On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited
Producer
Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin
