Person Details

Birthday: 1932-07-12 10:28:02

Aliases: Monte Himmelbaum , M. Hellman

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 71

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

Monte Hellman (born July 12, 1932) ​is an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. 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 has included the 1989 slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! 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.

Most Famous Work

Reservoir Dogs
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Reservoir Dogs

(1992) Executive Producer
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Head

(1968) Editor
Two-Lane Blacktop
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Two-Lane Blacktop

(1971) Editor
Ride in the Whirlwind
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6

Ride in the Whirlwind

(1966) Editor
The Big Red One
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The Big Red One

(1980) Second Unit Director
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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6
The Shooting
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The Shooting

(1966) Editor
Beast from Haunted Cave
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Beast from Haunted Cave

(1959) Director

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