Roger Corman
male
Born on April 05, 1926 (99 years old)
Passed Away on May 09, 2024
From Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known for Production
Biography
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “The King of The B’s”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Intruder (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), and the counterculture films, The Wild Angels (1966) and The Trip (1967). House of Usher (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "Poe Cycle". In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and was a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers". Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including Federico Fellini (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), François Truffaut (France) and Akira Kurosawa (Japan). He mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles, and James Cameron, and was highly influential in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also helped to launch the careers of actors like Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner.
Cast Credits
- 2024
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as
Self
2020
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
as
Self
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
as
Self
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
as
Self
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as
Self
2020
Tales of the Uncanny
as
Self
2020
Ivan, the TerrirBle
as
Self (archive footage)
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as
(archive footage)
2020
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2011
- 2010
Sharktopus
as
Beach Bum
2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as
Self
2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
as
Self
2010
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
as
Self
2010
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
as
Self
2010
Sodankylä Forever
as
Self
2010
Dinoshark
as
Dr. Frank Reeves
2010
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
as
Himself (archive footage)
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
as
Self
2010
A History of Horror
as
Self
2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
as
Himself
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as
Self
2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
as
Self
2001
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Remembering 'The Intruder'
as
Himself
2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as
Self
2001
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
as
Himself
2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
as
Himself
2001
- 2000
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1991
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1978
- 1976
- 1974
- 1961
- 1958
- 1957
- 1954
- 1959
- 2025
- 2019
- 2012
- 1999
- 1990
- 1989
- 1984
- 2022
- 1996
- 1987
- 1975
- 1969
- 1966
- 1964
- 1963
- 1960
- 1955
Crew Credits
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- 2019
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
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- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
Velocity
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Producer
1999
The Haunting of Hell House
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Producer
1999
Enemy Action
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Producer
1999
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Stray Bullet
as
Producer
1999
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Born Bad
as
Producer
1999
The Protector
as
Executive Producer
1999
The Phantom Eye
as
Executive Producer
1999
Knocking on Death's Door
as
Executive Producer
1999
The White Pony
as
Producer
1999
Cybermaster: Shepherd II
as
Executive Producer
1999
- 1998
Desert Thunder
as
Executive Producer
1998
Running Woman
as
Producer
1998
Lola's Game
as
Executive Producer
1998
Criminal Affairs
as
Executive Producer
1998
The Capitol Conspiracy
as
Executive Producer
1998
The Shepherd
as
Executive Producer
1998
A Very Unlucky Leprechaun
as
Producer
1998
Club Vampire
as
Executive Producer
1998
Watchers Reborn
as
Executive Producer
1998
Termination Man
as
Executive Producer
1998
Black Thunder
as
Executive Producer
1998
- 1997
Future Fear
as
Executive Producer
1997
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
as
Executive Producer
1997
Shadow Dancer
as
Executive Producer
1997
Macon County Jail
as
Executive Producer
1997
Don't Sleep Alone
as
Executive Producer
1997
The Haunted Sea
as
Executive Producer
1997
The Sea Wolf
as
Executive Producer
1997
Eruption
as
Executive Producer
1997
Under Oath
as
Executive Producer
1997
Alien Avengers II
as
Executive Producer
1997
Operation Cobra
as
Executive Producer
1997
Rumble in the Streets
as
Executive Producer
1997
Overdrive
as
Executive Producer
1997
Star Portal
as
Producer
1997
Time Under Fire
as
Producer
1997
Falling Fire
as
Producer
1997
My Brother's War
as
Executive Producer
1997
Spacejacked
as
Executive Producer
1997
- 1996
Black Rose of Harlem
as
Executive Producer
1996
Ladykiller
as
Producer
1996
Humanoids from the Deep
as
Executive Producer
1996
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
as
Producer
1996
Baby Face Nelson
as
Executive Producer
1996
Last Exit to Earth
as
Executive Producer
1996
Subliminal Seduction
as
Executive Producer
1996
House of the Damned
as
Executive Producer
1996
The Unspeakable
as
Executive Producer
1996
Vampirella
as
Executive Producer
1996
Dance with Me
as
Executive Producer
1996
Starquest II
as
Producer
1996
Bio-Tech Warrior
as
Producer
1996
Alien Terminator
as
Producer
1996
Alien Avengers
as
Executive Producer
1996
Inhumanoid
as
Executive Producer
1996
Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill
as
Executive Producer
1996
Marquis de Sade
as
Executive Producer
1996
When the Bullet Hits the Bone
as
Executive Producer
1996
Death Game
as
Executive Producer
1996
- 1995
Black Scorpion
as
Executive Producer
1995
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as
Executive Producer
1995
The Wasp Woman
as
Executive Producer
1995
Cyberzone
as
Executive Producer
1995
Where Evil Lies
as
Executive Producer
1995
The Alien Within
as
Executive Producer
1995
Hellfire
as
Producer
1995
One Night Stand
as
Executive Producer
1995
Twisted Love
as
Executive Producer
1995
Carnosaur 2
as
Producer
1995
A Bucket of Blood
as
Executive Producer
1995
Not of This Earth
as
Executive Producer
1995
Suspect Device
as
Executive Producer
1995
Sawbones
as
Executive Producer
1995
Stripteaser
as
Producer
1995
Caged Heat 3000
as
Executive Producer
1995
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
as
Executive Producer
1995
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
as
Executive Producer
1995
Virtual Seduction
as
Executive Producer
1995
Dillinger and Capone
as
Executive Producer
1995
Bloodfist VII: Manhunt
as
Executive Producer
1995
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero
as
Executive Producer
1995
Piranha
as
Executive Producer
1995
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Terminal Virus
as
Executive Producer
1995
Not Like Us
as
Executive Producer
1995
Burial of the Rats
as
Executive Producer
1995
- 1994
The Fantastic Four
as
Executive Producer
1994
Dinosaur Island
as
Executive Producer
1994
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
as
Executive Producer
1994
Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction
as
Executive Producer
1994
Saturday Night Special
as
Executive Producer
1994
The Spy Within
as
Executive Producer
1994
Reflections on a Crime
as
Executive Producer
1994
The Crazysitter
as
Executive Producer
1994
Stranglehold
as
Executive Producer
1994
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
as
Executive Producer
1994
The Liars' Club
as
Producer
1994
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn
as
Producer
1994
Terminal Voyage
as
Producer
1994
Munchie Strikes Back
as
Executive Producer
1994
Caroline at Midnight
as
Executive Producer
1994
Watchers III
as
Executive Producer
1994
Bloodfist V: Human Target
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Executive Producer
1994
The Unborn II
as
Producer
1994
Cheyenne Warrior
as
Executive Producer
1994
Angel of Destruction
as
Executive Producer
1994
Revenge of the Red Baron
as
Executive Producer
1994
Demon Keeper
as
Executive Producer
1994
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020
as
Executive Producer
1994
One Man Army
as
Executive Producer
1994
- 1993
Fire on the Amazon
as
Executive Producer
1993
Carnosaur
as
Executive Producer
1993
Kill Zone
as
Producer
1993
To Sleep with a Vampire
as
Executive Producer
1993
The Skateboard Kid
as
Executive Producer
1993
Angelfist
as
Executive Producer
1993
White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II
as
Producer
1993
Stepmonster
as
Producer
1993
Dragon Fire
as
Executive Producer
1993
Live by the Fist
as
Executive Producer
1993
Dracula Rising
as
Producer
1993
The Turn-On
as
Executive Producer
1993
Little Miss Millions
as
Executive Producer
1993
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
as
Executive Producer
1993
- 1992
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
as
Executive Producer
1992
Final Judgement
as
Executive Producer
1992
The Berlin Conspiracy
as
Executive Producer
1992
Body Waves
as
Executive Producer
1992
Ultraviolet
as
Executive Producer
1992
Quake
as
Executive Producer
1992
Quake
as
Producer
1992
Munchie
as
Executive Producer
1992
In the Heat of Passion
as
Executive Producer
1992
Beyond the Call of Duty
as
Producer
1992
Crisis in the Kremlin
as
Producer
1992
Raiders of the Sun
as
Producer
1992
Final Embrace
as
Producer
1992
Dance with Death
as
Executive Producer
1992
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
as
Executive Producer
1992
Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger
as
Executive Producer
1992
Blackbelt
as
Executive Producer
1992
- 1991
Future Kick
as
Executive Producer
1991
Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans
as
Executive Producer
1991
To Die Standing
as
Executive Producer
1991
The Terror Within II
as
Executive Producer
1991
Immortal Sins
as
Producer
1991
Hollywood Boulevard II
as
Executive Producer
1991
Dead Space
as
Executive Producer
1991
Kiss Me a Killer
as
Producer
1991
The Unborn
as
Producer
1991
Dune Warriors
as
Producer
1991
Curse of the Crystal Eye
as
Executive Producer
1991
- 1990
Frankenstein Unbound
as
Producer
1990
Frankenstein Unbound
as
Director
1990
Frankenstein Unbound
as
Screenplay
1990
A Cry in the Wild
as
Executive Producer
1990
Sorority House Massacre II
as
Producer
1990
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back
as
Producer
1990
The Haunting of Morella
as
Producer
1990
Bloodfist II
as
Producer
1990
Ultra Warrior
as
Executive Producer
1990
Play Murder for Me
as
Executive Producer
1990
Silk 2
as
Executive Producer
1990
Body Chemistry
as
Executive Producer
1990
Corporate Affairs
as
Executive Producer
1990
The Rain Killer
as
Producer
1990
Full Fathom Five
as
Producer
1990
Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders
as
Producer
1990
Overexposed
as
Producer
1990
Schweitzer
as
Producer
1990
Streets
as
Producer
1990
Watchers II
as
Producer
1990
- 1989
Masque of the Red Death
as
Producer
1989
Dance of the Damned
as
Executive Producer
1989
The Terror Within
as
Producer
1989
Bloodfist
as
Producer
1989
Under the Boardwalk
as
Executive Producer
1989
Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls
as
Executive Producer
1989
Food of the Gods II
as
Producer
1989
Last Stand at Lang Mei
as
Producer
1989
Transylvania Twist
as
Executive Producer
1989
Nowhere to Run
as
Executive Producer
1989
Two to Tango
as
Producer
1989
Nam Angels
as
Producer
1989
Time Trackers
as
Producer
1989
Think Big
as
Producer
1989
Heroes Stand Alone
as
Producer
1989
Ministry of Vengeance
as
Producer
1989
Back to Back
as
Producer
1989
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
as
Producer
1989
Lords of the Deep
as
Producer
1989
Blackbelt II: Fatal Force
as
Executive Producer
1989
Think Big
as
Executive Producer
1989
- 1988
Crime Zone
as
Executive Producer
1988
Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure
as
Executive Producer
1988
Warlords from Hell
as
Producer
1988
Not of This Earth
as
Executive Producer
1988
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The New Gladiators
as
Executive Producer
1988
The Drifter
as
Executive Producer
1988
Grotesque
as
Producer
1988
The Lawless Land
as
Producer
1988
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
as
Producer
1988
Emmanuelle 6
as
Producer
1988
The Sisterhood
as
Producer
1988
Purple People Eater
as
Producer
1988
Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell
as
Executive Producer
1988
Saigon Commandos
as
Executive Producer
1988
Watchers
as
Executive Producer
1988
Daddy's Boys
as
Executive Producer
1988
Apprentice to Murder
as
Executive Producer
1988
- 1987
Munchies
as
Producer
1987
Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans
as
Executive Producer
1987
Slumber Party Massacre II
as
Executive Producer
1987
Eye of the Eagle
as
Producer
1987
Stripped to Kill
as
Executive Producer
1987
Summer Camp Nightmare
as
Executive Producer
1987
Sweet Revenge
as
Executive Producer
1987
Big Bad Mama II
as
Producer
1987
Hour of the Assassin
as
Executive Producer
1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
Rock 'n' Roll High School
as
Executive Producer
1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
as
Producer
1979
The Lady in Red
as
Executive Producer
1979
Leopard in the Snow
as
Producer
1979
The Prize Fighter
as
Producer
1979
Up from the Depths
as
Producer
1979
Saint Jack
as
Producer
1979
Island of the Fishmen
as
Executive Producer
1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
Jackson County Jail
as
Executive Producer
1976
Hollywood Boulevard
as
Executive Producer
1976
Fighting Mad
as
Producer
1976
Moving Violation
as
Executive Producer
1976
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as
Executive Producer
1976
God Told Me To
as
Producer
1976
Eat My Dust
as
Producer
1976
Nashville Girl
as
Executive Producer
1976
Cannonball
as
Producer
1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
Boxcar Bertha
as
Producer
1972
The Big Bird Cage
as
Executive Producer
1972
The Hot Box
as
Executive Producer
1972
The Unholy Rollers
as
Executive Producer
1972
Night Call Nurses
as
Executive Producer
1972
The Dirt Gang
as
Executive Producer
1972
The Final Comedown
as
Producer
1972
The Cremators
as
Producer
1972
The Crucified Girls of San Ramon
as
Producer
1972
Night of the Cobra Woman
as
Producer
1972
The Twilight People
as
Executive Producer
1972
The Woman Hunt
as
Executive Producer
1972
Sweet Kill
as
Executive Producer
1972
- 1971
Women in Cages
as
Producer
1971
The Velvet Vampire
as
Executive Producer
1971
Angels Hard as They Come
as
Executive Producer
1971
Von Richthofen and Brown
as
Director
1971
Private Duty Nurses
as
Executive Producer
1971
The Beast of the Yellow Night
as
Executive Producer
1971
The Big Doll House
as
Executive Producer
1971
Lady Frankenstein
as
Producer
1971
- 1970
Bloody Mama
as
Director
1970
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
as
Director
1970
The Student Nurses
as
Executive Producer
1970
Scream of the Demon Lover
as
Producer
1970
Angels Die Hard
as
Executive Producer
1970
The Dunwich Horror
as
Executive Producer
1970
Bloody Mama
as
Producer
1970
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
as
Producer
1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
The Haunted Palace
as
Director
1963
The Terror
as
Director
1963
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as
Director
1963
Dementia 13
as
Producer
1963
The Raven
as
Director
1963
The Raven
as
Producer
1963
The Young Racers
as
Director
1963
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
as
Producer
1963
The Terror
as
Producer
1963
Operation Titian
as
Co-Producer
1963
The Haunted Palace
as
Producer
1963
The Terror
as
Writer
1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
House of Usher
as
Director
1960
House of Usher
as
Producer
1960
The Little Shop of Horrors
as
Producer
1960
The Little Shop of Horrors
as
Director
1960
Ski Troop Attack
as
Producer
1960
Last Woman on Earth
as
Director
1960
Ski Troop Attack
as
Director
1960
The Little Shop of Horrors
as
Writer
1960
Last Woman on Earth
as
Producer
1960
Battle of Blood Island
as
Executive Producer
1960
- 1959
A Bucket of Blood
as
Director
1959
A Bucket of Blood
as
Producer
1959
Attack of the Giant Leeches
as
Executive Producer
1959
The Wasp Woman
as
Director
1959
The Wasp Woman
as
Producer
1959
Battle Beyond the Sun
as
Producer
1959
I, Mobster
as
Director
1959
I, Mobster
as
Producer
1959
T-Bird Gang
as
Producer
1959
High School Big Shot
as
Producer
1959
Beast from Haunted Cave
as
Executive Producer
1959
- 1958
War of the Satellites
as
Producer
1958
War of the Satellites
as
Director
1958
Machine-Gun Kelly
as
Director
1958
She Gods of Shark Reef
as
Director
1958
Teenage Cave Man
as
Director
1958
Teenage Cave Man
as
Producer
1958
Cry Baby Killer
as
Producer
1958
The Brain Eaters
as
Executive Producer
1958
Night of the Blood Beast
as
Executive Producer
1958
Machine-Gun Kelly
as
Producer
1958
Hot Car Girl
as
Executive Producer
1958
Stakeout on Dope Street
as
Producer
1958
- 1957
Attack of the Crab Monsters
as
Director
1957
Attack of the Crab Monsters
as
Producer
1957
Not of This Earth
as
Director
1957
Naked Paradise
as
Producer
1957
The Undead
as
Director
1957
Naked Paradise
as
Director
1957
Teenage Doll
as
Director
1957
Teenage Doll
as
Producer
1957
Carnival Rock
as
Director
1957
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
as
Director
1957
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
as
Producer
1957
Rock All Night
as
Director
1957
Sorority Girl
as
Director
1957
Not of This Earth
as
Producer
1957
The Undead
as
Producer
1957
Rock All Night
as
Producer
1957
Carnival Rock
as
Producer
1957
Sorority Girl
as
Producer
1957
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