As Director
Road to Nowhere
2010
5.7
Monte Hellman
Acting
Born
July 12, 1929
Place of Birth
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Deceased
April 20, 2021
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 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.
The Filmography
As Director
Trapped Ashes
2006
5.0
As Actor
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994
6.0
As Actor
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
5.7
As Actor
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
6.9
As Director
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
1989
3.7
As Director, As Writer
Iguana
1988
5.7
As Actor
Room 666
1982
6.5
As Director
Shatter
1974
5.8
As Director
Cockfighter
1974
6.1
As Actor
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
4.4
As Director
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
6.9
As Director
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
6.3
As Director
The Shooting
1966
6.3
As Director
Back Door to Hell
1964
5.5
As Director
Flight to Fury
1964
5.2
As Director
Beast from Haunted Cave
1959
4.6