Monte Hellman

Monte Hellman

Directing Born Jul 12, 1932 · Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.<br /> <br /> 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...

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Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
as Danny
1989 ★ 3.6 movie
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
2013 ★ 6.6 movie
L.A. Without a Map
as Himself
1999 ★ 5.8 movie
Room 666
1982 ★ 6.1 movie
Wanderlust
as Himself
2006 ★ 6.0 movie
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Himself
1993 ★ 7.3 movie
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
as Interviewer
2007 movie
Someone to Love
1987 ★ 5.4 movie
Hellman Rider
as himself
1989 ★ 6.0 movie
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
as Himself
1986 movie
The Christian Licorice Store
as Joseph
1971 movie
Godard Made in USA
as Self
2010 movie