Production · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Born April 5, 1926
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.
MovieIl cinema secondo Corman
2025
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MovieSEGAL
2025
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MovieWasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen
2025
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MovieSharksploitation
2024
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TVThe Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
2024
as Himself
MovieMartin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
2024
as Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer
MovieLost Explorer
2023
as Jean
TVSpector
2022
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TVCharles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
MovieBoris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
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MovieHollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRoger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
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MovieTales of the Uncanny
2020
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MovieIvan, the TerrirBle
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTime Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
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MovieTime Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
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MovieAGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020
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TVTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
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MovieAGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
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MovieThe AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)
MovieCorman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
2020
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TVThe Movies That Made Us
2019
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TVCULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman
2019
as Himself
MovieDr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
2019
as Self
TVThe Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
2019
as Self
MovieMemory: The Origins of Alien
2019
as Self
MovieBloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018
as Self
MovieGreetings from Tromaville!
2017
as Self
MovieMonstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017
as Self
MovieEdgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
MovieIt Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
2015
as Himself
MovieKings of Cult
2015
as self
MovieDoomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
2015
as Himself
MovieExtraordinary Tales
2015
as Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
MovieMonster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014
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MovieIt Came From Connemara!
2014
as Self
MovieBehind the Swinging Blade
2014
as Self
MovieThat Guy Dick Miller
2014
as Self
MovieLa última película de Jess Franco
2013
as Self
MovieGoing Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
2013
MovieAttack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
2012
as Dean Hinkle
MovieCorman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker
MovieProduce Your Own Damn Movie!
2011
as Self
MovieFrom Manila with Love
2011
as Himself
MovieStill Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
as Self
MovieTales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010
as Self
TVConan
2010
as Self - Guest
TVMoguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self
MovieMachete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
TVA History of Horror
2010
as Self
MovieSleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
2010
as Himself (archive footage)
MovieSharktopus
2010
as Beach Bum
MovieWith Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
TVSodankylä Forever
2010
as Self
MovieCharles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010
as Self
MovieDinoshark
2010
as Dr. Frank Reeves
MovieNightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009
as Self
MoviePopatopolis
2009
as Himself
MovieDirect Your Own Damn Movie!
2009
as Self
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009
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Hollywood Gangster
2008
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MovieThe Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
2008
as Himself
MovieRachel Getting Married
2008
as Wedding Guest
MovieStarz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008
as Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
MovieSpine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
MovieMr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
MovieVal Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007
as Self
MovieSearchers 2.0
2007
as Producer (Flashback)
MovieInfluence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
2007
as Self
MovieFamous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self
MovieThe Sci-Fi Boys
2006
as Self
MovieGangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
MovieThe Perfect Scary Movie
2005
as Self
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
as Self - Producer
MovieEdgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
as Self
MovieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Mr. Secretary
MovieMario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
MovieLooney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Hollywood Director
Corman's Comedy of Poe
2003
as Himself
MovieA Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
MovieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
MovieAll the Love You Cannes!
2002
as Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Self (uncredited)
MovieBurnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
2001
as Himself
MovieThe Wicker Man Enigma
2001
as Himself
MovieHidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001
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MovieInside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
MovieIt Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
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MovieSchlock! The Secret History of American Movies
2001
as Himself
Remembering 'The Intruder'
2001
as Self
MovieThe Independent
2000
as Roger Corman
MovieScream 3
2000
as Studio Executive
MovieThe Phantom Eye
1999
as Dr. Gorman
MovieThe Devil Ant
1999
as Himself
MovieSome Nudity Required
1998
as Himself
MovieThe Dark Side of Hollywood
1998
MovieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
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MovieThe Second Civil War
1997
as Sandy Collins
MovieVincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
as Self
TVThe Practice
1997
as John Matlin
TV100 Years of Horror
1996
as Self - Interview
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
1996
as Self
MovieApollo 13
1995
as Congressman
MovieRunaway Daughters
1994
as Mr. Randolph
TVRebel Highway
1994
as Mr. Randolph
MovieThe Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994
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MovieA Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
MoviePhiladelphia
1993
as Mr. Laird
MovieBody Bags
1993
as Dr. Bregman
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
as Self - Inductee
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
MovieThe Silence of the Lambs
1991
as FBI Director Hayden Burke
MovieHollywood Boulevard II
1991
as Roger Corman
TVBeverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Roger Corman
MovieMartin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
MovieHorror Cafe
1990
as Self
MovieFirst Works
1989
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MovieLords of the Deep
1989
as Corporate executive (uncredited)
TVBiography
1987
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MovieOut of the Blue and Into the Black
1987
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Ticket to Hollywood
1984
as Self
MovieSwing Shift
1984
as Mr. MacBride
MovieThe Horror of It All
1983
as Self
MovieThe State of Things
1982
as The Lawyer
MovieThe Howling
1981
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
MovieRoger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
as Self
MovieCannonball
1976
as District Attorney
MovieTidal Wave
1975
as President of the United States (voice)
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieThe Godfather Part II
1974
as Senator #2
MovieTarget: Harry
1969
as Man on Phone
MovieBlood Bath
1966
as Antonio Sordi (in flashback) (uncredited)
MovieHorror!!!
1964
as Self
MovieThe Young Racers
1963
as Man Outside Monaco Hotel (uncredited)
MovieAtlas
1961
as Greek Soldier (uncredited)
MovieBattle of Blood Island
1960
as Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
MovieSki Troop Attack
1960
as German Officer (uncredited)
MovieThe Wasp Woman
1959
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
MovieHot Car Girl
1958
as Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
MovieCry Baby Killer
1958
as Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
MovieWar of the Satellites
1958
as Ground Control (uncredited)
MovieNaked Paradise
1957
as Office Worker (uncredited)
MovieDay the World Ended
1955
as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
MovieThe Fast and the Furious
1954
as Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
MovieMonster from the Ocean Floor
1954
as Tommy (uncredited)
MovieIn Hock & Staying There
as Himself
MovieI Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
as Self
MovieMary Woronov: Cult Queen
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MovieZ Dead End
as Rumored
MovieOlivera & Corman: Hollywood en Argentina
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