Roger Corman

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American independent film producer, director and actor. He has been called The Pope of Pop Cinema, and is known as a trail blazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award.

Corman mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron. He helped launch the careers of actors Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.

Corman has occasionally taken minor acting roles in the films of directors who started with him, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13, The Manchurian Candidate and Philadelphia. A documentary about Corman's life and career entitled Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel premiered at Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals in 2011, directed by Alex Stapleton. The film's TV rights were picked up by A&E IndieFilms after a well-received screening at Sundance.

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"As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally."
"One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work."
"Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted."
"Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot."
"I think The Blair Witch Project is an exceptionally well-conceived and well-made film."
"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."
"Charlie Bronson, Peter Fonda -- worked with him a number of times. Sylvester Stallone. Bobby de Niro -- I guess he's put on a number of years, you'd call him Robert de Niro today. More recently, Sandra Bullock: She made 'Fire on the Amazon' with us (1993). She was young and the first actor who was really that good in years. We went right back to hire her again, but she'd already signed with Fox or Warner Bros."
"The majors now have sort of semi-independent companies allied with them, making lower-budget films. They're competing with us. And television is a huge target for young people. So we don't quite have the monopoly on young writers, directors, producers and actors that we formerly did."
"My father was an engineer, ... But I found out that the film critics for the Stanford Daily got free passes for all the films. So I became first an assistant critic and then the main film critic. Those free passes changed my life."
"You first saw Boris coming down this long hallway in the Baron's blue coat. Then he'd move out of the shot. Then I'd come down the hallway and after I'd cleared the frame -- Roger didn't even bother to cut the camera and slate the shots -- Sandra would come down the hallway. Then it was Dick's turn, looking weird in his black servant suit."
"Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!"
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Column: In ‘Cinema Her Way,’ female directors talk about struggle, survival and the industry

The Trentonian 24 Mar 2025
Just published by Rizzoli New York, “Cinema Her Way ... The reasons for that have everything to do with the words “her” and “female” in the book’s title ... Q ... A ... You can find it on YouTube ... Q ... A. Yeah ... One credits the juicy drive-in movies made by Roger Corman —.

TV tonight: Sean Bean’s gritty drug gang drama set in Liverpool

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Hollie Richardson ... Jack Seale. View image in fullscreen. Women of OZ … Ten Pound Poms on BBC One. Photograph ... Ellen E Jones ... Producer Roger Corman gave a leg up to many future stars of the movie business, including Francis Ford Coppola and James Cameron ... .

This Horror Movie Is by Far the Best Edgar Allen Poe Adaptation — and It’s ...

Collider 21 Mar 2025
Because of his reputation as King of the B-Movies, it's easy to discount the skill and craft Roger Corman brought to the films he ...

Mufasa: The Lion King to O’Dessa – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The Observer 21 Mar 2025
Pick of the week. Mufasa. The Lion King ... Simon Wardell. Wednesday 26 March, Disney+. The Prestige. View image in fullscreen ... Producer Roger Corman gave a leg up to many future stars of the movie business, including Francis Ford Coppola and James Cameron ... SW.

This Horror Double Feature Is the Exploding-Head Crown Jewel of March's Women in Film Series

Portland Mercury 19 Mar 2025
by Robert Ham ... Later on that month, they’ll be celebrating the career of the late producer Roger Corman with a packed calendar of kitschy classics from A Bucket of Blood (1959) to Forbidden World (1982) ... Also wiped out ... ....

See me! Feed me! A review of raucous ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ out for blood ...

Daily Press 19 Mar 2025
First it was a shlocky 1960 film by schlockmeister Roger Corman; then a great 1982 musical by our real heroes, book and lyrics writer Howard Ashman (dead at 40 of AIDS), and music by Alan Menken (blessedly still with us) ... Mr ... (Erica Johnson) ... Mr ... Yep ... .

Robert Downey Jr. New MCU Villain in Avengers: Doomsday Teased by Directors

Coming Soon 17 Mar 2025
Doomsday? ... Joseph Culp played him in the low-budget, unreleased The Fantastic Four movie from 1994, which was executive produced by Roger Corman, while Julian McMahon portrayed him in 2005’s Fantastic Four and the 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four ... Avengers.

Karyn Kusama talks about that visceral Jennifer’s Body vomit scene in exclusive Cinema Her Way ...

AV Club 17 Mar 2025
But also, because I started working for John, who got his start with Roger Corman, it was easy for me to see that there was a genuine romance to making something happen in front of you and to ask ...

Bring back the 2000s-era sci-fi flopbuster

Polygon 17 Mar 2025
Roger Ebert called it “an assault on all the senses, including common.” ... Anderson adaptation material, it’s a Roger Corman movie. The 2008 Death Race updates the great premise of Corman’s cult classic — ...

Before 'The Godfather,' Francis Ford Coppola Made This Devastating, Complex, R-Rated Drama With James Caan ...

Collider 15 Mar 2025
For him, the path to masterful directing was a decade-long journey, starting with his enrollment in the Roger Corman school of low-budget, exploitation filmmaking to his ...

'This is a big moment for musical theatre in Ireland'

RTE 10 Mar 2025
In Concert ... That was an adaptation of the 1982 off-Broadway musical of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, which is itself an adaptation of the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors by director Roger Corman ... John Byrne ... .

Roger Corman's Poe Series - Monster Madness 2024

Bitchute 09 Mar 2025
Go to the source via the article link to view the video or click the video icon ....

Jews in the News: Chalamet in a Comedy Film; WWII Vets, The Graduate, and Paul Simon

The American Israelite 06 Mar 2025
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, 29, who plays Reiser, has been acclaimed in dramatic films, action films, a musical film and a BOB DYLAN bio-musical ... 25, 2025.) ... film producer/writer, Roger Corman (98) and director Norman Jewison (97; “Fiddler on the Roof”) ... .

Aubrey Plaza gets supportive hug from friend in LA before the Oscars honored her late ...

The Daily Mail 04 Mar 2025
On Sunday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored the late filmmaker during their Oscars In Memoriam segment where he was featured between the late filmmaker Roger Corman and casting director Diane Crittenden.

Why Gene Hackman, but not Michelle Trachtenberg, made cut for Oscars In Memoriam

East Bay Times 03 Mar 2025
Gene Hackman and Michelle Trachtenberg ... LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 23 ... The segment also honored such behind-the-camera luminaries as directors David Lynch and Norman Jewison, writer-director Robert Towne and producers Roger Corman and Albert S ... .
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