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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.
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie Director
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2013
A Fuller Life
Movie Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
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2013
Strutter
Movie Thanks
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2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Movie Self
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2010
Godard Made in USA
Movie Self
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2010
Road to Nowhere
Movie Director
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
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2007
On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited
Movie Executive Producer
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2006
Trapped Ashes
Movie Director
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2006
Wanderlust
Movie Himself
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2006
Stanley's Girlfriend
Movie Director
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2005
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
Movie Self
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2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie Self
- 2003
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1999
L.A. Without a Map
Movie Himself
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1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Movie Self
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1996
To Have and to Hold
Movie Thanks
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1994
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Movie Self
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1993
Love, Cheat & Steal
Movie Additional Editing
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1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
Movie Self
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1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Movie Self
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1993
Grey Knight
Movie Editor
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1992
Reservoir Dogs
Movie Executive Producer
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1989
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
Movie Director
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1989
Hellman Rider
Movie himself
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1988
Iguana
Movie Writer
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1987
Someone to Love
Movie Attendee / Richard
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1987
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Movie Self
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1986
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
Movie Himself
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1985
Room 666
Movie Self
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1981
Inside the Coppola Personality
Movie Director
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1980
The Big Red One
Movie Second Unit Director
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1979
Avalanche Express
Movie Editor
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1979
An Almost Perfect Affair
Movie Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
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1978
China 9, Liberty 37
Movie Producer
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1977
Sudden Death
Movie Editor
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1975
The Killer Elite
Movie Editor
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1974
Cockfighter
Movie Director