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Monte Hellman (/ ˈ m ɒ n t i /; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was 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 Gene Corman, Roger ...
Monte Hellman (1929-2021) was a director, editor and producer of films such as Two-Lane Blacktop, Iguana and Reservoir Dogs. He collaborated with Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates and Quentin Tarantino, and was influenced by Samuel Beckett and minimalism.
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Apr 20, 2021 · Monte Hellman, the director known for spare, probing genre movies such as “The Shooting,” “Two-Lane Blacktop” and “Road To Nowhere,” has died at age 91. Hellman died Tuesday at Eisenhower...
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Apr 21, 2021 · Monte Hellman, whose terse action films, epitomized by the 1971 road movie “Two-Lane Blacktop,” made him a cult hero of the American independent film movement, died on Tuesday in Palm Desert,...
Apr 20, 2021 · Hellman was a maverick filmmaker who worked with Roger Corman, Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates. He made genre films with poetic flourishes and was praised by Quentin Tarantino and Sam Peckinpah.
Apr 21, 2021 · Monte Hellman, Two-Lane Blacktop director and Reservoir Dogs executive producer, dies at 91. The cult filmmaker's credits also included The Shooting and Ride in the...
Apr 21, 2021 · Influential director Monte Hellman, whose 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop starring musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson became a counterculture cult classic, died Tuesday. He was 91.
