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.

KNOWN FOR

Reservoir Dogs
1992
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
The Big Red One
1980
L.A. Without a Map
1999
The Terror
1963
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
1989
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
The Killer Elite
1975
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
A Decade Under the Influence
2003

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
20
Directing
20
Writing
4
Producing
10
Editing
17
Crew
2
2013
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Vision of the Impossible")
2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2010
Godard Made in USA
as Self
2007
Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor
as Self
2006
Wanderlust
as Himself
2005
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
as Self
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
1999
L.A. Without a Map
as Himself
1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1994
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
as Self
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self
1989
Hellman Rider
as himself
1987
Someone to Love
as Attendee / Richard
1987
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
as Self
1986
Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day
as Himself
1985
Room 666
as Self
1979
An Almost Perfect Affair
as Monte Hellman on Filmfestival in Cannes
1971
The Christian Licorice Store
as Joseph