Roger Corman

Acteur, Producteur, Directeur, Scénariste

5 avril 1926 — 9 mai 2024 (98 ans)
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.

Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Hurlements
    Hurlements1981
  • Chromosome 3
    Chromosome 31979
  • Piranhas
    Piranhas1978
  • La Petite boutique des horreurs
    La Petite boutique des horreurs1960
  • Slumber Party Massacre
    Slumber Party Massacre1982
  • Shopping
    Shopping1986
  • Héros ou Salopards
    Héros ou Salopards1980
  • Sharktopus
    Sharktopus2010
  • Petits cauchemars avant la nuit
    Petits cauchemars avant la nuit1993
  • La Cible humaine
    La Cible humaine1950
  • Les Monstres de la mer
    Les Monstres de la mer1980
  • Le Lycée des cancres
    Le Lycée des cancres1979
  • Les Mercenaires de l'espace
    Les Mercenaires de l'espace1980
  • La Galaxie de la terreur
    La Galaxie de la terreur1981
  • Dementia 13
    Dementia 131963
  • L'Halluciné
    L'Halluciné1963
  • L'Horrible Cas du docteur X
    L'Horrible Cas du docteur X1963
  • Un baquet de sang
    Un baquet de sang1959
  • Star Crash, Le choc des étoiles
    Star Crash, Le choc des étoiles1978
  • Slumber Party Massacre II
    Slumber Party Massacre II1987

Connue pour

  • Fitzcarraldo
    Fitzcarraldo1982
  • Sonate d'automne
    Sonate d'automne1978
  • Chromosome 3
    Chromosome 31979
  • La Petite Boutique des horreurs
    La Petite Boutique des horreurs1986
  • Piranhas
    Piranhas1978
  • Le Tambour
    Le Tambour1979
  • Course à la mort
    Course à la mort2008
  • La Petite boutique des horreurs
    La Petite boutique des horreurs1960
  • Shopping
    Shopping1986
  • La Chambre des tortures
    La Chambre des tortures1961
  • Le Masque de la mort rouge
    Le Masque de la mort rouge1964
  • La Chute de la maison Usher
    La Chute de la maison Usher1960
  • La Course à la mort de l’an 2000
    La Course à la mort de l’an 20001975
  • Le Corbeau
    Le Corbeau1963
  • Bertha Boxcar
    Bertha Boxcar1972
  • Dementia 13
    Dementia 131963
  • L'Histoire d'Adèle H.
    L'Histoire d'Adèle H.1975
  • La Malédiction d'Arkham
    La Malédiction d'Arkham1963
  • L'Empire de la terreur
    L'Empire de la terreur1962
  • L'Halluciné
    L'Halluciné1963

Filmographie

2022
2016
2013
Extraordinary Tales · as Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'the Masque Of The Red Death')
2013
2012
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader · as Dean HinkleSur Plex
2010
Sharktopus · as Beach BumSur Plex
2010
Dinoshark · as Dr. Frank ReevesSur Plex
2008
Rachel Getting Married · as Wedding Guest
2007
Searchers 2.0 · as Producer (flashback)Sur Plex
2005
2004
The Manchurian Candidate · as Mr. Secretary
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action · as Hollywood Director
2000
Scream 3 · as Studio Executive
1997
The Second Civil War · as Sandy Collins
1997
The Practice · as John Matlin
1996
1995
Apollo 13 · as Congressman
1994
Runaway Daughters · as Mr. Randolph
1994
Rebel Highway · as Mr. Randolph
1993
Philadelphia · as Mr. Laird
1993
Body Bags · as Dr. BregmanSur Plex
1992
1991
The Silence of the Lambs · as Fbi Director Hayden Burke
1989
Lords of the Deep · as Corporate Executive (uncredited)Sur Plex
1984
Swing Shift · as Mr. Macbride
1982
The State of Things · as The Lawyer
1981
The Howling · as Man In Phone Booth (uncredited)Sur Plex
1977
1976
Cannonball! · as District AttorneySur Plex
1975
Tidal Wave · as President Of The United States (voice)
1974
The Godfather Part II · as Senator #2
1969
Target: Harry · as Man On Phone
1966
Blood Bath · as Antonio Sordi (in Flashback) (uncredited)Sur Plex
1963
The Young Racers · as Man Outside Monaco Hotel (uncredited)
1961
Atlas · as Greek Soldier (uncredited)
1960
Ski Troop Attack · as German Officer (uncredited)Sur Plex
1960
Battle of Blood Island · as Soldier On Hilltop (uncredited)Sur Plex
1959
The Wasp Woman · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)Sur Plex
1958
The Cry Baby Killer · as Joe - Tv Truck Man (uncredited)Sur Plex
1958
Hot Car Girl · as Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
1958
War of the Satellites · as Ground Control (uncredited)Sur Plex
1957
Naked Paradise · as Office Worker (uncredited)
1955
Day the World Ended · as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée In Framed Photograph (uncredited)Sur Plex
1954
The Fast and the Furious · as Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)Sur Plex
1954
Monster from the Ocean Floor · as Tommy (uncredited)