Roger Corman

Attore, Produttore, Regista, Sceneggiatore

5 aprile 1926 — 9 maggio 2024 (98 anni)
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.

Film e Serie su Plex

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  • Brood - La covata malefica
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  • Piraña
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  • La piccola bottega degli orrori
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  • The Slumber Party Massacre
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  • Supermarket Horror
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  • Esecuzione di un eroe
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  • Sharktopus
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  • Body bags - Corpi estranei
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  • Romantico avventuriero
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  • Monster - Esseri ignoti dai profondi abissi
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  • Il liceo del rock 'n' roll
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  • I magnifici sette nello spazio
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  • Il pianeta del terrore
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  • Terrore alla 13 ora
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  • La vergine di cera
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  • L'uomo dagli occhi a raggi X
    L'uomo dagli occhi a raggi X1963
  • Un secchio di sangue
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  • Brood - La covata malefica
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  • La piccola bottega degli orrori
    La piccola bottega degli orrori1986
  • Piraña
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  • Il tamburo di latta
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  • Death Race
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  • Il pozzo e il pendolo
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  • La maschera della morte rossa
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  • I vivi e i morti
    I vivi e i morti1960
  • Anno 2000 - La corsa della morte
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  • I maghi del terrore
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  • America 1929 - Sterminateli senza pietà
    America 1929 - Sterminateli senza pietà1972
  • Terrore alla 13 ora
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  • Supermarket Horror
    Supermarket Horror1986
  • Adele H. - Una storia d'amore
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  • La città dei mostri
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  • La vergine di cera
    La vergine di cera1963
  • I racconti del terrore
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Filmography

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 HinkleSu Plex
2010
Sharktopus · as Beach BumSu Plex
2010
Dinoshark · as Dr. Frank ReevesSu Plex
2008
Rachel Getting Married · as Wedding Guest
2007
Searchers 2.0 · as Producer (flashback)Su 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. BregmanSu Plex
1992
1991
The Silence of the Lambs · as Fbi Director Hayden Burke
1989
Lords of the Deep · as Corporate Executive (uncredited)Su Plex
1984
Swing Shift · as Mr. Macbride
1982
The State of Things · as The Lawyer
1981
The Howling · as Man In Phone Booth (uncredited)Su Plex
1977
1976
Cannonball! · as District AttorneySu 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)Su 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)Su Plex
1960
Battle of Blood Island · as Soldier On Hilltop (uncredited)Su Plex
1959
The Wasp Woman · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)Su Plex
1958
The Cry Baby Killer · as Joe - Tv Truck Man (uncredited)Su Plex
1958
Hot Car Girl · as Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
1958
War of the Satellites · as Ground Control (uncredited)Su Plex
1957
Naked Paradise · as Office Worker (uncredited)
1955
Day the World Ended · as Nelson - Louise's Fiancée In Framed Photograph (uncredited)Su Plex
1954
The Fast and the Furious · as Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)Su Plex
1954
Monster from the Ocean Floor · as Tommy (uncredited)

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