Monte Hellman

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Monte Hellman (born July 12, 1929 in New York City , New York as Monte Himmelbaum , † April 20, 2021 in Palm Desert , California ) was an American director , film producer and film editor . He also worked in other positions in film productions, such as a consultant and second-unit director.

Live and act

Monte Hellman was interested in getting his ideas into film form from a very early age. After graduating from high school, he went to Stanford University and studied drama . During his student days, he founded a theater group and studied experimental pieces with her, which made her famous. At the UCLA Hellman then graduated.

He gained practical experience in the late 1950s as an assistant editor for television. It was on this occasion that Hellman met producer Roger Corman , who is known for having nurtured many talent. Under Corman he worked as a consultant, editor, assistant director and also as a director. Hellman directed his first film, Beast from Haunted Cave , in 1960. He learned to work quickly and precisely, because under Corman it was common to produce a film in just a few days. As co-director and editor on the 1963 film The Terror , Hellman met actor Jack Nicholson , who was involved in Hellman's next two films, two westerns. When the shooting was Nicholson co-producer in Ride in the Whirlwind co-author. Unsuccessful in the USA, they were enthusiastically received in Europe. Both films caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival and were described as "existentialist".

Hellman shot the film Asphaltrennen for Universal in 1971 , which also achieved cult status despite a lack of audience interest. The director managed now with odd jobs. He worked with Corman again, but the success of his films with audiences remained modest. In 1977 Hellman stepped in as a replacement for the suddenly deceased director Tom Gries and completed his project I am the greatest , a biopic about Muhammad Ali . There were ups and downs afterwards. Hellman worked in various positions on successful films: as a dialogue director on Corman's Chicago Massacre , as a second-unit director on Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One and Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop . He has also worked as a film editor for well-known directors such as Bob Rafelson , Sam Peckinpah and Jonathan Demme . With Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! He made one of his weaker films in 1989, but was an executive producer on Quentin Tarantino Reservoir Dogs' debut in 1992 . Then he took a creative break. In 2006 he participated with the short film Stanley's Girlfriend in the short film compilation Trapped Ashes .

In 2009 Hellman shot Road to Nowhere, his first feature film since 1989. The film premiered in September 2010 in the competition program of the 67th Venice International Film Festival , where Hellmann also received a special lion for his complete oeuvre. He died in April 2021 at the age of 91.

In 1997, George Hickenlooper made a biographical documentary about Hellman's oeuvre called Monte Hellman: American Auteur .

Filmography

Director

  • 1960: Beast from Haunted Cave
  • 1963: The Terror - The Innocents (The Terror) - unmentioned co-directed
  • 1964: Flight to Fury
  • 1964: Back Door to Hell
  • 1964: Cordillera - co-director
  • 1966: Shooting (The Shooting)
  • 1966: Ride in the Whirlwind (Ride in the Whirlwind)
  • 1971: Asphalt race (Two-Lane Blacktop)
  • 1974: The Deadly Shadow of Mr. Shatter (Shatter) - unmentioned co-director
  • 1974: Cockfighter
  • 1977: I am the greatest (The Greatest)
  • 1978: Amore, piombo e furore - co-director
  • 1979: Avalanche Express (Avalanche Express) - unmentioned co-directed
  • 1988: Fight on Death Island (Iguana)
  • 1989: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
  • 2006: Stanley's Girlfriend (short film)
  • 2006: Trapped Ashes
  • 2010: Road to Nowhere

Miscellaneous

  • 1960: The Wild Ride - unmentioned co-cut
  • 1961: Creature from the Haunted Sea - unmentioned second unit director
  • 1964: Jagdflug (Flight to Fury) - co-book, unmentioned co-cut
  • 1964: Back Door to Hell - unmentioned co-cut
  • 1965: Resist If You Can (Bus Riley's Back in Town) - assistant editor
  • 1966: Shooting (The Shooting) - Production, unmentioned section
  • 1966: The Wild Angels (The Wild Angels) - Cut
  • 1966: Ride in the Whirlwind (Ride in the Whirlwind) - Production, unmentioned section
  • 1968: Head (Head) - unmentioned co-cut
  • 1969: Target: Harry - cut
  • 1971: Asphalt racing (Two-Lane Blacktop) - cut
  • 1971: The Christian Licorice Store - Starring
  • 1974: Cockfighter - unmentioned co-cut
  • 1975: The Killer Elite (The Killer Elite) - Co-cut
  • 1976: And tomorrow a thing will be shot (Harry and Walter Go to New York) - unmentioned editing assistant
  • 1977: Sudden Death - unmentioned cut
  • 1978: Amore, piombo e furore - production, unmentioned editing
  • 1979: Avalanche Express (Avalanche Express) - unmentioned Co-cut
  • 1980: The awakening of the Sphinx (The Awakening) - unmentioned assistant editor
  • 1987: A day for love - Someone to Love (Someone to Love) - Performer
  • 1987: RoboCop (RoboCop) - unmentioned second unit director
  • 1988: Fight on Death Island (Iguana) - co-script, editor
  • 1989: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! - Unmentioned actor, co-book, unmentioned co-cut
  • 1992: Reservoir Dogs - Wild Dogs (Reservoir Dogs) - Executive Producer
  • 1993: Bad Shadows (Love, Cheat & Steal) - assistant editor
  • 1993: Army of the Zombies (Gray Knight) - co-cut
  • 2010: Road to Nowhere - production

Web links

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Andreas Borcholte: He could have been a Spielberg. In: Spiegel Online , April 21, 2021. Accessed April 23, 2021.
personal data
SURNAME Hellman, Monte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Himmelbaum, Monte (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, producer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Palm Desert , California