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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Il cinema secondo Corman
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/2025
SEGAL
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2025
Wasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen
Character:Himself
Release Date:02/10/2025
Sharksploitation
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2024
Lost Explorer
Character:Jean
Release Date:06/11/2023
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2022
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/02/2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/2021
Tales of the Uncanny
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2020
Ivan, the TerrirBle
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Character:Self
Release Date:23/06/2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
Character:Self
Release Date:08/04/2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/2020
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
Character:Self
Release Date:27/01/2020
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson
Character:Self
Release Date:21/07/2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2019
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2018
Greetings from Tromaville!
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/11/2017
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
Character:Self
Release Date:12/05/2017
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Character:
Release Date:29/04/2017
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/12/2015
Kings of Cult
Character:self
Release Date:02/09/2015
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/07/2015
Extraordinary Tales
Character:Prince Prospero (voice) (segment 'The Masque of the Red Death')
Release Date:17/02/2015
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2014
It Came From Connemara!
Character:Self
Release Date:09/07/2014
Behind the Swinging Blade
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2014
That Guy Dick Miller
Character:Self
Release Date:07/03/2014
La última película de Jess Franco
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2013
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
Character:
Release Date:07/06/2013
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Character:Dean Hinkle
Release Date:25/08/2012
Corman's World
Character:Self - Filmmaker
Release Date:16/12/2011
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2011
From Manila with Love
Character:Himself
Release Date:21/06/2011
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Character:Self
Release Date:14/04/2011
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2010
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:05/10/2010
Sharktopus
Character:Beach Bum
Release Date:25/09/2010
Sodankylä Forever
Character:Self
Release Date:05/08/2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Character:Self
Release Date:24/07/2010
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Character:Self
Release Date:27/03/2010
Dinoshark
Character:Dr. Frank Reeves
Release Date:13/03/2010
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
Character:Self
Release Date:06/08/2009
Popatopolis
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/06/2009
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2009
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/02/2009
Hollywood Gangster
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2008
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/10/2008
Rachel Getting Married
Character:Wedding Guest
Release Date:03/09/2008
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Character:Self - Producer, The Fantastic Four (1994)
Release Date:10/06/2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2007
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2007
Searchers 2.0
Character:Producer (Flashback)
Release Date:31/08/2007
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2007
The Sci-Fi Boys
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2006
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Character:
Release Date:02/12/2005
The Perfect Scary Movie
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/2005
The True Story of Hannibal
Character:Self - Producer
Release Date:02/01/2005
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:04/09/2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Character:Mr. Secretary
Release Date:30/07/2004
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/2004
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Character:Hollywood Director
Release Date:14/11/2003
Corman's Comedy of Poe
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/08/2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2003
All the Love You Cannes!
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:02/04/2002
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Character:Himself
Release Date:29/12/2001
The Wicker Man Enigma
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/10/2001
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Character:Self
Release Date:04/09/2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character:Self
Release Date:21/08/2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2001
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Character:Himself
Release Date:02/04/2001
Remembering 'The Intruder'
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/03/2001
The Independent
Character:Roger Corman
Release Date:10/11/2000
Scream 3
Character:Studio Executive
Release Date:04/02/2000
The Phantom Eye
Character:Dr. Gorman
Release Date:30/10/1999
The Devil Ant
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1999
Some Nudity Required
Character:Himself
Release Date:16/10/1998
The Dark Side of Hollywood
Character:
Release Date:13/05/1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Second Civil War
Character:Sandy Collins
Release Date:04/12/1997
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1997
Chiller Theatre Fiend Club Show: Volume 2
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1996
Apollo 13
Character:Congressman
Release Date:30/06/1995
Runaway Daughters
Character:Mr. Randolph
Release Date:12/08/1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Character:Self
Release Date:12/04/1994
A Century of Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
Philadelphia
Character:Mr. Laird
Release Date:22/12/1993
Body Bags
Character:Dr. Bregman
Release Date:08/08/1993
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Character:Self
Release Date:17/05/1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Character:FBI Director Hayden Burke
Release Date:14/02/1991
Hollywood Boulevard II
Character:Roger Corman
Release Date:30/01/1991
Martin Scorsese Directs
Character:Self
Release Date:16/06/1990
Horror Cafe
Character:Self
Release Date:11/04/1990
First Works
Character:Self
Release Date:10/10/1989
Lords of the Deep
Character:Corporate executive (uncredited)
Release Date:02/06/1989
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/1987
Ticket to Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1984
Swing Shift
Character:Mr. MacBride
Release Date:13/04/1984
The Horror of It All
Character:Self
Release Date:23/02/1983
The State of Things
Character:The Lawyer
Release Date:22/03/1982
The Howling
Character:Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Release Date:21/01/1981
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/1978
Cannonball
Character:District Attorney
Release Date:06/07/1976
Tidal Wave
Character:President of the United States (voice)
Release Date:28/05/1975
The Godfather Part II
Character:Senator #2
Release Date:20/12/1974
Target: Harry
Character:Man on Phone
Release Date:23/05/1969
Blood Bath
Character:Antonio Sordi (in flashback) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/1966
Horror!!!
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1964
The Young Racers
Character:Man Outside Monaco Hotel (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1963
Atlas
Character:Greek Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:01/05/1961
Battle of Blood Island
Character:Soldier on Hilltop (uncredited)
Release Date:08/04/1960
Ski Troop Attack
Character:German Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:08/04/1960
The Wasp Woman
Character:Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Release Date:30/10/1959
Hot Car Girl
Character:Cop Who Finds Note (uncredited)
Release Date:17/08/1958
Cry Baby Killer
Character:Joe - TV Truck Man (uncredited)
Release Date:15/08/1958
War of the Satellites
Character:Ground Control (uncredited)
Release Date:18/05/1958
Naked Paradise
Character:Office Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1957
Day the World Ended
Character:Nelson - Louise's Fiancée in Framed Photograph (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1955
The Fast and the Furious
Character:Roadblock State Trooper (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1954
Monster from the Ocean Floor
Character:Tommy (uncredited)
Release Date:21/05/1954
Television Appearances
The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman
Character:Himself
Spector
Character:Self
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
Character:
The Movies That Made Us
Character:Self
CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman
Character:Himself
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Character:
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Character:Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Character:Self
A History of Horror
Character:Self
Sodankylä Forever
Character:Self
The Practice
Character:John Matlin
100 Years of Horror
Character:Self - Interview
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Beverly Hills, 90210
Character:Roger Corman
Biography
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
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