FILM DIRECTOR

Monte Hellman

1932 - 2021

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Monte Hellman (; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. 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 Gene Corman, Roger Corman's brother. 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 1989 slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Monte Hellman is the 1,234th most popular film director (down from 1,110th in 2019), the 8,847th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,197th in 2019) and the 326th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Monte Hellman ranks 1,234 out of 2,041. Before him are Walter Murch, Anthony Harvey, Férid Boughedir, Mario Mattoli, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and Kurt Hoffmann. After him are Jiří Weiss, Gilles Grangier, Robert Kramer, Frank Pierson, George Fitzmaurice, and Volodymyr Dakhno.

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Among people born in 1932, Monte Hellman ranks 429. Before him are Elliott H. Lieb, Ferenc Machos, Kurt Stettler, Khalil Taha, Joseph P. Kerwin, and Germano de Figueiredo. After him are Jenő Dalnoki, Volodymyr Dakhno, John Emery, Antonio Suárez, Anatoly Roshchin, and Noël Milarew Odingar. Among people deceased in 2021, Monte Hellman ranks 503. Before him are Andrzej Zieliński, Dorothy Manley, Marco Maciel, Bonfoh Abass, Gabriel Núñez, and Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz. After him are Vladimir Kiselyov, Sarah Harding, Chris Dickerson, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Michael K. Williams, and Pepi Bader.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Monte Hellman ranks 8,849 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenne Headly (1955), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), William Fields (1929), Alley Mills (1951), Charles Stark Draper (1901), and Faith Domergue (1924). After him are Candy Barr (1935), Bode Miller (1977), Bruce Abbott (1954), Adolph Kiefer (1918), Lewis Cass (1782), and Kevin Dobson (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Monte Hellman ranks 326. Before him are Tay Garnett (1894), Daniel Mann (1912), Travis Knight (1973), Richard Kelly (1975), Peter Del Monte (1943), and Walter Murch (1943). After him are Robert Kramer (1939), Frank Pierson (1925), J. Searle Dawley (1877), Jack Sholder (1945), James Gray (1969), and Andrew Stanton (1965).

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