FILM DIRECTOR

Roger Corman

1926 - 2024

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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 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 A Bucket of Blood (1959), 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Corman is the 262nd most popular film director (up from 288th in 2019), the 2,076th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,843rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roger Corman ranks 262 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sturges, Mike Nichols, Sven Nykvist, and Jane Campion. After him are Jean Epstein, Gus Van Sant, Claude Sautet, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, and Jerzy Stuhr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Roger Corman ranks 111. Before him are Gus Grissom, Joshua Fishman, Shohei Imamura, John Berger, Joachim Fest, and Poul Anderson. After him are Karl Richter, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Patricia Neal, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Siegfried Lenz, and Verner Panton. Among people deceased in 2024, Roger Corman ranks 106. Before him are Dries van Agt, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Bob Newhart, Sérgio Mendes, Brigitte Bierlein, and Maryse Condé. After him are Jerzy Stuhr, Zvi Zamir, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Jack Jones, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, and Cissy Houston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Corman ranks 2,076 out of 20,380. Before him are Lou Ferrigno (1951), Katherine MacGregor (1925), Max Wright (1943), Pat Garrett (1850), Matthew Broderick (1962), and Cole Porter (1891). After him are Bill Tilden (1893), Gary Busey (1944), Gus Van Sant (1952), Adam Savage (1967), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), and Roger Ebert (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Roger Corman ranks 76. Before him are Nicholas Ray (1911), James Foley (1953), Michael Moore (1954), Henry Hathaway (1898), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), and John Sturges (1910). After him are Gus Van Sant (1952), Andrew Davis (1946), Wes Anderson (1969), George Stevens (1904), John Frankenheimer (1930), and Sam Raimi (1959).

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