Roger Corman
b. 1926 — d. 2024 (aged 98)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Actor
Director
Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget films. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films derived from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and he has won an Honorary Academy Award for his body of work. Corman is also an occasional actor, taking minor roles in such films as The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13 and Philadelphia. A documentary about Roger Corman's life and career entitled Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel premiered at Sundance in 2011. Corman has been a mentor to young film directors including Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Demme, James Cameron, Curtis Hanson, John Sayles, and many others. He has also helped launch the careers of actors including Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire and Robert De Niro.
Known For
Filmography
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Il cinema secondo Corman
2025 Self
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Segal
2025 Self
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★ 7.1
Sharksploitation
2023 Self
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Lost Explorer
2023 Actor
Jean
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Little Jewel
2022 Actor
Poet
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★ 7.3
Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema
2021 Self
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An Interview with Roger Corman & Brendon Small
2021 Self
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Lost Horizon
2021 Actor
Guy de Vere
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★ 6.8
O Colírio do Corman me deixou doido demais
2020 Self
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The Tale of Mr Corman and Mr Poe
2020 Self
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★ 6.7
Dr. Jack and Mr. Nicholson
2019 Self
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★ 7.2
Cult-Tastic: Tales from the Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman
2019 Self
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So Bad It's Good
2019 Actor
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★ 5.8
Bloody & groovy, baby! A tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018 Self
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Movies of the Future with Lloyd Kaufman
2018 Self
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★ 7.2
Greetings from Tromaville
2017 Self
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Monstres, Ennemis intérieurs
2017 Self
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★ 6.8
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four
2015 Self
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★ 6.4
Kings of Cult
2015 Self
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★ 6.6
It Came from Connemara
2014 Self
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★ 6.4
Extraordinary Tales
2013 Actor
Prince Prospero (segment: The Masque of the Red Death)
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★ 6.9
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie
2013 Self
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★ 6.4
Le dernier film de Jess Franco
2013 Self
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★ 7.3
The BAFTA Britannia Awards
2012 Self
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Tripping Down Memory Lane with Roger Corman
2012 Self
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★ 7.5
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
2011 Self
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★ 7.3
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011 Self
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The Pebble Beach Experience
2011 Self
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★ 3.2
Dinoshark
2010 Actor
Dr. Frank Reeves
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★ 7.3
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 Self
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★ 8.1
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss
2010 Self
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★ 7.7
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
2010 Self
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★ 7.3
Midnight Madness: The History of Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films
2010 Self
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★ 6.8
The Making of Piranha
2010 Self
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★ 7.0
Popatopolis
2009 Self
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★ 8.5
Post Mortem with Mick Garris
2009 Self
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★ 7.8
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman
2009 Self
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The 14th Annual Satellite Awards
2009 Self
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★ 6.9
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008 Self
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★ 6.2
The Secret World of Superfans
2008 Self
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★ 7.0
Hollywood Gangster
2008 Self
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Fantastic Talks
2008 Self
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★ 7.4
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007 Self
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★ 5.8
Searchers 2.0
2007 Actor
Producer
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★ 7.8
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 Self
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★ 6.9
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 Self
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★ 6.6
Comic-Con 2006 Live
2006 Self
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The 17th Annual 2006 Producers Guild Awards
2006 Self
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★ 6.9
Bullets Over Hollywood
2005 Self
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★ 7.1
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004 Self
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★ 6.5
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004 Self
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★ 6.9
Jonathan Demme and the Making of 'the Manchurian Candidate'
2004 Self
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InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse
2004 Self
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★ 7.4
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 Self
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★ 8.3
Screen Tests of the Stars
2002 Self
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★ 9.3
California's Golden Parks
2002 Self
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The Silver Screen: Ray Milland
2002 Self
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★ 7.1
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
2001 Self
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★ 5.8
Black Scorpion
2001 Writer
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★ 5.3
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
2001 Self
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★ 7.6
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 Self
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★ 6.5
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
2001 Self
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★ 5.9
The Independent
2000 Actor
Roger Corman
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★ 5.9
The Phantom Eye
1999 Actor
Dr. Gorman
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★ 5.4
Some Nudity Required
1998 Self
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★ 7.3
The Dark Side of Hollywood
1998 Self
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AFI 100 Years 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998 Self
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★ 7.8
A-Z of Horror
1997 Self
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★ 5.6
Monte Hellman: American Auteur
1997 Self
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Directors on Directors
1997 Self
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The 22th Annual Los Angeles Film Critcs Awards
1997 Self
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★ 7.0
100 Years of Horror
1996 Self
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The Real Frankenstein: An Untold Story
1995 Self
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★ 7.7
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994 Self
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★ 6.4
Masters of Fantasy
1994 Self
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★ 5.0
7th Annual Independent Spirit Awards
1992 Self
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★ 7.6
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991 Self
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★ 7.7
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991 Self
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★ 5.5
Frankenstein Unbound
1990 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
The Horror Hall of Fame
1990 Self
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Horror Cafe
1990 Self
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★ 5.5
First Works
1989 Self
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★ 6.7
The Story of Hollywood
1988 Self
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★ 8.3
A Story of Little Shop of Horrors
1987 Self
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Out of the Blue and into the Black
1987 Self
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★ 7.1
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 Writer
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Ticket to Hollywood
1984 Self
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★ 6.7
The Horror of It All
1983 Self
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★ 5.5
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 Director
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★ 4.0
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980 Writer
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The 1980 Sci-Fi Awards
1980 Self
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★ 4.1
Deathsport
1978 Director
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★ 6.8
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978 Self
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★ 7.2
Talking Film
1978 Self
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★ 9.5
The Godfather: A Novel for Television
1977 Actor
Senator #2
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★ 5.3
Thunder and Lightning
1977 Writer
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★ 6.0
Von Richthofen and Brown
1971 Director
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★ 5.7
Bloody Mama
1970 Director
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★ 4.2
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
1970 Director
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★ 4.3
De Sade
1969 Director