Biography
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works that have an already-established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low-budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.
In 1964, Corman—admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du Cinéma—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 is a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers".
Corman 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, Sylvester Stallone, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner. Corman has occasionally taken minor acting roles in the films of directors who started with him, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13, The Manchurian Candidate, and Philadelphia.
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Filmography
all 577
Movies 560
Producer 395
self 95
Director 56
TV Shows 17
Writer 6
Voice 1
Sharksploitation (2024)
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (2022)
Trajectory: Milestones in Space Exploration (2021)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus (2021)
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema (2021)
Tales of the Uncanny (2020)
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (2020)
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS (2020)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 (2020)
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy (2020)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman (2019)
Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson (2019)
Abduction (2019)
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 (2018)
Greetings from Tromaville! (2017)
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur (2017)
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive (2017)
Death Race 2050 (2017)
It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story (2015)
Kings of Cult (2015)
Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015)
CobraGator (2015)
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins (2014)
Fist of the Dragon (2014)
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
It Came From Connemara! (2014)
Water Wars (2014)
Behind the Swinging Blade (2014)
That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
Operation Rogue (2014)
La última película de Jess Franco (2013)
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013)
Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Virtually Heroes (2013)
Death Race: Inferno (2013)
Palace of the Damned (2013)
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012)
Piranhaconda (2012)
Stealing Las Vegas (2012)
Corman's World (2011)
Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2011)
From Manila with Love (2011)
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective (2011)
Camel Spiders (2011)
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror (2010)
Death Race 2 (2010)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Embryo (2010)
A History of Horror (2010)
Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres (2010)
Sharktopus (2010)
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010)
Dinoshark (2010)
When Life Gives You Lemons (2010)
Splatter (2009)
Splatter (2009)
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)
Popatopolis (2009)
Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (2009)
Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman (2009)
Hollywood Gangster (2008)
Cyclops (2008)
The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff (2008)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Death Race (2008)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
Searchers 2.0 (2007)
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute (2007)
Supergator (2007)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Scorpius Gigantus (2006)
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
Saurian (2006)
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood (2005)
The Perfect Scary Movie (2005)
Bloodfist 2050 (2005)
Asphalt Wars (2005)
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
Cry of the Winged Serpent (2005)
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004)
Dinocroc (2004)
Rage and Discipline (2004)
Firefight (2003)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003)
Barbarian (2003)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Operation Balikatan (2003)
Slaughter Studios (2002)
Shakedown (2002)
Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002)
Wolfhound (2002)
Escape from Afghanistan (2002)
All the Love You Cannes! (2002)
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002)
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001)
A Galaxy Far, Far Away (2001)
A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2001)
Raptor (2001)
Hard as Nails (2001)
The Wicker Man Enigma (2001)
Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties (2001)
The Arena (2001)
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
Avalanche Alley (2001)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
Black Scorpion (2001)
The Independent (2000)
The Doorway (2000)
Up Against Amanda (2000)
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000)
Moving Target (2000)
Dangerous Curves (2000)
Scream 3 (2000)
The Suicide Club (2000)
Nightfall (2000)
The White Pony (1999)
Velocity (1999)
The Haunting of Hell House (1999)
The Phantom Eye (1999)
Knocking on Death's Door (1999)
The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (1999)
Enemy Action (1999)
The Protector (1999)
Cybermaster -Shepherd 2- (1999)
Stray Bullet (1999)
Born Bad (1999)
The Devil Ant (1999)
Shadow Dancer (1999)
The Shepherd (1999)
Club Vampire (1998)
Some Nudity Required (1998)
Black Thunder (1998)
A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998)
Watchers Reborn (1998)
Desert Thunder (1998)
The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998)
The Capitol Conspiracy (1998)
Termination Man (1998)
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)
Running Woman (1998)
Lola's Game (1998)
Criminal Affairs (1998)
Operation Cobra (1997)
The Second Civil War (1997)
Future Fear (1997)
Time Under Fire (1997)
Spacejacked (1997)
Alien Avengers II (1997)
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
My Brother's War (1997)
Under Oath (1997)
Falling Fire (1997)
Monte Hellman - American Auteur (1997)
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997)
The Practice (1997)
Star Portal (1997)
Don't Sleep Alone (1997)
The Haunted Sea (1997)
The Sea Wolf (1997)
Macon County Jail (1997)
Eruption (1997)
Overdrive (1997)
Rumble in the Streets (1997)
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)
Bloodfist VIII: Hard Way Out (1996)
Marquis de Sade (1996)
Alien Terminator (1996)
Ladykiller (1996)
Vampirella (1996)
Death Game (1996)
Humanoids from the Deep (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Last Exit to Earth (1996)
The Unspeakable (1996)
Alien Avengers (1996)
Inhumanoid (1996)
House of the Damned (1996)
When the Bullet Hits the Bone (1996)
Dance with Me (1996)
Black Rose of Harlem (1996)
Subliminal Seduction (1996)
Baby Face Nelson (1996)
Starquest II (1996)
Bio-Tech Warrior (1996)
Cyberzone (1995)
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
One Night Stand (1995)
Bloodfist VII: Manhunt (1995)
Piranha (1995)
Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995)
A Bucket of Blood (1995)
Not of This Earth (1995)
The Wasp Woman (1995)
Black Scorpion (1995)
Not Like Us (1995)
Burial of the Rats (1995)
Twisted Love (1995)
Virtual Seduction (1995)
The Alien Within (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Stripteaser (1995)
Dillinger and Capone (1995)
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995)
Carnosaur 2 (1995)
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero (1995)
Hellfire (1995)
Sawbones (1995)
Terminal Virus (1995)
Suspect Device (1995)
Caged Heat 3000 (1995)
Where Evil Lies (1995)
The Crazysitter (1994)
Weird Night (1994)
Watchers 3 (1994)
Revenge of the Red Baron (1994)
New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020 (1994)
Runaway Daughters (1994)
The Liars' Club (1994)
Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
No Dessert, Dad, 'Til You Mow the Lawn (1994)
The Flight of the Dove (1994)
Reflections on a Crime (1994)
Terminal Voyage (1994)
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Saturday Night Special (1994)
Demon Keeper (1994)
The Unborn II (1994)
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (1994)
Dinosaur Island (1994)
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994)
One Man Army (1994)
Caroline at Midnight (1994)
Bloodfist V: Human Target (1994)
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994)
Cheyenne Warrior (1994)
Angel of Destruction (1994)
Stranglehold (1994)
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful (1994)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
White Wolves - A Cry in the Wild II (1993)
Philadelphia (1993)
Little Miss Millions (1993)
Dragon Fire (1993)
Fire on the Amazon (1993)
Body Bags (1993)
Live by the Fist (1993)
The Skateboard Kid (1993)
Carnosaur (1993)
Angelfist (1993)
Dracula Rising (1993)
Kill Zone (1993)
Stepmonster (1993)
To Sleep with a Vampire (1993)
The Turn-On (1993)
Killer Instinct (1992)
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992)
Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger (1992)
Raiders of the Sun (1992)
Quake (1992)
Blackbelt (1992)
Body Waves (1992)
Munchie (1992)
Dance with Death (1992)
The Berlin Conspiracy (1992)
Ultraviolet (1992)
In the Heat of Passion (1992)
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992)
Final Judgement (1992)
Beyond the Call of Duty (1992)
Crisis in the Kremlin (1992)
Final Embrace (1992)
Future Kick (1991)
Curse of the Crystal Eye (1991)
Dead Space (1991)
Immortal Sins (1991)
To Die Standing (1991)
Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1991)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
Kiss Me a Killer (1991)
The Unborn (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hollywood Boulevard II (1991)
Dune Warriors (1991)
The Terror Within II (1991)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Bloodfist II (1990)
Corporate Affairs (1990)
Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
Play Murder for Me (1990)
The Rain Killer (1990)
Full Fathom Five (1990)
Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
Watchers II (1990)
Schweitzer (1990)
Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990)
Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
A Cry in the Wild (1990)
Horror Cafe (1990)
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
Ultra Warrior (1990)
Body Chemistry (1990)
The Haunting of Morella (1990)
Streets (1990)
Overexposed (1990)
Last Stand at Lang Mei (1989)
Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
Masque of the Red Death (1989)
First Works (1989)
Transylvania Twist (1989)
Think Big (1989)
Bloodfist (1989)
Blackbelt II: Fatal Force (1989)
Nam Angels (1989)
Lords of the Deep (1989)
Food of the Gods II (1989)
Time Trackers (1989)
Dance of the Damned (1989)
Under the Boardwalk (1989)
Crime Zone (1989)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)
Nowhere to Run (1989)
Two to Tango (1989)
The Terror Within (1989)
Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls (1989)
Heroes Stand Alone (1989)
Back to Back (1989)
Silk 2 (1989)
Watchers (1988)
Purple People Eater (1988)
The Drifter (1988)
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988)
Grotesque (1988)
Warlords from Hell (1988)
Emmanuelle 6 (1988)
Daddy's Boys (1988)
Not of This Earth (1988)
Beach Balls (1988)
Apprentice to Murder (1988)
Talking Pictures (1988)
The Lawless Land (1988)
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)
The Sisterhood (1988)
Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure (1988)
Saigon Commandos (1988)
Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
Big Bad Mama II (1987)
Deathstalker II (1987)
Summer Camp Nightmare (1987)
Stripped to Kill (1987)
Munchies (1987)
Sweet Revenge (1987)
Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987)
Hour of the Assassin (1987)
Eye of the Eagle (1987)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Devastator (1986)
Amazons (1986)
Sorority House Massacre (1986)
Shadow Play (1986)
Chopping Mall (1986)
House (1986)
Naked Vengeance (1985)
Barbarian Queen (1985)
School Spirit (1985)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Streetwalkin' (1985)
Cocaine Wars (1985)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Ticket to Hollywood (1984)
Suburbia (1984)
Swing Shift (1984)
Oddballs (1984)
The New Gladiators (1984)
White Star (1983)
Deathstalker (1983)
Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)
Space Raiders (1983)
Love Letters (1983)
The Horror of It All (1983)
Murder by Phone (1982)
Jimmy the Kid (1982)
Android (1982)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Forbidden World (1982)
The State of Things (1982)
Sorceress (1982)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
The Territory (1981)
The Howling (1981)
Richard's Things (1980)
The Georgia Peaches (1980)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
My American Uncle (1980)
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
The Prize Fighter (1979)
The Lady in Red (1979)
Up from the Depths (1979)
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
Saint Jack (1979)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Leopard in the Snow (1979)
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
Outside Chance (1978)
The Bees (1978)
Avalanche (1978)
Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
Piranha (1978)
The Evil (1978)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)
Deathsport (1978)
Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977)
Thunder and Lightning (1977)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
The Ransom (1977)
Black Oak Conspiracy (1977)
God Told Me To (1976)
Moving Violation (1976)
Cannonball (1976)
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Eat My Dust (1976)
Jackson County Jail (1976)
Nashville Girl (1976)
Fighting Mad (1976)
Darktown Strutters (1975)
Cover Girl Models (1975)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Capone (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Cockfighter (1974)
Tender Loving Care (1974)
Down and Dirty Duck (1974)
TNT Jackson (1974)
Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
Caged Heat (1974)
The Arena (1974)
I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
Fly Me (1973)
The Young Nurses (1973)
The Unholy Rollers (1972)
The Woman Hunt (1972)
The Dirt Gang (1972)
The Cremators (1972)
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Night Call Nurses (1972)
Twilight People (1972)
The Final Comedown (1972)
The Big Bust Out (1972)
The Hot Box (1972)
Sweet Kill (1972)
Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Women in Cages (1971)
The Velvet Vampire (1971)
Private Duty Nurses (1971)
Angels Hard as They Come (1971)
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
The Big Doll House (1971)
The Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
The Student Nurses (1970)
Scream of the Demon Lover (1970)
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)
Angels Die Hard (1970)
Bloody Mama (1970)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
De Sade (1969)
Target: Harry (1969)
Pit Stop (1969)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Targets (1968)
The Wild Racers (1968)
The Trip (1967)
A Time for Killing (1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Devil's Angels (1967)
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
The Wild Angels (1966)
The Shooting (1966)
Blood Bath (1966)
Queen of Blood (1966)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
The Secret Invasion (1964)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Horror!!! (1964)
Dementia 13 (1963)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Operation Titian (1963)
The Terror (1963)
The Raven (1963)
The Young Racers (1963)
Tower of London (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962)
The Intruder (1962)
The Premature Burial (1962)
Battle Beyond the Sun (1962)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Atlas (1961)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
House of Usher (1960)
Battle of Blood Island (1960)
Ski Troop Attack (1960)
The Wasp Woman (1959)
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
High School Big Shot (1959)
T-Bird Gang (1959)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
I, Mobster (1959)
The Brain Eaters (1958)
The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Teenage Cave Man (1958)
War of the Satellites (1958)
Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
Sorority Girl (1957)
Teenage Doll (1957)
Carnival Rock (1957)
Rock All Night (1957)
The Undead (1957)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Not of This Earth (1957)
Naked Paradise (1957)
It Conquered the World (1956)
The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Gunslinger (1956)
Swamp Women (1956)
Day the World Ended (1955)
Apache Woman (1955)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
Five Guns West (1955)
The Fast and the Furious (1954)
Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
Highway Dragnet (1954)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Clive Barker: A to Z of Horror
Little Shop of Halloween Horrors
Z Dead End
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Masters of Fantasy
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
In Hock & Staying There
Segal
Remembering 'The Intruder'
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Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1926-04-05 (98 years old)
Birth NameRoger William Corman
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
SpouseJulie Corman
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRoger William Corman, The Pope of Pop Cinema
AwardsInkpot Award, Academy Honorary Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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