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Monte Hellman
Director 1929 - 2021

Monte Hellman

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Monte Hellman (born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 — April 20, 2021) ​was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. He was born in New York City, where his parents were visiting, but he grew up in Los Angeles.Hellman began his career as an editor's... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

11 titles
Road to Nowhere

Road to Nowhere

Monte Hellman 2010 2h 1m 6.5

A young filmmaker gets wrapped up in a crime while shooting his new project on location.

Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!

Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!

Monte Hellman 1989 1h 30m 3.0

Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities.

Iguana

Iguana

Monte Hellman 1988 1h 28m

A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century. One night he escapes and takes up residence on a remote island. He makes himself ruler of the island and declares war on mankind.

Amore, piombo e furore

Amore, piombo e furore

Monte Hellman 1978 1h 45m

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew (Oates), a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad’s plans for expansion.

Cockfighter

Cockfighter

Monte Hellman 1974 1h 23m 8.0

Warren Oates plays a world-weary gambler trying to make big money cockfighting. Always on the road, he works inside and outside the rules to try to work up to the biggest fight of the year.

Two-Lane Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop

Monte Hellman 1971 1h 42m 8.5

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

The Shooting

The Shooting

Monte Hellman 1966 1h 22m 8.7

A hired gun seeks to enact revenge on a group of bounty hunters in the Old West.

Ride in the Whirlwind

Ride in the Whirlwind

Monte Hellman 1965 1h 22m 7.2

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

Flight to Fury

Flight to Fury

Monte Hellman 1964 1h 12m 4.0

Stolen diamonds spark a deadly drama involving a group of strangers in the Philippine jungle.

Back Door to Hell

Back Door to Hell

Monte Hellman 1964 1h 10m 8.0

During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.

Beast from Haunted Cave

Beast from Haunted Cave

Monte Hellman 1959 1h 6m 5.0

A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster.

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