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REMIND MERoger Corman - dob 05/04/1926
Place of birth - Detroit, Michigan, USA
Born on April 5, 1926 in Detroit, MI, Corman was raised the oldest of two sons by his father, Gene, an engineer who helped design the Greenfield Village dam, and his mother, Anne. Though he grew up in the industrial Midwest, his father suffered health problems that forced an early retirement and a family move to Southern California. After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, Corman served in the U.S. Navy during the last years of World War II before following his father's footsteps into engineering while he attended Stanford University. While there, he first demonstrated his interest in entertainment by writing film reviews for The Stanford Daily. Following his graduation in 1947, he spent a grand total of four days working for U.S. Electric Motors before he ditched his engineering ambitions to try his hand in Hollywood. Corman broke into the business as a messenger boy for 20th Century Fox before he moved on to become a stagehand and script analyst. The latter job exposed him to a number of B-movie scripts, which seemed to him to be a decent way to make a buck.
Corman sold his first script, "Highway Dragnet," for four grand. He used the money to produce his first feature, "Monster from the Ocean Floor" (1954), an ultra-low budget horror flick about a tourist in Mexico (Anne Kimball) and a deep-sea diver (Stuart Wade) trying to find a mysterious sea creature attacking humans and animals. Showing a savvy for the business of making movies from the start, Corman secured funds for additional movies after landing American Releasing Corporation, which later became American International Pictures, as the distributor for his second film, "The Fast and the Furious" (1954), perhaps one of his most enduring titles. By the following year when he made his directorial debut with "Five Guns West" (1955), the Corman formula was already in place: quirky characters, offbeat plots laced with social commentary, clever use of sets and cinematography, utilizing fresh talent, and most importantly, breakneck shooting schedules fueled by miniscule budgets. In fact, his fast-paced shooting schedule allowed Corman to make upwards of nine movies a year - an unheard of production in more mainstream Hollywood circles.
Over the next several decades, Corman churned out schlock movie after schlock movie while occasionally making a film that was worthy of critical admiration. He slapped together such genre films like "It Conquered the World" (1956), "Swamp Women" (1956), "Attack of the Crab Monsters" (1957), and "The Undead" (1957), which was lampooned years later on the hit cult television series, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (Comedy Central/Sci Fi Channel, 1988-1999). Following the forgettable titles "Carnival Rock" (1957) and "Naked Paradise" (1957), Corman directed easily his best film of the era, "Not of This Earth" (1957), in which he disposed of the standard monster in a rubber suit to portray a human-looking alien who arrives on earth in order to draw blood to feed his species. Dark, creepy and atmospheric, the film marked one of the rare instances where Corman was able to turn his low-budget sensibilities into a creative advantage. With further titles like "Machine Gun Kelly" (1958), "Night of the Blood Beast" (1958) - another that was raked over the coals on "MST3K" - and "Stakeout on Dope Street" (1958), Corman left no doubt in his intention of ditching artistic merit in favor of fast, cheap and ultimately profitable genre flicks.
Corman directed another campy horror movie that was worthy of certain praise, "A Bucket of Blood" (1959), which focused on a goofy busboy at a Beatnik coffeehouse who gets accepted into the 'in' crowd by turning gruesome murders into hit works of modern art. Perhaps his most notorious film at the time was "The Little Shop of Horrors" (1960), a whacky and enduring horror comedy about a nerdy floral shop assistant (Jonathan Haze) who invents a carnivorous plant that feeds off human blood. While later spun off into two successful stage musicals and a film remake, "Little Shop" also earned a considerable cult following and lasting life on video and DVD, thanks to Corman casting a then-unknown Jack Nicholson in a supporting role. Corman moved into perhaps his most acclaimed period when he began making several films based on the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, almost of all of which starred the great Vincent Price. The first may have also been his best, "House of Usher" (1960), which starred Price as the doomed Roderick Usher, which he followed with a fine take on Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961).
Corman continued making his cheap genre films while continuing his string of Poe adaptations. After "Takes of Terror" (1962), he directed a young William Shatner in "The Intruder" (1962), a surprisingly mature and ahead-of-its-time treatment of racial segregation and civil rights. The following year, he directed another top shelf Poe adaptation based on the author's most famous work, "The Raven" (1963), which also starred Nicholson, Peter Lorre and Borris Karloff. Corman wrapped up his fascination with Poe following adaptations of "The Haunted Place" (1963), "The Masque of the Red Death" (1964) and "The Tomb of Ligeia" (1964); the last of which featured a script written by future Oscar winner Robert Towne. Also during this time, he produced the horror thriller, "Dementia 13" (1963), which was directed by fledgling filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. He returned to producing and directing schlock films with "Beach Ball" (1965), "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" (1966) and "The Wild Angels" (1966), a biker exploitation film that featured the early work of actors Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern, while also being written and edited by Peter Bogdanovich. Corman next took on the famed gang wars of the 1920s with "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (1967), which starred Jason Robarbs as Al Capone, who does battle with rival mob boss, Bugs Moran (Ralph Meeker), on the bloodied streets of Chicago.
Always willing to allow creative talent to experiment, Corman had Nicholson pen the script for "The Trip" (1967), a surrealist psychedelic fantasy about a television commercial director who undergoes an LSD trip, which leads him along an Alice In Wonderland-like journey that ends in his rebirth at the end. Allegedly, Corman ingested the starring drug in order to get a better sense of what an acid trip was like. He spent the next couple of years juggling both directing and producing duties on "Targets" (1968), Peter Bogdanovich's directorial debut about the 1966 shooting spree by tower sniper Charles Whitman, "Bloody Moma" (1968), which starred Shelley Winters as the real-life crime family matriarch Ma Parker, and "The Dunwich Horror" (1970), which starred Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee, and marked the screenwriting debut of future Oscar-winning director Curtis Hanson. Dissatisfied with increasing interference from longtime distributor American International Pictures, in both the content and budgets of his films, Corman decided to form New World Pictures in 1970 to exert total control over his product. He took the helm on both "Gas-S-S-S!" (1970) and "Von Richthofen and Brown" (1970), though Corman found himself disinterested in directing and decided to step away from sitting behind the camera; a move that lasted well into the 1990s.
Meanwhile, Corman became more involved with helping fledgling directors get a leg up, many of whom went on to direct some of the greatest films in cinema history. After launching Jonathan Demme's career by hiring him to write the pages for "The Hot Box" (1972), he tapped a young Martin Scorsese to direct "Boxcar Bertha" (1972), a Depression-era crime drama about a wayward young woman (Barbara Hershey) and a union organizer (David Carradine) forced by societal and economic pressures into a life of crime. During this time, Corman produced a series of sexploitation films that were full of nudity and violence, but short on story or characterization, including "Tender Loving Care" (1972), "The Student Teachers" (1973) and "The Young Nurses" (1973). Continuing to operate the unofficially named Corman Film School, the producer allowed Curtis Hanson to make his feature debut as a director with "Sweet Kill" (1973), while Demme followed suit with his take on the girls-in-prison genre, "Caged Heat" (1974). Following "Candy Stripe Nurses" (1974), "Crazy Moma" (1975), starring Cloris Leachman, and a cameo appearance in "The Godfather II" (1974), Corman spearheaded another quality sci-fi actioner, "Death Race 2000" (1975), a futuristic satire about a national road rally whose winner is the driver who runs over the most pedestrians.
Corman maintained a steady output throughout the decade, churning out car chase flicks and crime thrillers like "Cannonball" (1976), "Jackson County Jail" (1976), starring Tommy Lee Jones, and "Grand Theft Auto" (1977), which marked Ron Howard's directing debut. He next produced the horror spoof, "Piranha" (1978), the second feature from future Steven Spielberg protégé, Joe Dante, and the first penned by acclaimed writer-director John Sayles. After producing and appearing in his own documentary, "Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel" (1978), Corman produced some of his more lasting titles: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" (1979), "The Lady in Red" (1979), and "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980), one of his biggest hits that again used the writing talents of John Sayles while featuring special effects directed by James Cameron. He struck creative and financial gold with "The Howling" (1981), a groundbreaking werewolf movie that featured stunning special effects makeup while boasting Joe Dante as director and a script written by Sayles. Following "Forbidden World" (1982), "Hell's Angels Forever" (1983) and "Oddballs" (1984), Corman once again demonstrated his acute business acumen when he sold New World Productions - then the largest independent production and distribution company in the U.S. - for $16.5 million in 1983.
Also that year, Corman founded Concorde/New Horizons, a production company that became both successful and prolific in taking full advantage of newer markets like videotapes - and later DVDs - paid television, and foreign sales by releasing cut-rate exploitation films like "Moving Violations" (1985), "Sorority House Massacre" (1986), "Summer Camp Nightmare" (1986) and "Stripped to Kill" (1987), which naturally featured excessive violence and nudity. For the next several years, Corman produced a long series of horror and martial arts flicks that were poor in quality and barely indistinguishable from one another. But as always was the case, the movies were profitable. Of the many titles, there were a few standouts, including "Bloodfist" (1989), which spawned numerous sequels over the years. He also helped revive the stalled career of porn star Traci Lords by casting her for a legit role in the remake of "Not of This Earth" (1988). Then after a two-decade absence, Corman made a surprise return to directing with "Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound" (1990), a time-traveling telling of the classic 19th century story that was a rather inauspicious return to the helm. He continued his producing role with such ham-fisted titles as "In the Heat of Passion" (1991), "Homicidal Impulse" (1992) and "Carnosaur" (1993).
Settling down in his later years, Corman began making appearances as an actor in several high-profile features, including "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and "Philadelphia" (1993), both of which were directed by his old protégé Jonathan Demme. After an appearance in "Apollo 13" (1995), directed by Ron Howard, Corman began to see his output slow down in the late 1990s - the first time since he began making features 40 years before. In fact, he began turning out films at a normal rate for a producer, making one or two films a year. Following "Black Thunder" (1998) and "Nightfall" (2000), Corman executive produced "Barbarian" (2003), a cheap sword-and-sandal knock-off of "Conan the Barbarian." Of course, he continued to recycle old concepts like he did with sets, producing the umpteenth sequel, "Bloodfist 2050" (2005). In a tip of the cap to filmmaking itself, he tackled the old John Ford classic with "The Searchers 2.0" (2007), a comedy about two actors seeking revenge against a legendary screenwriter.
Just as with prostitutes and politicians, Corman stuck around long enough to earn the respect of Hollywood, a system that had largely ignored the producer throughout much of his career. In 2009, after he spearheaded a web series with Joe Dante called "Splatter," Corman received an Honorary Oscar on Nov. 14, 2009 at the Governors Awards ceremony. While some dismissed the award as undeserving due to his lack of artistry and taste over the years, many sprung to his defense, making the claim that Corman had done considerable service for many great filmmakers by helping them launch their careers.
Slaughter Studios (2002) - as Director
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) - as Director
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971) - as Director
Bloody Mama (1970) - as Director
Gas-s-s-s! (1970) - as Director
De Sade (1969) - as Uncredited Addl Dir
How To Make It (1969) - as Director
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) - as Director
The Wild Angels (1966) - as Director
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) - as Director
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - as Director
The Secret Invasion (1964) - as Director
"X"--The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963) - as Director
The Young Racers (1963) - as Director
The Haunted Palace (1963) - as Director
The Terror (1963) - as Director
The Raven (1963) - as Director
Premature Burial (1962) - as Director
Tales of Terror (1962) - as Director
Tower of London (1962) - as Director
The Intruder (1962) - as Director
Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) - as Director
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) - as Director
Last Woman on Earth (1960) - as Director
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - as Director
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) - as Director
Ski Troop Attack (1960) - as Director
A Bucket of Blood (1959) - as Director
The Wasp Woman (1959) - as Director
I, Mobster (1959) - as Director
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958) - as Director
Teenage Cave Man (1958) - as Director
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) - as Director
War of the Satellites (1958) - as Director
Sorority Girl (1957) - as Director
Teenage Doll (1957) - as Director
Carnival Rock (1957) - as Director
Rock All Night (1957) - as Director
The Undead (1957) - as Director
Not of This Earth (1957) - as Director
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) - as Director
Naked Paradise (1957) - as Director
It Conquered the World (1956) - as Director
The Oklahoma Woman (1956) - as Director
Gunslinger (1956) - as Director
Day the World Ended (1956) - as Director
Swamp Women (1956) - as Director
Apache Woman (1955) - as Director
Five Guns West (1955) - as Director
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2011)
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Searchers 2.0 (2007) - as Actor
Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - as Hollywood Director
Galaxy Far, Far Away, A (2000) - as Himself
Independent, The (2000) - as Himself
Scream 3 (2000) - as Studio Executive
Second Civil War, The (1997) - as Sandy Collins
Apollo 13 (1995) - as Congressman
Runaway Daughters (1994) - as Mr Randolph
Philadelphia (1993) - as Mr Laird
John Carpenter Presents Body Bags (1993) - as Dr Bregman ("Eye")
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) - as Fbi Director Hayden Burke
Lords of the Deep (1989) - as Actor
Swing Shift (1984) - as Mr Macbride
Stand der Dinge, Der (1982) - as Lawyer
Howling, The (1981) - as Man In Phone Booth
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978) - as Himself
Godfather, Part II, The (1974) - as Senator No 2
Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) - as Actor
Battle of Blood Island (1960) - as Rescuer
The Cry Baby Killer (1958) - as Joe, Kqqq Cameraman
Naked Paradise (1957) - as Clerk
Day the World Ended (1956) - as Louise's fiancé in photograph
Slaughter Studios (2002) - as Screenwriter
Black Scorpion Returns (2001) - as From Character
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) - as Screenwriter
The Fast and the Furious (1954) - as From A Story By
Highway Dragnet (1954) - as From A Story By
Virtually Heroes (2013) - Executive Producer
Piranhaconda (2012) - Executive Producer
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012) - Producer
Dinoshark (2010) - Executive Producer
Cyclops (2008) - Executive Producer
Death Race (2008) - Executive Producer
Searchers 2.0 (2007) - as Executive Producer
Rage and Discipline (2006) - Executive Producer
DinoCroc (2004) - as Executive Producer
Slaughter Studios (2002) - as Producer
Avalanche Alley (2002) - as Executive Producer
Black Scorpion Returns (2001) - as Executive Producer
White Pony, The (2000) - as Producer
Doorway, The (2000) - as Executive Producer
Knocking on Death's Door (2000) - as Executive Producer
Because of You (2000) - as Executive Producer
Isaac Asimov's Nightfall (2000) - as Producer
Moving Target (2000) - as Producer
In the Dead of Space (2000) - as Co-Producer
Desert Thunder (2000) - as Executive Producer
Suicide Club, The (2000) - as Producer
Under Oath (2000) - as Executive Producer
Born Bad (1999) - as Executive Producer
Capitol Conspiracy, The (1999) - as Executive Producer
Enemy Action (1999) - as Executive Producer
Protector, The (1999) - as Executive Producer
Macon County Jail (1999) - as Executive Producer
Shepherd (1999) - as Executive Producer
Eruption! (1999) - as Producer
Knock on Death's Door (1999) - as Producer
Running Woman (1998) - as Producer
White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf (1998) - as Executive Producer
Star Portal (1998) - as Executive Producer
Sea Wolf, The (1998) - as Executive Producer
Operation Cobra (1998) - as Executive Producer
Club Vampire (1998) - as Executive Producer
Future Fear (1998) - as Executive Producer
Overdrive (1998) - as Executive Producer
Criminal Affairs (1998) - as Executive Producer
Watchers Reborn (1998) - as Executive Producer
Mortal Challenge (1998) - as Executive Producer
Stray Bullet (1998) - as Executive Producer
Very Unlucky Leprechaun, A (1998) - as Producer
Haunted Sea, The (1997) - as Executive Producer
Shadow of a Scream (1997) - as Executive Producer
Rumble in the Streets (1997) - as Executive Producer
Blood Song (1997) - as Producer
Black Thunder (1997) - as Executive Producer
Blinded By the Light (1997) - as Executive Producer
My Brother's War (1997) - as Executive Producer
Termination Man (1997) - as Executive Producer
Carnosaur III (1997) - as Executive Producer
Death Artist, The (1996) - as Executive Producer
Lady Killer (1996) - as Producer
Hard Way Out (1996) - as Executive Producer
Marquis de Sade (1996) - as Executive Producer
Vampirella (1996) - as Executive Producer
Death Game (1996) - as Executive Producer
Humanoids From the Deep (1996) - as Executive Producer
Alien Avengers (1996) - as Executive Producer
Subliminal Seduction (1996) - as Executive Producer
Last Exit to Earth (1996) - as Executive Producer
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1996) - as Executive Producer
House of the Damned (1996) - as Executive Producer
Inhumanoid (1996) - as Executive Producer, Producer
Machine Gun Blues (1996) - as Executive Producer
Scene of the Crime (1996) - as Executive Producer
Fire on the Amazon (1996) - as Executive Producer
One Night Stand (1995) - as Executive Producer
Star Quest (1995) - as Executive Producer
Terminal Virus (1995) - as Executive Producer
Piranha (1995) - as Executive Producer
Not of This Earth (1995) - as Executive Producer
Bucket of Blood, A (1995) - as Executive Producer
Hellfire (1995) - as Executive Producer, Producer
Wasp Woman (1995) - as Executive Producer
Not Like Us (1995) - as Executive Producer
Twisted Love (1995) - as Executive Producer
Virtual Seduction (1995) - as Executive Producer
BLACK SCORPION, THE (1995) - as Executive Producer
Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats (1995) - as Executive Producer
Alien Within, The (1995) - as Executive Producer
Sawbones (1995) - as Executive Producer
Suspect Device (1995) - as Executive Producer
Reflections in the Dark (1995) - as Executive Producer
Crazysitter, The (1995) - as Executive Producer
Spy Within, The (1995) - as Executive Producer
Dillinger and Capone (1995) - as Executive Producer
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995) - as Executive Producer
Ground Zero (1994) - as Executive Producer
In the Heat of Passion II (1994) - as Executive Producer
Cheyenne Warrior (1994) - as Executive Producer
Unborn II (1994) - as Executive Producer
Fantastic Four (1994) - Executive Producer
Watchers III (1994) - as Executive Producer
Carnosaur II (1994) - as Executive Producer
Little Miss Millions (1993) - as Executive Producer
Dragonfire (1993) - as Executive Producer
Live By the Fist (1993) - as Executive Producer
Carnosaur (1993) - as Executive Producer
Assassination Game, The (1993) - as Executive Producer
800 Leagues Down The Amazon (1993) - as Executive Producer
Firehawk (1993) - as Executive Producer
Stepmonster (1993) - as Executive Producer
Dracula Rising (1993) - as Producer
To Sleep With a Vampire (1993) - as Executive Producer
Homicidal Impulse (1992) - as Executive Producer
Sorority House Massacre 2 (1992) - as Executive Producer
Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger (1992) - as Executive Producer
Raiders of the Sun (1992) - as Producer ("Presenter")
Quake! (1992) - as Executive Producer
Munchie (1992) - as Executive Producer
Body Waves (1992) - as Executive Producer
Blackbelt (1992) - as Executive Producer
Berlin Conspiracy, The (1992) - as Executive Producer
Eye of the Eagle 3 (1992) - as Executive Producer
In the Heat of Passion (1992) - as Executive Producer
Final Embrace (1992) - as Producer
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992) - as Executive Producer
Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992) - as Producer
Ultraviolet (1992) - as Executive Producer
Field of Fire (1992) - as Producer
Immortal Sins (1992) - as Producer
Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1992) - as Executive Producer
Final Judgement (1992) - as Executive Producer
Futurekick (1991) - as Executive Producer
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991) - as Executive Producer
Terror Within II, The (1991) - as Executive Producer
Dance With Death (1991) - as Executive Producer
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) - as Producer
Bloodfist II (1990) - as Producer
Full Fathom Five (1990) - as Executive Producer
Watchers II (1990) - as Producer
Primary Target (1990) - as Producer
Cry in the Wild, A (1990) - as Executive Producer
Overexposed (1990) - as Producer
Haunting of Morella, The (1990) - as Producer
Welcome to Oblivion (1990) - as Executive Producer
Streets (1990) - as Executive Producer
Andy Colby's Incredibly Awesome Adventure (1990) - as Executive Producer
Play Murder For Me (1990) - as Producer
Back To Back (1990) - as Executive Producer
Last Stand at Lang Mei (1989) - as Executive Producer
Transylvania Twist (1989) - as Executive Producer
Masque of the Red Death, The (1989) - as Producer
Bloodfist (1989) - as Producer
Heroes Stand Alone (1989) - as Executive Producer
Lords of the Deep (1989) - as Producer
Terror Within, The (1989) - as Producer
Time Trackers (1989) - as Producer
Stripped to Kill II (1989) - as Executive Producer
Crime Zone (1989) - as Executive Producer
Two to Tango (1989) - as Producer
Hollywood Boulevard II (1989) - as Executive Producer
Dance of the Damned (1989) - as Executive Producer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989) - as Producer
Drifter, The (1988) - as Executive Producer
Watchers (1988) - as Executive Producer
Dangerous Love (1988) - as Executive Producer
Daddy's Boys (1988) - as Producer
Nightfall (1988) - as Producer
Lawless Land, The (1988) - as Executive Producer
Sweet Revenge (1987) - as Executive Producer
Stripped to Kill (1987) - as Executive Producer
Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) - as Producer
Big Bad Mama II (1987) - as Producer
Hour of the Assassin (1987) - as Executive Producer
Chopping Mall (1986) - Executive Producer
Streetwalkin' (1985) - as Executive Producer
Suburbia (1984) - as Executive Producer
Love Letters (1984) - as Producer
Deathstalker (1984) - as Executive Producer
Warrior and the Sorceress, The (1983) - as Executive Producer
Space Raiders (1983) - as Producer
Forbidden World (1982) - as Producer
Smokey Bites The Dust (1981) - as Producer
Territory, The (1981) - as Executive Producer
Galaxy of Terror (1981) - as Producer
Georgia Peaches, The (1980) - as Executive Producer
Battle Beyond The Stars (1980) - as Executive Producer
Rock 'N' Roll High School (1979) - as Executive Producer
Saint Jack (1979) - as Producer
Outside Chance (1978) - as Executive Producer
Avalanche (1978) - as Producer
Thunder and Lightning (1978) - as Producer
Deathsport (1978) - as Producer
Fast Charlie - The Moonbeam Rider (1978) - as Producer
Piranha (1978) - as Executive Producer
Grand Theft Auto (1977) - as Executive Producer
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (1977) - as Executive Producer
Eat My Dust! (1976) - as Producer
Fighting Mad (1976) - as Producer
Jackson County Jail (1976) - as Executive Producer
Moving Violation (1976) - as Executive Producer
Death Race 2000 (1975) - as Producer
Big Bad Mama (1974) - as Producer
Cockfighter (1974) - as Producer
I Escaped From Devil's Island (1973) - as Producer
The Unholy Rollers (1972) - as Executive Producer
The Dirt Gang (1972) - as Executive Producer
The Big Bird Cage (1972) - as Executive Producer
Boxcar Bertha (1972) - as Producer
Night Call Nurses (1972) - as Executive Producer
The Hot Box (1972) - as Executive Producer
The Final Comedown (1972) - as Executive Producer
The Twilight People (1972) - as Executive Producer
Sweet Kill (1972) - as Executive Producer
Night of the Cobra Woman (1972) - as Executive Producer
Ride in the Whirlwind (1972) - as Executive Producer
The Shooting (1972) - as Executive Producer
Private Duty Nurses (1971) - as Executive Producer
The Velvet Vampire (1971) - as Executive Producer
Angels Hard as They Come (1971) - as Executive Producer
The Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) - as Executive Producer
Women in Cages (1971) - as Executive Producer
Bury Me an Angel (1971) - as Executive Producer
The Big Doll House (1971) - as Executive Producer
The Student Nurses (1970) - as Executive Producer
Gas-s-s-s! (1970) - as Producer
Bloody Mama (1970) - as Producer
The Dunwich Horror (1970) - as Executive Producer
Pit Stop (1969) - as Executive Producer
Naked Angels (1969) - as Executive Producer
The Wild Racers (1968) - as Executive Producer
Targets (1968) - as Uncredited Exec Prod
A Time for Killing (1967) - as Producer
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) - as Producer
The Wild Angels (1966) - as Producer
Blood Bath (1966) - as Executive Producer
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) - as Executive Producer
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) - as Producer
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - as Producer
The Raven (1963) - as Producer
The Terror (1963) - as Producer
The Haunted Palace (1963) - as Producer
The Young Racers (1963) - as Producer
Battle Beyond the Sun (1963) - as Exec Prod Of U.S. Release Version
"X"--The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963) - as Producer
Dementia 13 (1963) - as Executive Producer
Tales of Terror (1962) - as Producer
Premature Burial (1962) - as Producer
The Intruder (1962) - as Producer
Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) - as Producer
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) - as Producer
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) - as Producer
Last Woman on Earth (1960) - as Producer
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) - as Producer
Battle of Blood Island (1960) - as Executive Producer
Ski Troop Attack (1960) - as Producer
A Bucket of Blood (1959) - as Producer
The Wasp Woman (1959) - as Producer
I, Mobster (1959) - as Co-Producer
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) - as Executive Producer
Night of the Blood Beast (1958) - as Executive Producer
The Cry Baby Killer (1958) - as Executive Producer
Hot Car Girl (1958) - as Executive Producer
Teenage Cave Man (1958) - as Producer
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) - as Producer
War of the Satellites (1958) - as Producer
Sorority Girl (1957) - as Producer
Teenage Doll (1957) - as Producer
Carnival Rock (1957) - as Producer
Rock All Night (1957) - as Producer
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) - as Producer
The Undead (1957) - as Presented By, Producer
Not of This Earth (1957) - as Producer
Naked Paradise (1957) - as Producer
It Conquered the World (1956) - as Producer
The Oklahoma Woman (1956) - as Producer
Gunslinger (1956) - as Producer
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1956) - as Executive Producer
Day the World Ended (1956) - as Producer
Apache Woman (1955) - as Producer
Five Guns West (1955) - as Presented By, Producer
The Fast and the Furious (1954) - as Producer
Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954) - as Producer
Highway Dragnet (1954) - as Co-Producer
Angels Die Hard! (1970) - as Company
Devil's Angels (1967) - as Company
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) - as Company
Premature Burial (1962) - as Company
The Intruder (1962) - as Company
Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961) - as Company
Master of the World (1961) - as Company
Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark (1988) - as Various, Other
Capone (1975) - as Various, Other
Dumb & Dumber (1994) - as Special Thanks
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Decade Under the Influence, A (2003) - as Himself
It Conquered Hollywood: The Story of American International Pictures (2001) - as Interviewee
Hidden Values: The Movies of the '50s (2001) - as Interviewee
Canned Ham: Bowfinger (1999) - as Interviewee
Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers, The (1999) - as Interviewee
Roger Corman's The Phantom Eye (1999) - as Dr Gorman
Hollywood's Hot Wheels (1999) - as Interviewee
Ron Howard: Hollywood's Favorite Son (1999) - as Interviewee
Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters, The (1996) - as Interviewee
Real Frankenstein: An Untold Story, The (1995)
Anatomy of Horror (1995) - as Interviewee
Roger Corman Special, The (1995)
Day in the Life of Hollywood, A (1992)
Horror Hall of Fame II, The (1991) - as Actor
Horror Hall of Fame, The (1990)
Horror of It All, The (1983) - as Guest
Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010) - Executive Producer
Saurian (2006) - Executive Producer
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001) - as Executive Producer
Roger Corman's The Phantom Eye (1999) - as Executive Producer
Horror Hall of Fame II, The (1991) - as The Horror Hall Of Fame Board Of Directors
Henry James' The Haunting of Hell House (1999) - as Producer
Galactic Odyssey (1998) - as Executive Producer
Falling Fire (1998) - as Executive Producer
Casting Society of America Lifetime Achievement Award - 1997
American Cinema Editors Golden Eddie Award - 1997
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award - 1996
WIFE - Julie Corman. Producer.
FATHER - William Corman.
MOTHER - Anne Corman.
BROTHER - Gene Corman. Producer. Born on September 24, 1927.
