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Roger Corman
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American film director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)
OverviewAI-generated
Roger Corman (1926–2024) was an American film director whose professional career spanned from 1954 to 2024. He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. Corman had four children and was a male artist from the United States.
His written works include *How i Made Movies in Hollywood d and Never Lost a Dime*, *Corman/Poe*, *Intruder (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)*, *All I Need to Know about FILMMAKING I Learned from the TOXIC AVENGER*, and *Todo lo que siempre quise saber sobre cine lo aprendí de El Vengador Tóxico*. Open Library lists 21 works associated with him, while Crossref records 5.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Crossref, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Roger William Corman , ( 1926-04-05 ) April 5, 1926, Detroit , Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- May 9, 2024 (2024-05-09) (aged 98), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Education
- Stanford University ( BS )
- Occupations
- Film director producer actor
- Years active
- 1954–2024
- Spouse
- Julie Halloran ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. December 26, 1970</span>"}]]}'>1970 )
- Relatives
- Gene Corman (brother)
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1944–1946
- Conflicts
- World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- Beverly Hills High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Jeff Corey
- Field of work
- film
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- RogerCormanHWOFOct2012.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- United States
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- Commons category
- Roger Corman
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Roger Corman
- date of birth
- 1926-04-05
- name in native language
- Roger William Corman
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- partner in business or sport
- George Armitage
- birth name
- Roger William Corman
- date of death
- 2024-05-09
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Roger Corman
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Encyclopedic overview
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", “King of the Beatnik Movies”, "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".
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