Roger Corman

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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", “The King of The B’s”, "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 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". In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the...

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Beverly Hills, 90210Series • 1990The PracticeSeries • 1997The Godfather Part IIMovie • 1974Galaxy Express 999Anime • 1978The Manchurian CandidateMovie • 2004Death RaceMovie • 2008Apollo 13Movie • 1995Scream 3Movie • 2000Rebel HighwaySeries • 1994Little Shop of HorrorsMovie • 1986Black ScorpionSeries • 2001PhiladelphiaMovie • 1993Death Race: InfernoMovie • 2013The Silence of the LambsMovie • 1991Death Race 2Movie • 2010Rachel Getting MarriedMovie • 2008Looney Tunes: Back in ActionMovie • 2003Death Race 2000Movie • 1975The HowlingMovie • 1981The Pit and the PendulumMovie • 1961SharktopusMovie • 2010PiranhaMovie • 1978Deathstalker II: Duel of the TitansMovie • 1987AbductionMovie • 2019