Roger Corman
Highest Rated: 100% Cockfighter (1974)
Lowest Rated: 0% Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)
Birthday: Apr 5, 1926
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ever since the early 1950s, famed indie producer and sometime director Roger Corman turned out hundreds of low-budget genre flicks while revolutionizing the way films were made and distributed. Working outside the studio system, Corman established a record as one of the most commercially successful filmmakers in Hollywood history, having had about 90 percent of his films turn a profit. Though he had made over 200 films in his career, there were a few that stood out as classics of their genre, including "Not of This Earth" (1957), "The Little Shop of Horrors" (1960), "The Raven" (1963), "Death Race 2000" (1975) and "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980). Perhaps more important than being a success himself, Corman was single handedly responsible for launching numerous Hollywood careers, boasting some of the biggest names of the latter half of the 20th century as his protégés - Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sayles, Curtis Hanson and James Cameron, among many others, all of whom started their careers with Corman. Meanwhile, in the 1970s, he helped such foreign directors as Akira Kurosawa, Francois Truffaut and Ingmar Bergman gain a distribution foothold in the United States when no one else would take the chance. Having been one of the first producers to recognize the financial advantages of shooting in Europe while he used sets discarded from other lavish, expensive movies for his own films, it was no wonder that Corman, once dubbed the "King of the B's," had become one of the most prolific and successful producers of his day. Roger Corman died on May 9, 2024 in Santa Monica, CA at the age of 98.
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Roger Corman
Filmography
Movies
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92% |
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self | - | 2021 |
81% |
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Memory: The Origins of Alien | Self | $26.2K | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Abduction | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | Executive Producer | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greetings From Tromaville | Self | - | 2017 |
86% |
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Roger Corman's Death Race 2050 | Producer | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf | Producer | - | 2015 |
88% |
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Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Roommate Wanted | Producer | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Came From Connemara! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Operation Rogue | Producer | - | 2014 |
33% |
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Virtually Heroes | Executive Producer | - | 2013 |
58% |
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Extraordinary Tales | Prince Prospero (Voice) | - | 2013 |
50% |
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Death Race 3: Inferno | Executive Producer | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Stealing Las Vegas | Executive Producer | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Attack of the 50 Ft. Cheerleader | Producer | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Camel Spiders | Executive Producer | - | 2011 |
88% |
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Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Dinocroc vs. Supergator | Executive Producer | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Dinoshark | Producer | - | 2010 |
50% |
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Sharktopus | Producer | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tromatized, Meet Lloyd Kaufman | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man | Self | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Cyclops | Producer | - | 2008 |
41% |
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Death Race | Executive Producer | $36.1M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Searchers 2.0 |
Producer (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cry of the Winged Serpent | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Famous Monster: Forrest J. Ackerman | Self | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Producer | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saurian | Producer | - | 2006 |
0% |
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Scorpius Gigantus | Executive Producer | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Streetfighter 2050 |
Producer, Executive Producer |
- | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Dinocroc | Producer | - | 2004 |
57% |
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Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen | Self | - | 2004 |
57% |
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Hollywood Director (Character) | $21.0M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Firefight | Executive Producer | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rage and Discipline | Executive Producer | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song | Executive Producer | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Raptor | Producer | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arena | Executive Producer | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Avalanche Alley | Executive Producer | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Girl, 3 Guys And A Gun | Executive Producer | - | 2000 |
60% |
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The Independent | Self | $238.4K | 2000 |
40% |
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Scream 3 | Sunrise Studios Executive (Character) | $89.1M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Suicide Club | Producer | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Doorway | Producer | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Moving Target | Producer | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Haunting of Hell House | Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Dangerous Curves | Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Shepherd | Executive Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybermaster | Executive Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The White Pony | Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Falling Fire | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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A Very Unlucky Leprechaun | Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Club Vampire | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Star Portal | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Protector | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Some Nudity Required | Self | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow Dancer | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Running Woman | Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Detonator | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stray Bullet | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Capitol Conspiracy | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eruption | Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Future Fear | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knocking on Death's Door | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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My Brother's War | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Termination Man | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Macon County Jail | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Operation Cobra | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don't Sleep Alone | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Alien Avengers II | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mind Breakers | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Haunted Sea | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sea Wolf | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Oath | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not Like Us | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Overdrive | Executive Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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House of the Damned | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Hard Way Out | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Marquis de Sade | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Game | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Unspeakable | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Humanoids From the Deep | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Exit to Earth | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bio-Tech Warrior | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inhumanoid | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rumble in the Streets | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Carnosaur 3: Primal Species | Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Black Scorpion II: Ground Zero | Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ladykiller | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twisted Love | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Dillinger and Capone | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Manhunt | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Piranha | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Death Artist | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alien Within | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Song | Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kyoko | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Face Nelson | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not of This Earth | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Unknown Origin | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Reflections on a Crime | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terminal Virus | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero | Executive Producer | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Runaway Daughters | Mr. Randolph (Character) | - | 1994 |
27% |
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The Fantastic Four | Executive Producer | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Man Army | Producer | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Kill Zone | Producer | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Fire on the Amazon | Executive Producer | - | 1993 |
81% |
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Philadelphia | Mr. Laird (Character) | $76.0M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live by the Fist | Producer | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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800 Leagues Down the Amazon | Executive Producer | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Dance With Death | Executive Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Final Judgement | Executive Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Munchie | Executive Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Dracula Rising | Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Ultra Warrior | Executive Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer Instinct | Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back | Producer | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Future Kick | Executive Producer | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Beyond the Call of Duty | Executive Producer | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Space | Executive Producer | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight |
Producer, Executive Producer |
- | 1991 |
95% |
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The Silence of the Lambs | FBI Director Hayden Burke (Character) | $130.7M | 1991 |
50% |
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Frankenstein Unbound |
Director, Producer, Writer |
$37.0K | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Bloodfist II | Producer | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Overexposed | Producer | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Watchers II | Producer | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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The Haunting of Morella | Producer | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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A Cry in the Wild | Executive Producer | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Andy Colby's Incredibly Awesome Adventure | Executive Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Lords of the Deep |
Producer, Executive Producer |
- | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masque of the Red Death |
Producer, Executive Producer |
- | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Terror Within | Producer | $119.0K | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Bloodfist | Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Stripped to Kill II | Executive Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Time Trackers | Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II | Executive Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Dance of the Damned | Executive Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Transylvania Twist | Executive Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime Zone | Executive Producer | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daddy's Boys | Executive Producer | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lawless Land | Executive Producer | - | 1988 |
0% |
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Watchers | Executive Producer | $457.0K | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two to Tango | Producer | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Gladiators | Executive Producer | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Amazons | Executive Producer | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Big Bad Mama II | Producer | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Munchies | Producer | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Summer Camp Nightmare | Executive Producer | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Vendetta | Executive Producer | - | 1986 |
0% |
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Sorority House Massacre | Executive Producer | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Deathstalker II | Executive Producer | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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School Spirit | Executive Producer | - | 1985 |
87% |
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Swing Shift | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Love Letters | Producer | - | 1983 |
60% |
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Forbidden World | Producer | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Der Stand Der Dinge | The Lawyer (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Smokey Bites the Dust | Producer | - | 1981 |
29% |
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Galaxy of Terror | Producer | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Follow That Car | Executive Producer | - | 1980 |
54% |
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Battle Beyond the Stars | Executive Producer | - | 1980 |
81% |
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Rock 'n' Roll High School | Executive Producer | - | 1979 |
72% |
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Saint Jack | Producer | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Avalanche | Producer | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Evil | Executive Producer | - | 1978 |
72% |
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Piranha | Executive Producer | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Deathsport | Producer | - | 1978 |
40% |
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Executive Producer | - | 1977 |
27% |
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Grand Theft Auto | Executive Producer | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Thunder and Lightning | Producer | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Fighting Mad | Producer | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Street Girls | Producer | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Cover Girl Models | Executive Producer | - | 1975 |
82% |
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Death Race 2000 | Producer | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Candy Stripe Nurses | Executive Producer | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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TNT Jackson | Executive Producer | - | 1974 |
100% |
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Cockfighter | Producer | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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I Escaped From Devil's Island | Producer | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hot Box | Executive Producer | - | 1972 |
100% |
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The Big Bird Cage | Executive Producer | - | 1972 |
54% |
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Boxcar Bertha | Producer | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Twilight People | Executive Producer | - | 1972 |
100% |
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The Big Doll House | Executive Producer | - | 1971 |
56% |
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Von Richthofen and Brown | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arousers | Executive Producer | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scream of the Demon Lover | Executive Producer | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Gas-s-s-s |
Director, Producer |
- | 1970 |
13% |
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Bloody Mama |
Director, Producer |
- | 1970 |
29% |
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The Dunwich Horror | Executive Producer | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Devil's Angels | Producer | - | 1967 |
100% |
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The Shooting | Executive Producer | - | 1967 |
39% |
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The Trip |
Director, Producer |
$29.5K | 1967 |
89% |
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Director | - | 1967 |
63% |
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The Wild Angels |
Director, Producer |
- | 1966 |
91% |
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The Masque of the Red Death |
Director, Producer |
- | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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The Secret Invasion | Director | - | 1964 |
86% |
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The Tomb of Ligeia | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Racers | Director | - | 1963 |
75% |
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The Haunted Palace |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
70% |
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Dementia 13 | Producer | - | 1963 |
88% |
|
The Man With the X-Ray Eyes |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
42% |
|
The Terror |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
83% |
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The Raven |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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The Broken Land | Producer | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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Tower of London | Director | - | 1962 |
73% |
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Tales of Terror | Director | - | 1962 |
56% |
|
The Premature Burial |
Director, Producer |
- | 1962 |
80% |
|
Shame |
Director, Producer |
- | 1962 |
89% |
|
The Pit and the Pendulum |
Director, Producer |
- | 1961 |
0% |
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Creature From the Haunted Sea |
Director, Producer |
- | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Atlas |
Director, Producer |
- | 1960 |
94% |
|
The Little Shop of Horrors |
Director, Producer |
- | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Woman on Earth | Director | - | 1960 |
84% |
|
House of Usher |
Director, Producer |
- | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ski Troop Attack | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | T-Bird Gang | Producer | - | 1959 |
45% |
|
The Wasp Woman |
Director, Producer |
- | 1959 |
69% |
|
A Bucket of Blood |
Director, Producer |
- | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Machine Gun Kelly |
Director, Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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War of the Satellites | Director | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Night of the Blood Beast | Executive Producer | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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She Gods of Shark Reef | Director | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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I, Mobster | Director | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Teen-Age Caveman |
Director, Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Car Girl | Executive Producer | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
|
Sorority Girl |
Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
60% |
|
The Undead |
Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Rock All Night |
Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carnival Rock | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Not of This Earth |
Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent | Director | - | 1957 |
71% |
|
Attack of the Crab Monsters |
Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Teenage Doll |
Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One and Only | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunder Over Hawaii | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
|
Swamp Women | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Gunslinger |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
80% |
|
It Conquered the World |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cruel Swamp | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Day the World Ended |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oklahoma Woman | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swamp Diamonds | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
|
Five Guns West |
Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apache Woman |
Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
|
Monster From the Ocean Floor |
Tommy (Character), Producer |
- | 1954 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Scorpion | Producer | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |