Job Film director, producer, screenwriter and actor
Years active 1954-present
Top Roles Senator #2, Nelson, Louise's Fiancee in Framed Photograph, Greek soldier, Office Worker, Ground Control
Top GenresHorror, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense, Crime, Action
Top TopicsMonster, Supernatural, Book-Based
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Shares birthday with Bette Davis, Melvyn Douglas, Gregory Peck  see more..

Roger Corman Overview:

Producer, Roger Corman, was born Roger William Corman on Apr 5, 1926 in Detroit, MI. As of December 2023, Roger Corman was 97 years old.

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. However he won one Honorary Award in 2009 for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers .

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Seven Things to Know About

By Rick29 on Aug 23, 2021 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

1. produced Martin Scorsese's second feature-length film Boxcar Bertha (1972). In Corman and Jim Jerome's book How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, Scorsese recalled: "He once said, 'Martin, what you have to get is a very good first reel because people want to... Read full article


Tower of London (1962, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 15, 2019 From The Stop Button

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corma... Read full article


Tower of London (1962, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Sep 15, 2019 From The Stop Button

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corma... Read full article


Tower of London (1962, )

on Sep 15, 2019 From The Stop Button

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corma... Read full article


Tower of London (1962, )

on Sep 15, 2019 From The Stop Button

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused footage. Director Corma... Read full article


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Roger Corman Facts
In the new decade of the 1960s, he decided that he wanted to do something that would advance his career. When American International offered him a sum of money to create another one of their low-budget black-and-white double features, he countered with an offer to use the same money to shoot a single feature in color and Cinemascope. American International finally agreed to this offer. It led to the production of House of Usher (1960). The gamble paid off and the film became a box-office hit and generated something that was unusual for an AIP release - critical praise. This was followed by what became known as Corman's "Poe series.".

Brother of producer Gene Corman, father of Catherine Corman.

Although his films were notable for the flair and mobility with which he composed for wide-screen, Corman revealed in Cinema Retro magazine (Issue #18) that he hadn't originally wanted to shoot his cult Poe series in Panavision. "I thought the anamorphic lens was better suited to westerns, whereas I was shooting in these contained little sets. But that was a decision made by AIP (American International Pictures). They were convinced that just using that lens would not only make the pictures look bigger but sound bigger in the ads".

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