FILM DIRECTOR

Roger Corman

1926 - 2024

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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 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Corman has received more than 3,456,103 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Roger Corman is the 288th most popular film director (down from 282nd in 2019), the 1,843rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,909th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roger Corman ranks 288 out of 2,041. Before him are Ub Iwerks, Cecil B. DeMille, Tex Avery, Sam Raimi, Spike Lee, and Just Jaeckin. After him are Michael Bay, Barbet Schroeder, Sven Nykvist, Rouben Mamoulian, Makoto Shinkai, and Michael Cacoyannis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Roger Corman ranks 106. Before him are Verner Panton, Shigeo Sugimoto, Paul Baran, Maria Teresa de Filippis, John Schlesinger, and Rehavam Ze'evi. After him are Riz Ortolani, Shin Sang-ok, Rafi Eitan, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Abdul Rahim Hatif, and Robert Fogel. Among people deceased in 2024, Roger Corman ranks 85. Before him are Bob Newhart, Sergio Sebastiani, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Maryse Condé, Iris Apfel, and Jerzy Stuhr. After him are Brigitte Bierlein, Don Murray, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Frank Stella, Maria Branyas, and Carl Andre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Corman ranks 1,843 out of 20,380. Before him are Marcia Cross (1962), Nina Hartley (1959), Richard Schiff (1955), Henry Draper (1837), Spike Lee (1957), and Robert Jordan (1948). After him are Nora Roberts (1950), Joey Ramone (1951), Paul Desmond (1924), Michael Bay (1965), Frederick Cook (1865), and Tom Courtney (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Roger Corman ranks 77. Before him are Zack Snyder (1966), Ub Iwerks (1901), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Tex Avery (1908), Sam Raimi (1959), and Spike Lee (1957). After him are Michael Bay (1965), Stanley Kramer (1913), Jim Henson (1936), Paul Schrader (1946), Frank Borzage (1894), and Darren Aronofsky (1969).

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Filmography

Death Race
Director
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.
Aug 22nd 20086.27 / 10
Death Race 2
Director
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.
Nov 12th 20105.826 / 10
Death Race: Inferno
Director
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, at the same time, Ceaser runs into a marketer who wants to franchise the Death Race program.
Jan 4th 20135.8 / 10