The venerable director and mentor to the “New Hollywood” generation of filmmakers produced and helmed more than 500 films.
Devotees of American independent film, cult movie aficionados and exploitation film buffs are mourning the death of Roger Corman—mentor to the “New Hollywood” generation of filmmakers, distributor of Bergman, Truffaut, and Fellini, and the producer and/or director of upwards of 500 films, ranging from Little Shop of Horrors to his acclaimed cycle of eight movies based on stories by Edgar Allen Poe. Corman, dubbed the “Pope of Pop Cinema,” died May 9 at his Santa Monica home, Variety confirms.
Corman went rogue, making low-budget films with American-International and the Filmgroup, which he founded in 1959 with his brother, Gene. Necessity being the mother of invention, Corman preached the gospel of preparation and making the most of his meager resources. He famously shot Little Shop of Horrors in two days. Strapped for bodies, he cast Dick Miller as a Native-American and a cowboy in Apache Woman. He shot The Terror on sets from other A.I.P. productions.
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