Monte Hellman Biography (1932-)

Born July 12, 1932, in New York, NY; son of Fred and Gertrude (maiden name, Edelstein) Himmelbaum; married second wife, Jacqueline Ebeier, April 18, 1962(divorced 1972); married third wife, Emma Webster (a writer); children: (second marriage) Jared, Melissa. Career: Director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and actor. Montreal Film Festival, member of jury, 1967; San Sebastian Film Festival, member of jury, 1983; USA Film Festival, Park City, UT, member of jury, 1989; Sundance Film Institute, faculty member, 1989-91. Member: Directors Guild of America, Film Editors Guild. Awards, Honors:London Film Festival Award, outstanding film of the year, 1971, for Two-Lane Blacktop; Critic's Prize, Venice Film Festival, 1988.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: director, screenwriter, editor, producer, actor
Birth Details: July 12, 1932; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, Beast from the Haunted Cave, 1959
Director, Ski Troop Attack, 1960
Editor, The Wild Ride, 1960
(Uncredited) Director, The Terror (also known as The Castle ofTerror and Lady of The Shadows), AIP, 1963
Director and (uncredited) editor, Back Door to Hell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
Producer, director, and editor, Ride in the Whirlwind, 1965
Assistant editor, Bus Riley's Back in Town, Universal, 1965
Director and (uncredited) editor, Flight to Fury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
Editor, The Wild Angels, AIP, 1966
Producer, director, and editor, The Shooting, Jack H. Harris, 1967
Editor, The Long Ride Home, 1967
Dialogue director, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
Editor, Head, 1968
Editor, Target: Harry (also known as How to Make It), 1969
Director and editor, Two-Lane Blacktop, Universal, 1971
(Uncredited) Director, Shatter (also known as Call Him Mr. Shatter), 1974
Director and (uncredited) editor, Cockfighter (also known as Born to Kill, Gamblin' Man, and Wild Drifter), 1974
Editor, The Killer Elite, United Artists, 1975
(Uncredited additional editing) Harry and Walter Go to New York, 1976
(With Tom Gries) The Greatest, 1977

Producer, director, and (uncredited) editor, China 9, Liberty 37 (also known as Clayton & Catherine, Clayton Drumm, Gunfire, and Love, Bullets and Frenzy), Titanus, 1978
Director and post-production services, Avalanche Express, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Second unit director, The Big Red One (also known as Samuel Fuller and the Big Red One), 1980
(Uncredited) Additional editing, The Awakening, 1980
Director, Inside the Coppola Personality, 1981
(Uncredited) Second unit director, RoboCop, 1987
Director and editor, Iguana, 1988
Director and editor, Silent Night, Deadly Night III--Better Watch Out!, Quiet, 1989
Executive producer, Reservoir Dogs, Miramax, 1992
Editor, The Killing Box (also known as Ghost Brigade, Ghost Brigade: The Killing Box, Grey Knight, and Grey Night),1993
Film Appearances
Joseph, The Christian Licorice Store, 1971
Himself, Chambre 666, 1982
Someone to Love, Castle Hill, 1987
Warren Oates: Across the Border, 1993
Himself, L.A. Without a Map (also known as Los Angeles Withouta Map), 1998
Television Work
Director, Baretta (special), 1975
(Uncredited) Editor, Love, Cheat & Steal (movie), Showtime, 1993
Television Appearances
Specials
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, A&E, 1993
Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder, BBC, 1994
Stage Director
Waiting for Godot, 1957
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Story only, Flight to Fury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
China 9, Liberty 37 (also known as Clayton & Catherine, Clayton Drumm, Gunfire, and Love, Bullets and Frenzy),Titanus, 1978
Iguana, 1988
Story only, Silent Night, Deadly Night III--Better Watch Out!, Quiet, 1989

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

New York Times, May 16, 1971, .
People Weekly, April 22, 1996, p. 20.*

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