Roger Corman

1926 - 2024 (age 98) • Production

Born: 4/5/1926 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died: 5/9/2024 (age 98)

Known for: Production

Roger Corman

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 King of The B’s”, "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film.

Known For

Death Race

63%

Producer

2008

Little Shop of Horrors

70%

Original Film Writer

1986

Death Race 2

59%

Executive Producer

2010

Death Race: Inferno

59%

Executive Producer

2013

Beverly Hills, 90210

73%

Roger Corman

1990

Piranha

60%

Executive Producer

1978

Death Race 2000

62%

Executive Producer

1975

The Little Shop of Horrors

63%

Producer

1960

All My Friends Are Back In Brisbane

Thanks

2026

Il cinema secondo Corman

Self

2025

SEGAL

Self

2025

Wasp Woman: Murder of a B-movie Queen

80%

Himself

2025

Occupy Cannes!

Executive Producer

2025

DinoGator

50%

Executive Producer

2024

Sharksploitation

67%

Self

2024

The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

Himself

2024

Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master

81%

Self (archive) - filmmaker, producer

2024

Lost Explorer

Jean

2023

Spector

65%

Self

2022

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

70%

Unknown

2022

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

63%

Self

2021

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

47%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

70%

Self

2021

Tales of the Uncanny

70%

Self

2020

Ivan, the TerrirBle

10%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

68%

Self

2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

57%

Self

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

65%

Self

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

(archive footage)

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

80%

Self

2020

Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy

100%

Self

2020

The Movies That Made Us

73%

Self

2019

CULT-TASTIC: Tales From The Trenches With Roger And Julie Corman

90%

Himself

2019

Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson

59%

Self

2019

The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs

73%

/ Self

2019

Abduction

61%

Producer

2019