Monte Hellman born Monte Jay Himmelbaum July 12 1929 April 20 2021 was an American film director producer writer and editor Hellman began his career as an editors apprentice at ABC TV and made his directorial debut with the horror film Beast from Haunted Cave 1959 produced by Roger Corman He would later gain critical recognition for the Westerns The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind both 1966 starring Jack Nicholson and the independent road movie TwoLane Blacktop 1971 starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson His later directorial work included the slasher film Silent Night Deadly Night 3 Better Watch Out 1989 and the independent thriller Road to Nowhere 2010 Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Hellman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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