The world of cinema has lost another true pioneer and legend this week. Prolific filmmaker Roger Corman passed away on May 9th, leaving a legacy of cinema, inspiration, and mentorship. The aptly named King of B-Movies was 98 at the time of his death, sadly only a month after his birthday on April 5th. He is survived by his wife, Julie (married in 1964), and their four children: Catherine, Roger, Brian, and Mary. He directed nearly 60 films and produced more than 490 projects mentoring or discovering some of the biggest talent in Hollywood across multiple decades of cinema.
Corman was born on April 5th, 1926, to William and Anne Corman in Detriot, Michigan. After moving to Los Angeles, he attended Beverly Hills High School and went on to Standford, where he studied industrial engineering, taking after his father. Corman completed his degree after serving in the Navy for two years from 1944 to 1946 and then went to work for U.S. Electrical Motors in Los Angeles, where his career in engineering lasted only three days. Corman told his then-supervisor, “I’ve made a terrible mistake.” before quitting just short of a week on the job.
“I was writing for the Stanford Daily and found out that the film critics got free passes to all the theaters in Palo Alto, and one was graduating. So I wrote a few reviews and was taken on as a critic. Films had been just entertainment, but now I began to analyze them. I was more interested in this, but I was graduating and earned my engineering degree. I was the failure of my Stanford class. After three days at U.S. Electrical Motors, I quit and got the worst job among my peers – as a messenger at 20th Century Fox, delivering the mail for $32.50 a week. But it was pure passion.”
That he made a mistake would prove most likely true as he found work in the mail room of 20th Century Fox and would work his way up to script reader. Knowing his worth at a young age, he quit shortly after being given no credit on a script he found for the company and provided input and early development. In 1950, that film was released as The Gunfighter with screen legend Gregory Peck of To Kill a Mocking Bird fame in the lead role, but Corman was left unmentioned in the production.
Leaving 20th Century Fox, he took advantage of his time in the Navy and leveraged his payout from the G.I. Bill to attend Oxford to study English literature. Film had become his true passion, though, and he returned to Hollywood several years later, after a brief stint in Paris, with an ambition to make his own way in cinema. His early career found him taking on various roles in the studio system, from stagehand to literary agent, providing him with a steady foundation to build his empire.
“His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that’.”
Friends and family knew Corman as a driven and ambitious man. This same ambition and sheer will helped him produce his first feature film. Having sold his first script to Allied Artists for a mere $2000, he turned around and used that money, along with pulling some personal favors, to raise enough to make Monster From the Ocean Floor. The 1954 film was filmed for just $12,000 and produced entirely by Corman’s production company, making good on his promise to forge his own path.
“Roger seemed a driven man. Roger wanted to accomplish a lot, he had to have a lot of drive to do it, and he pushed through. He not only pushed through, he punched through! With a lot of energy, and a lot of disregard at times.”
Susan Cabot long time Corman collaborator
If you doubt the immense impact Corman had on filmmaking, you should sit down for this random trivia: the title of his second film in 1955 would later be re-licensed nearly 46 years later to be used in the high-octane action freshman entry of The Fast and the Furious franchise. This series of films belongs to a subgenre that owes its very existence to Corman, but we will touch on that later.
Even more random, there is actually a legal settlement between now-defunct Fox Atomic and Rockstar Games over the title of the 1977 Ron Howard film Grand Theft Auto, which was produced by Corman. Though the success of the game has not inspired a sequel or remake using the same title, it supposedly prohibits Rockstar, at least for now, from using the name to make their own film based on their hit video game as the rights have reverted back to parent company 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight.
Roger Corman on his favorite films
By 1959, Corman was ready to step out of solely producing films and tackle distribution. He formed his next company, The Filmgroup, alongside his brother Gene Corman, and their collaboration led to notable B-movie classics such as A Bucket of Blood, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Waspwoman, among numerous others.
In the 1960s, his ambitions led him to Europe after he announced that The Filmgroup would be part of an international production effort called Compass Pictures. With distribution and production now entirely under his control, Corman began working with American International Pictures on various adaptations of Edgar Alan Poe’s and H.P. Lovecraft’s literary works.
It was during this time that he would work with genre film legends such as Richard Matheson, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff and even direct one of William Shatner’s earliest performances in The Intruder. However, The Intruder turned out to be Corman’s first flop, something that bothered him for some time as the film played well at festivals before opening theatrically.
“It changed a lot of my feelings about filmmaking. It went to festivals and got really great reviews. One New York critic said, “‘The Intruder’ is a major credit to the entire American film industry”. And it was the first movie I made that lost money! I analyzed it. Even though it got all the critical acclaim and so forth, it was too much of a lesson, trying to teach the audience. I had to get back to entertainment.”
Roger Corman on The Intruder
Speaking of early performances, Corman also directed Jack Nicholson in the 1963 film The Terror, Little Shop of Horrors, and Jack’s first film, The Cry Baby Killer.
“When I started directing, my engineering background enabled me to learn the camera and editing fairly quickly, but I didn’t know enough about acting. So I enrolled in a method acting class. Jack was in it and was just 19 years old, but clearly the best actor in the class, so I gave him his first role in The Cry Baby Killer. And he was on his way.”
Corman would also finance Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, Dementia-13, after hiring Coppola initially to edit anti-American propaganda out of Russian sci-fi films he had acquired the US rights to.
Several years later, he produced a film directed by Jack Hill called The Big Doll House, which was Pam Grier’s second film and would begin a long run of so-called “Women in Prison” films of which Grier would star in several for Corman and team thus catapulting her into cinema history. All of this under yet another iconic company he created, New World Pictures. Corman once again continuing his trend of either directly discovering or financially supporting newly found talent that would go on to become some of the biggest names in cinema.
During the era of New World Pictures, a young Joe Dante would find himself cutting trailers for Corman, adding another legendary career bolstered by his whirlwind of discovery and innovation. The two would later work on Dante’s first film, Hollywood Boulevard co-directed by another frequent Cormanite Allan Arkush and starring Paul Bartel who previously directed Death Race 2000.
The film did so well that Corman was able to back films for the directors to helm solo: Dante’s second film more well-known to horror fans, Piranha and Arkush’s fourth film Rock and Roll High School which starred P.J. Soles fresh off the streets of Haddonfield having completed John Carpenter’s Halloween a year prior.
Carpenter on Corman
Roger Corman, one of the most influential movie directors in my life, has passed away. It was my privilege to know him.He was a great friend. He shaped my childhood with science fiction movies and Edgar Allen Poe epics. I’ll miss you, Roger.
— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) May 12, 2024
Indeed, he mentored many filmmakers and gave rise to many more careers during his lifetime. People like Ron Howard, James Cameron, John Sayles, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Robert De Niro, Robert Patrick, Menahem Golan, Peter Bogdanovich, John Landis, Sandra Bullock, Tommy Lee Jones, Talia Rose Shire, and frequent Corman collaborator Susan Cabot, who would co-star alongside Charles Bronson in his first role in Machine Gun Kelly in 1958, yet another rising star he would launch. And this is not even a complete list!
Gale Anne Hurd, a legend in her own right, took to X this evening to share her thoughts on the master of the B-movie who was her very first boss.
Roger Corman was my very first boss, my lifetime mentor and my hero. Roger was one of the greatest visionaries in the history of cinema. I am absolutely devastated by his loss and send my love and deepest condolences to the Corman family. #RIP #RogerCorman pic.twitter.com/Pi1yFDw6HL
— Gale Anne Hurd (@GunnerGale) May 12, 2024
While working with Corman, she met James Cameron, a model builder at the time, alongside Rob Bottin, who was working on practical effects. Cameron would go on to meet Bill Paxton and James Horner through working with Corman, while Bottin would eventually meet Joe Dante, John Sayles, and Jon Davison there as well.
If that is not impressive enough, Corman is also regarded for championing filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, and Ingmar Bergman. He also helped catapult the French New Wave into American film lovers’ hearts with François Truffaut. All of whom benefited from Corman’s extensive foreign distribution efforts.
As incredible as it is to believe, all of this actually happened thanks to one man. Honestly, it is not even the tip of the iceberg regarding the lives and careers touched by Roger Corman. Undoubtedly, someone, somewhere, is taking issue with something or someone I left out right now. It is nearly impossible, to sum up his influence or his career with decades of filmmakers considering themselves students in the School of Corman, having been inspired by his work and sheer power of will to get pictures made.
After deciding to give the major studios another shot, Corman was in contracts with Columbia Pictures and United Artists for several years. During this time, he would wind up making the first biker movie ever, The Wild Angels, starring Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra. The movie made over $6 million in profit and would birth an entire subgenre of biker films for decades to come. A film which actually caused the real life Hell’s Angels MC to put a hit out on him as he once recounted to Joe Bob Briggs on The Last Drive-in in this clip shared by X user PoorOldRoloTony.
Here’s another clip where Corman recalls when the Hell’s Angels put a hit out on him. For a 97 year old, he still knew how to tell a story well. pic.twitter.com/lqSF3dpcbh
— Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) May 12, 2024
As previously mentioned, Corman went on to found New World Pictures in May 1970, nearly 54 years ago, as of his passing this month. An independent production and distribution company, New World Pictures became responsible for countless films regarded as classics, including Jonathan Demme’s directorial debut, Caged Heat, director Steve Carver’s debut, The Arena, also starring Pam Grier, and Martin Scorsese’s second film, Box Car Betha, starring David Caradine.
“I was called recently in some article ‘Hollywood’s Oldest Established Rebel.’ So I’m sort of working from the inside now, with still a little bit of a rebellious spirit.”
Roger Corman via AV Club
And yet, with countless successes under its belt, New World Pictures would most likely become most well-known for Death Race 2000, starring David Caradine alongside a young Sylvester Stallone, directed by Paul Bartel. Another highly influential film that would later go on to inspire an entire subgenre of car-based action films. Unironically, this would lead to, you guessed it, The Fast and the Furious, whose existence is partly owed to Corman and Death Race 2000, both of which kicked off the subgenre and its now infamous title. Corman would joke for years to come that The Fast and the Furious had helped him close more than a few deals in his day.
After distributing horror fan favorite Humanoids from the Deep, New World Pictures underwent several name changes after being sold in 1984. From Millennium Films to New Horizons. During this time, Corman found himself at odds with his new partners, accusing them of screwing him out of money on several films, including Slumber Party Massacre. The lawsuits settled out of court and led Corman to found another distribution company: Concorde Pictures.
Concorde Pictures went on to remake and re-release several of Corman’s early productions, as well as even more classic genre films like Slumber Party Massacre II, Sweet Revenge, The Terror Within, a hilarious Gremlins knockoff called Munchies (a personal favorite), and Chopping Mall produced by Corman’s surviving wife Julie Ann Corman starring horror alums Kelli Maroney and Barbara Crampton alongside Mary Woronov (who attained a cult following while working with Andy Warhol). It also found several big hits with the Carnosaur and Don “the Dragon” Wilson-led Bloodfist series.
It was also around this time in 1984 that Julie Corman started her own company, Trinity Pictures, which was dedicated mainly to family fare including one of my all-time favorite movies from my childhood, The Dirt Bike Kid, starring Peter Billingsley from A Christmas Story.
In 1990, Corman returned to the director’s chair for Frankenstein Unbound and, in 1995, acted as executive producer on a series of 13 films known as “Roger Corman Presents” in collaboration with Showtime, which most notably included his adaptation of Vampirella.
Lloyd Kaufman Interviews Corman about his SyFy Era
Roger Corman: Movies On The Sci Fi Channelhttps://t.co/9N9K76SNeb
— Lloyd Kaufman (@lloydkaufman) May 12, 2024
After a short stint in the world of comic books from 95-96 with Roger Corman’s Cosmic Comics, he began making nature run-amok films for SyFy Channel in the early 2000s. Films like Dinocroc, Supergator, Dinocroc Vs. Supergator, Dinoshark, Sharktopus, Piranhaconda, as well as sequel Death Race 2050.
As silly and schlocky as those titles sound, an entire generation of kids grew up on these films and are now just beginning their film careers at this very moment. Kids who were inspired by an industrial engineer born 98 years ago who turned his back on his college degree to follow his heart. Inspiration that will no doubt further cement the “Pope of Pop Cinema” as one of the most influential filmmakers in our time or any other.
Filmmakers react to the loss of a titan of the film industry:
A touching thread of posts from Katt Shea on working with Corman
I’m grieving like a family member died. Roger Corman was my mentor for many years. I wrote or co-wrote & directed 5 films for him & starred in 2 before that. Knowing him absolutely changed the my life, I know I never would have had a directing career at all if it hadn’t been for
— Katt Shea (@KattShea) May 12, 2024
I knew you well during a time when shooting the film we were making was physically dangerous and you were very brave. We had a good time, we did an exceptional movie and you were wonderful. RIP Love Bill pic.twitter.com/oUFGbUwysS
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) May 12, 2024
So very sorry to hear of Roger Corman’s passing. Working with Roger in The Wild Angels was a highlight of my life. He was a such a lovely man. Sending condolences to his wife Julie and their children. pic.twitter.com/Vde9SVaXoI
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) May 12, 2024
RIP Roger Corman. A great movie maker and mentor. When I was 23 he gave me my 1st shot at directing. He launched many careers & quietly lead our industry in important ways. He remained sharp, interested and active even at 98. Grateful to have known him. https://t.co/z4jT6ltuAj
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) May 12, 2024
The world of strange cinema has lost one of its founding fathers, a Titan of independent film, the great Roger Corman. A restless innovator, maverick, artist, intellectual and the best damn counterculture ringmaster of all time.@RealCharlesBand https://t.co/985fDyO8Pk
— Full Moon Features (@fullmoonhorror) May 12, 2024
.@RogerCorman was a huge inspiration as both a filmmaker and businessman. Creating your own IP at your own studio while inspiring other filmmakers was a lesson so many of my generation learned from him. In 2018, it was an honor to screen and discuss with Roger my favorite of his… pic.twitter.com/W6VvR6sONQ
— Robert Rodriguez (@Rodriguez) May 12, 2024
So sad. Roger Corman created some of Hollywood’s wildest movies and launched the careers of so many Hollywood greats. #RIPRogerCorman https://t.co/qAtMA3bLou
— Jeffrey Reddick ?? (@JeffreyaReddick) May 12, 2024
Farewell, Roger Corman. pic.twitter.com/AnwcCO2ekl
— Elijah Wood (@elijahwood) May 12, 2024
RIP to Roger Corman, a producer I will always hold in the highest regard. He had a storied career, producing hundreds of films. The opportunities he created in cinema were abundant on so many levels and many are unaware of the talent discoveries he made over his lifetime. Truly… https://t.co/Gwjt3h51Ow
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) May 12, 2024
It’s 2006. SNAKES ON A PLANE is about to come out. I saw it as a Roger Corman movie at heart so I cold call his office and ask him to lunch. He gets back to me immediately. Couldn’t be cooler. We go on to have a couple lunches. Candid, funny, professorial. THE MAN. What a thrill!
— It’s Katz (@PodKatz) May 12, 2024
Sad, fond farewell to the great Roger Corman, one of the most important figures in American Film History! You had one hell of a run, Maestro! Listen to last year’s @BeyondFest tribute to Roger and a handful of his talented acolytes here. With love.https://t.co/hZSHtGjcs1
— Mick Garris & The Post Mortem Podcast (@MickGarrisPM) May 12, 2024
So very sad about the passing of my friend and mentor Roger Corman
A beautiful man and pioneer of independent cinema ❤️ RIP Roger @fullmoonhorror @DeliriuMagazine— Charles Band (@RealCharlesBand) May 12, 2024
When Menahem first tried to get into movies, he called Roger Corman, who took him under his wing — he started as Roger’s driver, while his wife assisted with makeup. (1) pic.twitter.com/YaQCuwB6TY
— The Cannon Film Guide (@CannonFilmGuide) May 12, 2024
My first writing job was with Roger Corman who just died. I went in for a meet-and-greet and instead they sat me down in a corner to read a killer cockroach book and start adapting for a movie to shoot in three weeks. He was the patron saint of first-timers. No one does that now pic.twitter.com/W0DQcoCJnJ
— Robert King (@RKing618) May 12, 2024
The legend Roger Corman has died. I had an amazing talk with him in 2017. Here it is in memoriam. RIP. https://t.co/v9Ve2hjrPt pic.twitter.com/5wyCP5uvRV
— marc maron (@marcmaron) May 12, 2024
There isn’t a modern Hollywood without legendary writer, director and producer Roger Corman. His passing at 98 is a profound loss to cinema.
We are all in his debt.
Rest easy, Maestro. pic.twitter.com/zR9QMW24R7
— Joe Russo (@joerussotweets) May 12, 2024
We lost a trailblazer, supporter and friend…a legend. So sorry to see you go and thanks for all the wonderful movies and memories you gave us. I’ll always have Chopping Mall to remember you by… So sorry to your family & closest friends. We loved you enormously @RogerCorman xx https://t.co/4WnaDMRoZ4
— Barbara Crampton (@barbaracrampton) May 12, 2024
Like many of you, we were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of filmmaker Roger Corman. Roger sparked the imagination of many of us at ILM, and gave dozens of our colleagues their start in the movie business. Roger has left an indelible mark on genre filmmaking, one that… pic.twitter.com/WRwHiRG8Zt
— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) May 12, 2024
We lost a true legend!???
In 1994, I was in a low budget film when @markhamill visited. Why is a superstar like Mark here? I was confused. Well, it was a #RogerCorman project.
Everyone who was anyone loved visiting with Roger!
Even a jedi!?Last Dec, at the NAEJ awards, I… https://t.co/Ui3UA2ATpF pic.twitter.com/WW0sfUDR9A
— Ming-Na Wen (@MingNa) May 12, 2024
#ToxieWeeps #RogerCorman https://t.co/NHLzN0oEPP pic.twitter.com/kULmmxRFSl
— Lloyd Kaufman (@lloydkaufman) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman was often cast in cameos by directors he gave early breaks to — including Best Picture winners The Godfather Part II and Silence of the Lambs — but few are as funny as Joe Dante spoofing his frugality by making him a guy literally digging for change in The Howling. pic.twitter.com/KXFosZKAWi
— Christopher Smets (@CWSmets) May 12, 2024
REST IN PEACE
We did so many interviews together. Edited so many in the last 23 years that I have lost count. So many great inspirational stories you shared. You are even part of my body of work. It was an honor to work with “The King of ‘B’ Movies”. THANK YOU #ROGERCORMAN pic.twitter.com/XJsrASBbKD— Christian A. Morán (@cmoran2929) May 12, 2024
We lost a legend today. RIP to TFH Guru Roger Corman. pic.twitter.com/nQBeGhtmpI
— Trailers From Hell (@TrailersFromHel) May 12, 2024
Whenever Roger Corman spoke about one of his films, there was a twinkle in his eye, like he was recalling the perfect crime. Smiling because he’d gotten away with it. And if you’d seen the film, you were his co-conspirator. #RIP pic.twitter.com/5tj5x3Ymvk
— Kevin Maher (@KevinGeeksOut) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman was a legend. His contribution to cinema was massive. This is a really sad day. It’s impossible to sum up his legacy in one tweet. pic.twitter.com/azetFLqpgf
— BenDavid Grabinski (@bdgrabinski) May 12, 2024
Very sorry to hear this.
I had a great, impossible experience with Roger Corman very early in my career. It’s a cherished memory that is utterly baffling until you put the Corman name in the story, then it all makes complete sense. https://t.co/NJ6yDcSp5l
— Gail Simone ?? (@GailSimone) May 12, 2024
Modern American cinema begins with Roger Corman. Without him we would not have Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdanovich, Nicholson, Demme and countless others. My film school was a drive in theater in the 1970s and Roger Corman was the Dean. pic.twitter.com/P6ReDb5T1K
— Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) May 12, 2024
My favorite Roger Corman story is when he got the script for Waterworld (originally developed for him as a ‘Mad Max on boats’ ripoff cheapie) and allegedly threw it across the room and yelled “You idiot! Don’t you know this will cost me SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS to make!” https://t.co/yyaCFJQUDt
— Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman Dead: Independent Filmmaking Legend Was 98.
A giant of genre flicks, he probably had the best financial track record in the biz. Amazing run. https://t.co/JZ9BLQSQR6
— Bruce Campbell (@GroovyBruce) May 12, 2024
Sad to hear of the passing of Roger Corman. The first film I was in was “Crazy Mama” by Roger’s company. It was the 2nd film for director, Jonathan Demme, who went on to become an Academy Award Award winning director, with such films as “Philadelphia” and “Silence Of The Lambs” pic.twitter.com/9ESF85YVxf
— Don Most (@most_don) May 12, 2024
First couple films I did in la, were corman movies. I’d bet most of the folks from my generation, successful or not, came up thru the roger corman school of filmmaking. One hell of a education. Condolences to his family and to all the many that knew him. A big loss to all who’s…
— Jeffrey Dean Morgan (@JDMorgan) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman gave me one of my first jobs in Hollywood. He was always kind to this college intern new to LA and even once drew me a map to Beverly Hills when he needed me to run an errand and I had no clue where I was going. I learned a ton in a short time working for him.… pic.twitter.com/8kg3lWwRNx
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) May 12, 2024
As @MarkHarrisNYC said, he was the last founding father.
Also: the only studio head I ever saw queue up for little-known experimental and foreign films. He loved cinema, and he lived it.
His legacy is incalculable.
Roger Corman. Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/Ga7bF0FPun
— Howard A. Rodman ? (@howardrodman) May 12, 2024
Rest In Peace Roger Corman. Thank you for giving me my first movie and starting my career. I am eternally grateful. pic.twitter.com/p78DEFxa0R
— Robert Patrick ?? (@robertpatrickT2) May 12, 2024
?To try to explain the impact of Roger Corman on the Film/TV industry to folks who weren’t from that era is challenging at best. He was a filmmaker, but more importantly he was the ladder for so many filmmakers and actors to use to climb the crazy ladder in this industry. pic.twitter.com/cswDR7uqyc
— Dave Blass (@DaveBlass) May 12, 2024
RIP Roger Corman. Hanging with Mr. Corman, Comic-Con 2011: Corman, Fessenden, Graham Reznick, Peter Phok. pic.twitter.com/BsRpl6zqZJ
— Glass Eye Pix (@GlassEyePix) May 12, 2024
Cinema would not be the same without you. RIP #RogerCorman pic.twitter.com/LIL9sbgARJ
— Mathieu Turi (@MathieuTURI) May 12, 2024
We raise a glass to our spiritual father, lifelong inspiration and indie film school all in one – Roger Corman (1926-2024). Without him we never exist. pic.twitter.com/NsZToMFyPu
— Wild Eye Releasing (@WildEyeMovies) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman produced the first Latino Noir when we made Kiss Me A Killer. We thought the genre would take off. We played lots of cinemas back then and it sold to networks. Thank you #RogerCorman @robertbeltran74 @ponchosanchez https://t.co/ThDzLaNo74
— Julie Carmen (@JulieCarmen3) May 12, 2024
I didn’t know him that well, but #RogerCorman gave me my first jobs on a real film set, trusted me to create one of his movie posters, and provided a lifetime of great stories. So many could say the same that half of Hollywood must be mourning tonight.https://t.co/tje7FvmPnH
— Thunder Levin (@ThunderLevin) May 12, 2024
“I’ve never made the film I wanted to make. No matter what happens, it never turns out exactly as I hoped”
Roger CormanR.I.P An absolute legend & Game changer of Cinema. There will never be another one like him. pic.twitter.com/iKY2TOLM7S
— Elric (@Elrickane) May 12, 2024
I have read many times that @theasylumcc is the next generation #RogerCorman. Wish that were true, but there is only one Roger Corman. Trailblazer, Mentor, Independent, Maverick, Filmmaker. What an amazing life. What an amazing legacy. Hearts out to his family and fans. #RIP. pic.twitter.com/ProTh6l0Co
— David Michael Latt (@DavidMLatt) May 12, 2024
Roger Corman helped keep the lights on for a generation of actors in my day.
RIP King of the Bs. https://t.co/rR4IfvhWV7— Heather Thomas (@HeatherThomasAF) May 12, 2024
No one will ever have as much influence over Hollywood ever again, purely by giving people a shot. pic.twitter.com/8lCYtLiGSf
— Jamie Hooper (@JamHoopFilm) May 12, 2024
Saddened by the news of Maestro Roger Corman leaving us. What a great legacy he leaves behind, not just in the form of movies but for all the great directors he helped succeed too. I was blessed to be asked to do this poster for his retrospective show which he signed for me ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/pK7NQ9xABj
— Francesco Francavilla (@f_francavilla) May 12, 2024
RIP Roger Corman
I was in two of his films.
within days of landing in LA, I was cast in “Hollywood Boulevard”.
In the 80’s, my band The Screaming Sirens appeared in his film “Vendetta”
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What a genius! pic.twitter.com/LZm0PUdZrR— Pleasant Gehman (@PleasantGehman1) May 13, 2024
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