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Corman was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Anne (née High) and William Corman, an engineer of Russian Jewish descent. [32] [33] His younger brother, Gene, produced numerous films, sometimes in collaboration with Roger. [32]
Corman was famously prolific, both in his American International Pictures years and afterward. The IMDb credits Corman with 55 directed films and some 385 produced films from 1954 through 2008, many as un-credited producer or executive producer (consistent with his role as head of his own New World Pictures from 1970 through 1983). Corman also ...
Corman presented a watered-down version of the script to the townspeople, but they still did not like it. Before it was finished, local people objected to the film's portrayal of racism and segregation. [10] In an interview in 2006, Roger Corman explained how he filmed William Shatner's racist speech with a crowd of townspeople present:
Roger Corman, the prolific director and producer of B-movies who gave numerous filmmakers and actors their start, has died. He was 98. Corman's death was confirmed in a statement shared early ...
Roger Corman, the king of B-movies and a towering mentor of A-list talent, lived a life that was as vivid as his movies. Corman — the director, producer, writer and occasional actor in films ...
Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood's most famous ...
It was founded in 1970 by Roger Corman and Gene Corman as New World Pictures, Ltd., a producer and distributor of motion pictures, eventually expanding into television production in 1984. New World eventually expanded into broadcasting with the acquisition of seven television stations in 1993, with the broadcasting unit expanding through ...
In 1963, Corman initiated a series of films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The most notable was “The Raven,” which teamed Nicholson with veteran horror stars Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone. Directed by Corman on a rare three-week schedule, the horror spoof won good reviews, a rarity for his films.