After studying film at UCLA, Hellman became an assistant to producer/director Roger Corman. He debuted as a director with the 1959 low-budget horror tale The Beast from the Haunted Cave, produced by Corman's brother Gene. In the early '60s he shot footage for Roger Corman's Creature from the Haunted Sea and The Terror, starring Jack Nicholson. Hellman and Nicholson went on to make Back Door to Hell, Flight to Fury, and the memorable westerns Ride in the Whirlwind and The Shooting. In the '70s Hellman directed a trio of offbeat and impressive films starring Warren Oates: the road tale Two-Lane Blacktop, the controversial Cockfighter, and the western China 9 Liberty 37 (aka Clayton and Catherine). His recent work has been more sporadic, but includes the dark swashbuckler Iguana and the slasher film Silent Night Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out.
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Road to Nowhere
Director, Producer |
2010 | |||
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Stanley's Girlfriend
Director |
2006 | |||
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Trapped Ashes
Director |
2006 | |||
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Interviewee |
2003 | |||
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L.A. Without a Map
Actor |
1998 | |||
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Love, Cheat & Steal
Editor |
1994 | |||
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Grey Knight
Editor |
1993 | |||
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Reservoir Dogs
Executive Producer |
1992 | |||
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Warren Oates: Across the Border
Interviewee |
1992 | |||
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Iguana
Director, Editor, Screenwriter |
1989 | |||
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
Director, Editor |
1989 | |||
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Someone to Love
Actor |
1987 | |||
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Room 666
Participant |
1984 | |||
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China 9, Liberty 37
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1978 | |||
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The Greatest
Director |
1977 | |||
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Fighting Mad
Editor |
1976 | |||
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The Killer Elite
Editor |
1975 | |||
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Cockfighter
Director |
1974 | |||
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Two-Lane Blacktop
Director, Editor |
1971 | |||
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Target: Harry
Editor |
1969 | |||
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Head
Editor |
1968 | |||
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Ride in the Whirlwind
Director, Editor, Producer |
1967 | |||
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The Shooting
Director, Editor, Producer |
1967 | |||
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The Wild Rebels
Editor |
1967 | |||
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Flight to Fury
Director |
1966 | |||
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The Wild Angels
Editor |
1966 | |||
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Back Door to Hell
Director |
1964 | |||
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Creature from the Haunted Sea
Director |
1961 | |||
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Beast From Haunted Cave
Director |
1960 | |||
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The Wild Ride
Editor |
1960 |
