Roger Corman
American film director
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| May 9 2024 | Roger Corman passes away, leaving behind a monumental legacy in independent filmmaking. |
| 2022 | Roger Corman participated in the Sight & Sound film polls, selecting ten of his greatest films of all time, including notable works like Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Dr. Strangelove. |
| 2020 | A documentary titled 'Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema' was released, directed by Bertrand Tessier. The documentary featured Roger Corman himself, along with notable filmmakers Ron Howard, Joe Dante, and Peter Bogdanovich. The film was produced by California Prod and won the Best Documentary award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. |
| February 2020 | The lawsuit over Corman's film library was settled, with Corman stating 'It's settled and over'. |
| 2019 | The Academy Film Archive restored Corman's film 'The Masque of the Red Death'. |
| 2018 | Received the 'Extraordinary Contribution to Film' award at the Austin Film Festival. |
| 2018 | Corman and his wife were sued by their sons over the sale of Corman's film library. |
| 2018 | Release of 'Death Race: Beyond Anarchy', a film with Don Michael Paul as director |
| 2017 | Corman produced Death Race 2050, a sequel to the 1975 film Death Race 2000, which was his first film with a major studio in over two decades. |
| 2016 | Corman initiated litigation alleging he was owed $170 million against a financial planner. |
| 2015 | Corman produced Fist of the Dragon. |
| 2014 | Corman produced Roger Corman's Operation Rogue. |
| 2012 | Honored with the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival. |
| 2012 | Corman produced Piranhaconda for the SyFy channel. |
| 2011 | Documentary 'Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel' premieres at Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. |
| 2010 | Interviewed by Mark Gatiss for BBC documentary series 'A History of Horror'. Inducted into the Beverly Hills High School Hall of Fame. |
| 2010 | Corman produced Sharktopus for the SyFy channel and made sequels Supergator and Dinocroc vs. Supergator, as well as a spin-off film Dinoshark. |
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