Monte Hellman, cult director and Reservoir Dogs executive producer, dies aged 91 Andrew Pulver © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images
Monte Hellman, the director behind 1970s cult classics Two Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter, as well as being instrumental in getting Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut Reservoir Dogs off the ground, has died aged 91. His daughter Melissa, who produced his 2010 film Road to Nowhere, confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter, saying Hellman had died in hospital after a fall at his home.
Hellman was born Monte Himmelman in 1929, and after studying theatre at Stanford University set up a theatre company in Los Angeles. Like many directors of his generation, Hellman gained early experience working for Roger Corman’s low-budget exploitation-movie factory. Corman hired him to make Beast from Haunted Cave, shot simultaneously with the same cast and crew as another Corman film, Ski Troop Attack. (“I
Monte Hellman, Director of Two-Lane Blacktop, Dies at 91
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Monte Hellman, Cult Director of Two-Lane Blacktop, Dies at 91
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