Roger Corman: 10 essential films On his 95th birthday, we salute a living legend of cult genre cinema: producer, director, trailblazer, talent-spotter and âThe Pope of Pop Cinemaâ, Roger Corman. 4 April 2021 X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes (1963) Roger Corman has more than 400 IMDb credits to his name â the earliest from 1954, the latest from 2021. This makes him one of the most prolific movie producers in history. His films are famous for always coming in on time and under budget (in 1990 he released an autobiography entitled How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime). Cormanâs prowess at making films quickly and cheaply has been matched by his skill at discovering talent. A stunning array of actors and directors â including but far from limited to Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme and John Sayles â got their big breaks working for him. And Cormanâs talent-spotting has continued right up to the present day. During the early months of the pandemic, his Corman Quarantine Film Festival inspired budding directors to get creative within the limited means afforded them during lockdown.Â