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== Awards, recognition, and legacy == {{stack|[[File:RogerCormanHWOFOct2012.jpg|thumb|200px|Corman (age 86) in October 2012.]]}} In 1964, Corman was the youngest producer/director to be given a retrospective at the [[Cinémathèque Française]], as well as retrospectives at the [[British Film Institute]] and the [[Museum of Modern Art]]. Corman won the Lifetime Achievement Award at [[Stockholm International Film Festival]] in 1990. Corman was the subject of the 1978 documentary ''Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel'', produced and directed by [[Christian Blackwood]]. Portions of the film reappeared in 2011's ''Corman's World''. He won the first Producer's Award ever given by the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 1998.<ref name="VarietyObit" />{{Circular reporting?|date=May 2024}} Corman received the David O. Selznick Award from the [[Producers Guild of America]] in 2006. That same year, his film ''[[House of Usher (film)|Fall of the House of Usher]]'' was among the twenty-five movies selected for the [[National Film Registry]], a compilation of significant films being preserved by the [[Library of Congress]]. The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] awarded Corman with an [[Academy Honorary Award]] at the inaugural [[Governors Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34601/see-roger-corman-receive-his-honorary-oscar|title=See Roger Corman Receive His Honorary Oscar|date=June 14, 2012|access-date=January 13, 2010|archive-date=January 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131043628/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34601/see-roger-corman-receive-his-honorary-oscar|url-status=live}}</ref> on November 14, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/6575992/Lauren-Bacall-receives-Oscar.html |title=Lauren Bacall receives Oscar |work=Daily Telegraph |date=November 15, 2009 |access-date=2009-11-15 |last=Allen |first=Nick |archive-date=2018-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301111218/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/6575992/Lauren-Bacall-receives-Oscar.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, writer and actor [[Mark Gatiss]] interviewed Corman for his BBC documentary series ''[[A History of Horror]]'', of which the second half of the second episode focuses on Corman.<ref name=horrorqa>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vcwm7 |title=A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss – Q&A with Mark Gatiss |access-date=November 12, 2010 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105092041/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vcwm7 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Corman was inducted into the [[Beverly Hills High School]] Hall of Fame. Corman was honored with the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the [[Provincetown International Film Festival]] in 2012. He received the "Extraordinary Contribution to Film" award at the [[Austin Film Festival]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 28, 2018|title=2018 Winners|url=https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/festival-and-conference/2018-winners/|access-date=October 9, 2021|publisher=Austin Film Festival|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009031743/https://austinfilmfestival.com/blog/festival-and-conference/2018-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> Corman was a member of numerous organizations such as the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], and the [[Producers Guild of America]] as well as [[New World Pictures]], [[New Concorde]], and [[American International Pictures]]. Film elements and prints for many movies directed, produced, and/or distributed by Corman are held at the [[Academy Film Archive]] as part of the New Horizons Collection.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Horizons Collection|url=https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/new-horizons-collection|publisher=Academy Film Archive|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2020|archive-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405213218/https://oscars.org/film-archive/collections/new-horizons-collection|url-status=live}}</ref> The Academy Film Archive restored Corman's film ''The Masque of the Red Death'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects|publisher=Academy Film Archive|access-date=April 27, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920010219/https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects|url-status=live}}</ref> === The Corman Film School === A number of noted filmmakers (including directors, producers, writers, and cinematographers) have worked with Corman, usually early in their careers, including [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Ron Howard]], [[Polly Platt]], [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Declan O'Brien]], [[Armondo Linus Acosta]], [[Paul Bartel]], [[Jonathan Demme]], [[Donald G. Jackson]], [[Gale Anne Hurd]], [[Carl Colpaert]], [[Joe Dante]], [[James Cameron]], [[John Sayles]], [[Monte Hellman]], [[Carl Franklin]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-escaping-the-curse-of-corman-carl-franklins-first-three-films-were-stuffed-by-the-critics-his-1452725.html |title=Escaping the curse of Corman|newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=October 22, 2011 |access-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921042820/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-escaping-the-curse-of-corman-carl-franklins-first-three-films-were-stuffed-by-the-critics-his-1452725.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[George Armitage]], [[Jonathan Kaplan]], [[George Hickenlooper]], [[Curtis Hanson]], [[Jack Hill]], [[Robert Towne]], [[Menahem Golan]], [[James Horner]], and [[Timur Bekmambetov]]. Many have said that Corman's influence taught them some of the ins and outs of filmmaking.<ref name="EW">Nashawaty, Chris [http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/11/13/roger-corman-martin-scorsese-dennis-hopper/ "Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie King"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105041952/http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/11/13/roger-corman-martin-scorsese-dennis-hopper/ |date=November 5, 2014}} ''Entertainment Weekly''. Retrieved February 19, 2010.</ref> In the extras for the DVD of ''[[The Terminator]]'', director James Cameron asserts, "I trained at the Roger Corman Film School." The British director [[Nicolas Roeg]] served as the [[cinematographer]] on ''[[The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodgothique.com/masqueofreddeath1964.html|title=Masque of the Red Death: The Apex of Roger Corman's Poe Films|date=April 29, 2023|access-date=October 8, 2010|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120230430/http://www.hollywoodgothique.com/masqueofreddeath1964.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Cameron, Coppola, Demme, Hanson, Howard and Scorsese have all gone on to win [[Academy Award]]s. Howard was reportedly told by Corman: "If you do a good job on this film, you'll never have to work for me again."{{fact|date=June 2024}} Actors who obtained their career breaks working for Corman include [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Peter Fonda]], [[Bruce Dern]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Todd Field]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/61501%7C175120/todd-field#biography |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date=November 29, 2015 |title=Todd Field Biography |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208051221/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/61501%7C175120/Todd-Field/biography.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael McDonald (actor)|Michael McDonald]], [[Dennis Hopper]], [[Tommy Lee Jones]], [[Talia Shire]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Robert De Niro]], and [[David Carradine]], who received one of his first starring film roles in the Corman-produced ''[[Boxcar Bertha]]'' (1972) and went on to star in ''[[Death Race 2000]]'' (along with [[Sylvester Stallone]]). Many of Corman's protegés have paid their mentor homage by awarding him cameos in films, such as in ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'',<ref name="imagesjournal">{{cite web |url=http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue09/features/rogercorman/ |title=Roger Corman on The Blair Witch Project and why Mean Streets would have made a great blaxploitation film. Interview by Andrew J. Rausch. |work=Images Journal |access-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901055248/https://www.imagesjournal.com/issue09/features/rogercorman/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfax.com/archives/amc_monsterized/roger_corman.html|title=Roger Corman: Legendary AIP Director Monsterizes AMC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205231122/http://www.filmfax.com/archives/amc_monsterized/roger_corman.html|archive-date=2007-02-05}}</ref> ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'',<ref name="EW"/> and as recently as the Demme film ''[[Rachel Getting Married]]'' (2008).{{fact|date=June 2024}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Name !First Corman film !Year !Credited as |- |[[Allan Arkush]] |''[[Hollywood Boulevard (1976 film)]]'' |1976 |director, producer |- |[[George Armitage]] |''[[Gas-s-s-s]]'' |1970 |writer, associate producer, cast member |- |[[Paul Bartel]] |''[[Death Race 2000]]'' |1975 | rowspan="2" |director |- |[[Timur Bekmambetov]] |''[[The Arena (2001 film)|The Arena]]'' |2001 |- |[[Peter Bogdanovich]] |''[[Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women]]'' |1968 |director, cast member |- |[[James Cameron]] |''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'' |1980 |art direction, visual effects |- |[[Francis Ford Coppola]] |''[[Battle Beyond the Sun]]'' |1962 |director (scenes in American version) |- |[[Joe Dante]] |''[[Hollywood Boulevard (1976 film)|Hollywood Boulevard]]'' |1976 |co-director, editor |- |[[Jonathan Demme]] |''[[Angels Hard as They Come]]'' |1971 |writer, producer |- |[[Todd Field]] | rowspan="2" |''[[Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy]]'' |1989 |actor |- |[[Carl Franklin]] |1989 |actor, writer, director |- |[[Mark Goldblatt]] |''[[Eat My Dust!]]'' |1976 |production assistant, associate editor |- |[[Curtis Hanson]] |''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' |1970 |co-writer |- |[[Monte Hellman]] |''[[Beast from Haunted Cave]]'' |1959 |director |- |[[Jack Hill]] |''[[The Terror (1963 film)|The Terror]]'' |1963 |writer |- |[[James Horner]] |[[The Lady in Red (1979 film)|''The Lady in Red'']] |1979 |composer |- |[[Ron Howard]] |''[[Grand Theft Auto (film)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' |1977 |director, co-writer |- |[[Gale Anne Hurd]] |''[[Humanoids from the Deep]]'' |1980 |production assistant |- |[[Janusz Kamiński]] |''[[Saturday the 14th Strikes Back]]'' |1988 |gaffer, chief lighting technician, cinematographer |- |[[Jonathan Kaplan]] |''[[Night Call Nurses]]'' |1972 |director, editor |- |[[Dick Miller]] |''[[Apache Woman (1955 film)|Apache Woman]]'' |1955 |actor |- |[[Jack Nicholson]] |''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' |1960 |actor |- |[[Phedon Papamichael]] |''[[Dance of the Damned]]'' |1988 | rowspan="2" |cinematographer |- |[[Nicolas Roeg]] |''[[The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'' |1964 |- |[[John Sayles]] |''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'' |1978 |writer |- |[[Martin Scorsese]] |''[[Boxcar Bertha]]'' |1972 |director |- |[[Katt Shea]] |''[[Stripped to Kill]]'' |1987 |writer, director, cast member |- |[[Robert Towne]] |''[[Last Woman on Earth]]'' |1960 |writer, cast member |- |[[Irvin Kershner]] |''[[Stakeout on Dope Street]]'' |1958 |director, writer |}
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