Editing Roger Corman

{{Short description|American film director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Roger Corman
| image              = Filmmaker Roger Corman, portrait, 1978 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Roger Corman in 1978
| birth_name         = Roger William Corman
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1926|04|05}}
| birth_place        = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2024|05|09|1926|04|05}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = 
| alma_mater         = [[Stanford University]] (BS, Industrial Engineering, 1947)<ref name="STANFORDALUMNIMAGAZINE"/>
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film director|producer|actor}}
| years_active       = 1954–2024
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Julie Corman|Julie Halloran]]|December 26, 1970}}
| children           = 4
| relatives          = [[Gene Corman]] (brother)
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance    = {{flag|United States|1912}}
| branch        = {{navy|USA}}
| battles       = [[World War II]]
| serviceyears  = 1944–1946}}
| signature          = Roger Corman signature.svg
}}

'''Roger William Corman''' (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2006/great-directors/corman/|title=Roger Corman • Great Director profile • Senses of Cinema|website=sensesofcinema.com|date=December 29, 2001|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512140400/http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/great-directors/corman/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/roger-corman-9257734|title=Roger Corman|website=Biography|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410141327/https://www.biography.com/people/roger-corman-9257734|url-status=dead}}</ref> Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the [[New Hollywood]]", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of [[independent film]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leeder|first1=Murray|title=Roger Corman: Cinema and Media Studies|year=2019 |publisher=Oxford Biographies |doi=10.1093/OBO/9780199791286-0315}}</ref>

Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as ''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'' (1959), ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (1960), ''[[The Intruder (1962 film)|The Intruder]]'' (1962), ''[[X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes]]'' (1963), and the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] films ''[[The Wild Angels]]'' (1966) and ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (1967). ''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of [[Edgar Allan Poe]], and which collectively came to be known as the "[[American_International_Pictures#The_Corman-Poe_cycle|Poe Cycle]]".<ref name=olsen>{{cite web|last=Olsen|first=Eric B.|title=Roger Corman|url=http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/corman.html|work=History of Horror|access-date=April 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121141802/http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/corman.html|archive-date=January 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bullock|first=Paul|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/tales-of-terror-roger-cormans-poe-cycle/|title=Tales of Terror: Roger Corman's Poe Cycle |website=Starburst Magazine |access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>

In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the [[Cinémathèque française]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.melbournecinematheque.org/category/present-year/roger-corman-fast-cheap-under-control-2013/ |work=The Melbourne Cinémathèque|title=Roger Corman – Fast, Cheap & Under Control |access-date=August 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622062009/http://www.melbournecinematheque.org/category/present-year/roger-corman-fast-cheap-under-control-2013 |archive-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref> as well as in the [[British Film Institute]] and the [[Museum of Modern Art]]. He was the co-founder of [[New World Pictures]], the founder of [[New Concorde]] and was a longtime member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oscars.org/governors-awards/2009/roger-corman|title=Roger Corman|date=September 17, 2014|work=Oscars.org|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002044929/http://oscars.org/governors-awards/2009/roger-corman|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, he was awarded an [[Academy Honorary Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/movies/awardsseason/10corman.html|title=The Oscars – Roger Corman, King of the B's, Takes His Place on the A List|last=Rafferty|first=Terrence|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 8, 2010|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075917/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/movies/awardsseason/10corman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/11/roger_corman_to_receive_honora.html|title=Roger Corman to receive honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement|work=NOLA.com|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075419/http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/11/roger_corman_to_receive_honora.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman was also famous for handling the U.S. distribution of many films by noted foreign directors, including [[Federico Fellini]] (Italy), [[Ingmar Bergman]] (Sweden), [[François Truffaut]] (France) and [[Akira Kurosawa]] (Japan). He mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as [[Francis Ford Coppola]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/19/scorsese-to-de-niro-10-hollywood-greats-who-got-their-start-with-roger-corman/slide/francis-ford-coppola/|title=Scorsese to De Niro: 10 Hollywood Greats Who Got Their Start with Roger Corman|magazine=Time|access-date=September 18, 2017|issn=0040-781X|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512140027/https://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/19/scorsese-to-de-niro-10-hollywood-greats-who-got-their-start-with-roger-corman/slide/francis-ford-coppola/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ron Howard]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/features/ron-howard-big-break-roger-corman-1201658524/|title=How Roger Corman Gave Ron Howard His First Big Break|last=Gaita|first=Paul|date=December 10, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030155312/http://variety.com/2015/film/features/ron-howard-big-break-roger-corman-1201658524/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Martin Scorsese]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/watch-martin-scorsese-talk-about-roger-corman-in-a-scene-from-cormans-world-50529/|title=Watch Martin Scorsese Talk About Roger Corman in a Scene from 'Corman's World'|date=December 15, 2011|agency=IndieWire|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192823/http://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/watch-martin-scorsese-talk-about-roger-corman-in-a-scene-from-cormans-world-50529/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jonathan Demme]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-archive-jonathan-demme-20170426-story.html|title=Jonathan Demme on his transition from exploitation movies to his 'best work': 'Silence of the Lambs'|date=February 10, 1991|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 18, 2017|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919125453/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-archive-jonathan-demme-20170426-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Bogdanovich]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=[[Targets (film)|Targets]] (An Introduction by Peter Bogdanovich) |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Paramount Pictures]] |location=Los Angeles, California |date=1968}}</ref> [[Joe Dante]],<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=[[House of Usher (film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]] (Legend to Legend: Joe Dante Reflects Upon Roger Corman and the Poe Cycle) |medium=Blu-ray Disc |publisher=[[Arrow Video]] |location=Hertfordshire, UK |date=1960}}</ref> [[John Sayles]],<ref name="EW.com">{{Cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2009/11/13/roger-corman-martin-scorsese-dennis-hopper/|title=Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512140129/https://ew.com/article/2009/11/13/roger-corman-martin-scorsese-dennis-hopper/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[James Cameron]],<ref name="NYT Review – Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/41915/Roger-Corman-Hollywood-s-Wild-Angel/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120222502/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/41915/Roger-Corman-Hollywood-s-Wild-Angel/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2008 |title=Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978) |last=Maslin |first=Janet |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=2008 |quote=Among the Corman associates and protegees interviewed are David Carradine, Peter Fonda, Ron Howard, Paul Bartel, Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante and Peter Bogdanovich.}}</ref><ref>On Demme, see Charlie Rose (PBS), first aired April 29, 2017.</ref> and was highly influential in the [[New Hollywood]] filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/roger-corman/|title=10 Ways B-Movie Master Roger Corman Changed Filmmaking|last=Steuer|first=Eric|magazine=WIRED|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=November 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119122924/https://www.wired.com/2011/12/roger-corman/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nofilmschool.com/2017/02/watch-how-roger-corman-gave-birth-new-hollywood|title=Watch: How Roger Corman Gave Rise to Scorsese, Coppola, and New Hollywood|date=February 15, 2017|work=No Film School|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075728/https://nofilmschool.com/2017/02/watch-how-roger-corman-gave-birth-new-hollywood|url-status=live}}</ref> He also helped to launch the careers of actors including [[Peter Fonda]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://old.cinapse.co/2016/04/14/roger-corman-peter-fonda-jack-nicholson-take-audiences-trip/|title=Roger Corman, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson Take Audiences on THE TRIP|date=April 14, 2016|work=Cinapse|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192843/http://old.cinapse.co/2016/04/14/roger-corman-peter-fonda-jack-nicholson-take-audiences-trip/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jack Nicholson]],<ref name="NYT Review – Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel" /> [[Dennis Hopper]],<ref name="EW.com"/> [[Bruce Dern]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/192130-the-wild-angels-2495543465.html|title='The Wild Angels' Lays Out the Rules of the Biker Film|date=April 22, 2015|work=PopMatters|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133750/https://www.popmatters.com/192130-the-wild-angels-2495543465.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Diane Ladd]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-ca-mn-classic-hollywood-20151227-story.html|title=Diane Ladd sees kindred spirit in 'Joy' costar Jennifer Lawrence|last=King|first=Susan|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 24, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192904/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-ca-mn-classic-hollywood-20151227-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[William Shatner]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/watch-roger-corman-on-working-with-william-shatner-on-the-intruder|title=Watch: Roger Corman on working with William Shatner on The Intruder|last=Sagers|first=Aaron|date=October 31, 2017|work=Syfy|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928000053/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/watch-roger-corman-on-working-with-william-shatner-on-the-intruder|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- References needed for every name. -->

Corman occasionally acted in films by directors who started with him, including ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://publicdomainlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/roger-corman-cameo-in-godfather-part-ii/|title=Roger Corman cameo in Godfather Part II|date=October 4, 2012|work=Public Domain Library|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075751/https://publicdomainlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/roger-corman-cameo-in-godfather-part-ii/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://decider.com/2016/02/12/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-silence-of-the-lambs/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Silence Of The Lambs'|date=February 12, 2016|work=Decider|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512140021/https://decider.com/2016/02/12/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-silence-of-the-lambs/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/roger-corman/|title=Roger Corman|last=Empire|website=Empire|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201080222/https://www.empireonline.com/people/roger-corman/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' (1995),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128873305|title=Repertoire Of Horrors: The Films Of Roger Corman|work=NPR|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075421/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128873305|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/nov/21/markkermode|title=First, drill a hole in his head...|last=Kermode|first=Mark|date=November 21, 2004|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512140329/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/nov/21/markkermode|url-status=live}}</ref> A documentary about Corman's life and career titled ''[[Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel]]'', directed by Alex Stapleton, premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] and [[Cannes Film Festival]]s in 2011. The film's TV rights were picked up by [[A&E Networks|A&E IndieFilms]] after a well-received screening at Sundance.<ref name=mcn>{{cite web|title=A&E IndieFilms Invests in Sundance Entry "Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel"|url=http://moviecitynews.com/2011/01/ae-indiefilms-invests-in-and-acquires-television-rights-to-sundance-film-festival-entry-%E2%80%9Ccorman%E2%80%99s-world-exploits-of-a-hollywood-rebel%E2%80%9D/|work=Movie City News|access-date=April 19, 2013|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106184756/http://moviecitynews.com/2011/01/ae-indiefilms-invests-in-and-acquires-television-rights-to-sundance-film-festival-entry-%E2%80%9Ccorman%E2%80%99s-world-exploits-of-a-hollywood-rebel%E2%80%9D/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Corman was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], to Anne (née High) and William Corman, an engineer of [[Russian Jewish]] descent.<ref name=owe>{{Cite book|last=H.W. Wilson Company|title=Current Biography Yearbook|publisher=New York|year=1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Roger Corman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/12/roger-corman-obituary |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 12, 2024 |access-date=July 19, 2024}}</ref> His younger brother, [[Gene Corman|Gene]], produced numerous films, sometimes in collaboration with Roger.<ref name=owe/> Corman was raised in his mother's Catholic faith.<ref>''How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime'', by Roger Corman, 1998, p. 4</ref>

Corman went to [[Beverly Hills High School]] and then to [[Stanford University]] to study industrial engineering. While at Stanford, Corman realized he did not want to be an engineer. He enlisted in the [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] when he still had six months of study to complete. After serving in the [[United States Navy]] from 1944 to 1946, he returned to Stanford to finish his degree, receiving a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[industrial engineering]] in 1947.<ref name="STANFORDALUMNIMAGAZINE">[https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=29323 "The Award of a Lifetime for Roger Corman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303000531/https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=29323 |date=March 3, 2021}}, ''Stanford Alumni Magazine'', January/February 2010.</ref> While at Stanford University, Corman was initiated in the fraternity [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]].

In 1948, he worked briefly at U.S. Electrical Motors on [[Slauson Avenue]] in Los Angeles, but his career in engineering lasted only four days; he began work on Monday and quit on Thursday, telling his boss "I've made a terrible mistake." Soon after that he found work at [[20th Century Fox]] as a messenger in the mail room, earning $32.50 per week.<ref>{{cite web|last=Holte|first=Michael Ned|title=Value Engineering: Roger Corman with his own Context|url=http://www.eastofborneo.org/articles/value-engineering-roger-corman-within-his-own-context|publisher=East of Borneo|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120044946/https://eastofborneo.org/articles/value-engineering-roger-corman-within-his-own-context/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== 1950–1959: Early film career ===
Corman worked his way up to a story reader. The one property that he liked the most and provided ideas for was filmed as ''[[The Gunfighter]]'' with [[Gregory Peck]]. When Corman received no credit at all, he left Fox and decided he would work in film by himself. Under the [[G.I. Bill]], Corman studied English literature at the [[University of Oxford]] and lived in Paris for a time.<ref name="VarietyObit">{{Cite news |last1=Natale |first1=Richard |last2=Gray |first2=Tim |title=Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512020254/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/ |archive-date=2024-05-12 |url-status=live |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2024-05-12}}</ref>

Corman then returned to Los Angeles and tried to re-establish himself in the film industry. He took various jobs, including television stagehand at [[KCOP-TV|KLAC-TV]] and a messenger at Fox. He worked as an assistant to literary agent Dick Hyland.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=1952-02-13|page=74|title=Hollywood}}</ref>

Corman wrote a script in his spare time and sold it to [[William F. Broidy]] at [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists]] for US$2,000 ({{Inflation|US|2000|1954|fmt=eq}}). "Dick thought it was funny and let me pay myself a commission," said Corman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/features/king-of-bs-roger-corman-started-out-with-an-agency-gig-1201506765/ |website=Variety |date=May 29, 2015 |title='King of B's' Roger Corman Remembers His Stint as an Agent Vice President |first=Steven |last=Gaydos |access-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213200704/http://variety.com/2015/film/features/king-of-bs-roger-corman-started-out-with-an-agency-gig-1201506765/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Originally called ''House in the Sea'', it was retitled ''[[Highway Dragnet]]'' (1954) and starred [[Richard Conte]] and [[Joan Bennett]]. Corman also worked as associate producer on the film for nothing, just for the experience.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Corman used his script fee and personal contacts to raise US$12,000 ({{Inflation|US|12000|1954|fmt=eq}}) to produce his first feature, a science-fiction film, ''[[Monster from the Ocean Floor]]'' (1954). It was produced by Corman's own company, Palo Alto, and released by [[Robert L. Lippert]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMYf7vlGQn0C&pg=PA94|pages=94–95|title=Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup|first=Tom|last=Weaver|publisher=McFarland|date=2006|isbn=9780786428588}}</ref>

The film did well enough to encourage Corman to produce another film, the racing-car thriller ''[[The Fast and the Furious (1954 film)|The Fast and the Furious]]'' (1955), directed by its star, [[John Ireland (actor)|John Ireland]], and co-starring [[Dorothy Malone]]. (Decades later, the title would be licensed from Corman for [[The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)|a blockbuster film of the same name]].) Corman sold the movie to a new independent company, the [[American Releasing Company]] (ARC), run by [[James H. Nicholson]] and [[Samuel Z. Arkoff]]. Although Corman had a number of offers for the film from Republic and Columbia, he elected to go with ARC, because they undertook to advance money to enable him to make two more movies.<ref>{{cite book|pages=120–121|title=The Directors Take Three|url=https://archive.org/details/The_Directors_Take_Three/page/n129/mode/1up/search/%22fast+and+the+furious%22?q=corman+%22fast+and+the+furious%22|first=Robert J.|last=Emery|publisher=Allworth Press|year=2003}}</ref>

Corman's second film for ARC was one he decided to direct, ''[[Five Guns West]]'' (1955), a Western, made in color for around $60,000, with Malone and [[John Lund (actor)|John Lund]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Seven Theaters Offer 'Sabrina'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 24, 1954|page=14}}</ref> The script was written by [[Robert Wright Campbell]], who worked with Corman on several more occasions. Corman announced he would make four more projects for ARC: ''High Steel'', ''Cobra'', ''Fortress Beneath the Sea'', and an untitled film from Campbell.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paul Schofield Gets Huston Attention|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 9, 1955|page=21}}</ref> Instead, Corman did some uncredited directing on ''[[The Beast with a Million Eyes]]'' (1955), then made another Western, ''[[Apache Woman (1955 film)|Apache Woman]]'' (1955), starring [[Lloyd Bridges]], written by [[Lou Rusoff]]. Rusoff and Corman reunited on ''[[Day the World Ended]]'' (1955), a postapocalyptic science-fiction film, which was popular.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety201-1956-02/page/n208/mode/1up/search/%22apache+woman%22+?q=%22apache+woman%22+variety|magazine=Variety|title=$65,000 'Day' may hit $1,000,000|date=February 22, 1956|page=3}}</ref>

Corman was to make ''The Devil on Horseback'' by [[Charles B. Griffith]] about the [[Brownsville Raid]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Story of Ex-Fighter to Be Dramatic Film|author= Hopper, Hedda.|work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 12, 1955|page=12}}</ref> but it was too expensive. The [[Woolner Brothers]], Louisiana drive-in owners, financed Corman's ''[[Swamp Women]]'' (1956), a girls-on-the-lam saga. He returned to ARC for two Westerns, ''[[The Oklahoma Woman]]'' (1956) and ''[[Gunslinger (film)|Gunslinger]]'' (1956) (with Ireland); ''Gunslinger'' was co-written by Griffith, who became a crucial collaborator with Corman over the next five years. He bought a script from [[Curtis Harrington]], ''The Girl from Beneath the Sea''.<ref>{{cite news|title='Matador' is eyed by two studios: Allied and United Artists Are Discussing Plan to Sponsor Jointly Conrad Novel R.K.O. to Share Arness Of Local Origin|first=Thomas M.|last=Pryor|newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 12, 1956|page=23}}</ref> Harrington made it for Corman years later as ''[[Night Tide]]'' (1961).

[[Beverly Garland]], one of Corman's early regular stock players, recalled working with him:

<blockquote>Roger made us work hard and long, I remember that! He was always fascinating to me, a fascinating man – and a good businessman! He had such incredible energy, it was tremendous – he was a dynamo to be around. I always knew he was going to be a huge success because there was no stopping him. He just made up his mind that he was going to be a success and that was it.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weaver|first1=Tom|title=Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup|url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/interviews-with-b-science-fiction-and-horror-movie-makers/|year=1988|page=54|access-date=February 16, 2023|archive-date=February 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216005921/https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/interviews-with-b-science-fiction-and-horror-movie-makers/|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

[[File:Baseline Drive-in Ad - 5 April 1957, Highland, CA.jpg|thumb| left|[[Drive-in theater|Drive-in]] advertisement from 1957 for the double feature, ''[[Attack of the Crab Monsters]]'' and ''[[Not of This Earth (1957 film)|Not of This Earth]]''. Corman films were popular on the drive-in circuit, and generally marketed towards a teenage audience.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dirks|first=Tim|title=The History of Film The 1950s|url=https://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html|website=[[Filmsite]]|access-date=March 1, 2023|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301055511/https://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
ARC changed its name to American International Pictures. Corman was established as their leading filmmaker. They financed Corman's next film as director, the science-fiction story ''[[It Conquered the World]]'' (1956). Co-written by Griffith, it was a follow-up to ''The Day the World Ended''. It was a big hit.

He optioned a TV play, ''The Stake'', and hoped to get [[Dana Andrews]] to star.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Drama: Gable, Turner Costar Deal Foreseen; Andrews Indicated for 'Stake'|author=Schallert, Edwin.|date=April 24, 1956|work=Los Angeles Times|page=21}}</ref> It was never made. Instead, [[Walter Mirisch]] of [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists]] hired Corman to make ''[[The Undead (film)|The Undead]]'' (1957), inspired by ''[[The Search for Bridey Murphy]]''. Griffith wrote the script. In June, Corman made a science-fiction film for Allied Artists,  ''[[Not of This Earth (1957 film)|Not of this Earth]]'' (1957), written by Griffith. In August 1956, AIP financed a Corman heist movie shot in Hawaii, ''[[Naked Paradise]]'' (1957), co-written by Griffith. Corman shot it back-to-back with a movie made with his own money, ''[[She Gods of Shark Reef]]'' (1958). Corman wound up selling the movie to AIP. Corman and Griffith reunited in ''[[Attack of the Crab Monsters]]'' (1957) for Allied, which wound up being one of his most successful early films.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Flynn, Sanders, Raft Sought as Stellar Trio; 'Sheep Man' Keel Film|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 28, 1956|page=25}}</ref>

For his own production company, Corman made a rock-and-roll "quickle", ''[[Carnival Rock]]'' (1957), released by Howco. ''[[Rock All Night]]'' (1957) was a heist film written by Griffith expanded from a TV play, "The Little Guy", with musical acts inserted.<ref>{{cite news|title=Film Events: Prize TV Play Will Be Filmed|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 6, 1956|page=B2}}</ref> He was meant to make ''Rock'n'Roll Girl'' for AIP in December 1957.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Tin Star' Filming Set in Black and White|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 11, 1956|page=F12}}</ref> In April 1957, Corman announced he would try to make two films back-to-back from then on to save costs.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety206-1957–05/page/n9/mode/1up/search/%22roger+corman%22?q=%28%22roger+corman%22%29+AND+creator%3A%28variety%29|title=Shoot Two Features Together|page=10|date=May 1, 1957}}</ref>

Corman made two "teen girl noirs", ''[[Teenage Doll]]'' (1957) for the [[Woolner Brothers]] and ''[[Sorority Girl]]'' (1957), starring [[Susan Cabot]] for AIP.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Brian Donlevy Will Do 'Golden Spur' on Own; Schell Term-Pacted|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=June 14, 1957|work=Los Angeles Times|page=A9}}</ref> For AIP, he made ''[[The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent]]'' (1957), shot in August 1957.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Movieland Events: 'Viking Women' Soon Descending on Films|work=Los Angeles Times  |date=June 17, 1957|page=C12}}</ref> He was meant to follow this with ''Teenage Jungle'' by Tony Miller.<ref>{{cite news|title=Movieland Events: 'Tomorrow's Miracle,' Masaryk Story Set|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 18, 1957|page=C6}}
</ref> The success of ''Not of this Earth'' and ''Crab Monsters'' led to Allied offering Corman a four-picture deal for 1958.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Movieland Events: Hollywood Story Promises Novelty|work=Los Angeles Times  |date=September 6, 1957|page=24}}</ref>

Corman received his first serious critical praise for ''[[Machine-Gun Kelly (film)|Machine-Gun Kelly]]'' (1958), an AIP biopic of [[Machine Gun Kelly (gangster)|the famous gangster]], which gave [[Charles Bronson]] his first leading role and co-starred Cabot. Campbell wrote the script. Also for AIP, he did ''[[Teenage Caveman (1958 film)|Teenage Caveman]]'' (1958), with [[Robert Vaughn]], originally titled ''Prehistoric World''. He helped produce two films for Allied Artists, both from scripts by [[Leo Gordon]]: ''[[Hot Car Girl]]'' (1958), directed by [[Bernard Kowalski]] and produced by his brother Gene (the first film they made together) from a script by Gordon; and ''[[The Cry Baby Killer]]'' (1958), which gave [[Jack Nicholson]] his first starring role.<ref name="HRObit">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/roger-corman-dead-independent-director-producer-king-of-the-b-1235896846/|title=Roger Corman, Giant of Independent Filmmaking, Dies at 98|date=May 12, 2024 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512032035/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/roger-corman-dead-independent-director-producer-king-of-the-b-1235896846/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He had his biggest budget yet for ''[[I Mobster]]'' (1958), a gangster story, co-produced by [[Edward L. Alperson]] and Corman's brother Gene for 20th Century Fox. In September 1958, he was reported as scouting locations in Australia to do a remake of [[H. Rider Haggard]]'s ''[[She: A History of Adventure|She]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Shocker Pioneers Tell How to Make Monsters: Want to Make a Monster? Experts Tell How It's Done|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|date=September 21, 1958|work=Los Angeles Times|page=E1}}</ref> ''[[War of the Satellites]]'' (1958) was conceived and shot in record time to take advantage of the Sputnik launch; it was his first collaboration with art director [[Daniel Haller]]. Corman also produced, but did not direct, ''[[Stakeout on Dope Street]]'' (1958), directed by [[Irvin Kershner]], ''[[Night of the Blood Beast]]'' (1958), directed by Kowalski for AIP, using leftover costumes from ''Teenage Caveman'', and ''[[Crime and Punishment U.S.A.]]'' (1959), directed by Dennis Sanders with [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]] in his first lead role.<ref>C. Gerald Fraser, obituary of Denis Sanders in ''New York Times'', Dec. 15, 1987. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/88130/Crime-and-Punishment-USA/overview {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709135734/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/88130/Crime-and-Punishment-USA/overview |date=2012-07-09}}.</ref>

=== The Filmgroup ===
[[File:Barboura Morris & Susan Cabot in The Wasp Woman (1959).jpg|thumb| right|[[Barboura Morris]] and [[Susan Cabot]] in a scene from ''[[The Wasp Woman]]'' (1959)]]
In January 1959, Corman announced he would be moving into distribution.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety213-1959–01/page/n313/mode/1up/search/%22roger+corman%22?q=%28%22roger+corman%22%29+AND+creator%3A%28variety%29|page=23|title=Roger Corman seeks own distribution|date=January 14, 1959}}</ref>

In 1959, Corman founded [[The Filmgroup]] with his brother Gene, a company producing or releasing low-budget black-and-white films as [[double feature]]s for drive-ins and action houses.<ref>pp. 22–41 Ray, Fred Olen "Filmgroup" in ''The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors'' McFarland, 1991</ref> In February 1959, Filmgroup announced they would release 10 films. Their first movies were ''[[High School Big Shot]]'' (1959) and ''[[T-Bird Gang]]'' (1959), produced by Stanley Bickman.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety213-1959–02/page/n162/mode/1up/search/%22roger+corman%22?q=%28%22roger+corman%22%29+AND+creator%3A%28variety%29|title=Roger Corman Sets 10 to Nourish Filmgroup|date=February 18, 1959|page=3}}</ref>
{{quote box|quote= Roger seemed a driven man. Roger wanted to accomplish a lot, he had to have a lot of drive to do it, and he pushed through. He not only pushed through, he ''punched'' through! With a lot of energy, and a lot of disregard at times... What we did for Roger Corman – I mean, things that you could never do in a real studio, but you did for this guy! Everything seemed unreal with him.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weaver|first1=Tom|title=Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup|url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/interviews-with-b-science-fiction-and-horror-movie-makers/|year=1988|page=69|access-date=February 16, 2023|archive-date=February 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216005921/https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/interviews-with-b-science-fiction-and-horror-movie-makers/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />– [[Susan Cabot]]|width=25%|align=left|style=padding:8px;}}
For AIP, Corman and Griffith made a black comedy, ''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'' (1959). Corman announced he would follow it with a similar comedy, ''The Bloodshot Private Eye''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gwen Verdon Will Bring In 'Redhead': City Assured of Star, Play; Acting 'Vacation' to De Sica|author=Scheuer, Philip K.|date=December 18, 1959|work=Los Angeles Times|page=C9}}</ref> It does not seem to have been made. Instead, Griffith reused the same script structure and Corman employed many of the same cast in ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (1960). This film was reputedly shot in two days and one night.<ref>{{cite news|author=Simpson, MJ|date=September 23, 1995|title=Interview with Roger Corman|url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/rogercorman.html|access-date=October 24, 2007|quote="I shot Little Shop of Horrors in two days and a night for about $30,000, and the picture has lasted all these years."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073909/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/rogercorman.html|archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

For Filmgroup, Corman directed ''[[The Wasp Woman]]'' (1959), starring Cabot from a script by Gordon. His brother and he made two films back-to-back in South Dakota: ''[[Ski Troop Attack]]'' (1960), a war movie written by Griffith and directed by Corman, and ''[[Beast from Haunted Cave]]'' (1959), the first film directed by [[Monte Hellman]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gray|first=Tim|date=2021-04-20|title=Monte Hellman, 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Director, Dies at 91|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/obituaries-people-news/monte-hellman-dead-dies-director-two-lane-blacktop-1234956241/|access-date=May 12, 2024|work=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421152104/https://variety.com/2021/film/obituaries-people-news/monte-hellman-dead-dies-director-two-lane-blacktop-1234956241/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman went to [[Puerto Rico]] and produced another two films back-to-back: ''[[Battle of Blood Island]]'' (1960), directed by [[Joel Rapp]], and ''[[Last Woman on Earth]]'' (1960), directed by Corman from a script by [[Robert Towne]]. Filming on these two films went so quickly and incentivized by the tax breaks on offer for filming in Puerto Rico, Corman commissioned Griffith to write a third, which was shot at the same time: ''[[Creature from the Haunted Sea]]'' (1961).<ref>{{cite book |last=Weaver |first=Tom |title=Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews |year=2003 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=0-7864-1366-2 |pages=189–192}}</ref>

Corman was going to make ''Part Time Mother'' from a script by Griffith<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167569403}}|title= Genet's 'deathwatch' to be given locally|date=December 23, 1959|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> but it appears to have never been made.

=== 1960–1969: Adaptations and studio work ===
[[File:House of Usher (1960) - Poster.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), Corman's first [[Edgar Allan Poe]] adaptation]]
AIP wanted Corman to make two horror films for them, in black and white, at under $100,000 each on a 10-day shooting schedule. Corman, however, was tired of making films on this sort of budget and was worried the market for them was in decline. He proposed making a film in color for $200,000, shot over 15 days. Corman proposed an adaptation of "[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and AIP agreed. The film was announced in May 1959.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmland Events: Ilona Massey Signed for Airplane Drama|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 5, 1959|page=A13}}</ref>

[[Richard Matheson]] was hired to do the adaptation and [[Vincent Price]] was brought in to star; Haller did the art direction. The resulting film, ''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), shot in early 1960, was a critical and commercial hit.

Following this, Corman bought two scripts, ''Sob Sisters Don't Cry'' and ''Cop Killer''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167672426}}|title=Filmland Events|date=February 13, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In March 1960, Corman announced that Filmgroup would be part of an international production group, Compass Productions.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167593632}}|title=Filmland Events|date=March 17, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> He directed a [[Sword-and-sandal|peplum]] in Greece, ''[[Atlas (1961 film)|Atlas]]'', (1961) in August.

He was going to direct a thriller from a script by [[Robert Towne]], ''I Flew a Spy Plane Over Russia''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167750888}}|title=Filmland Events|date=June 2, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was not made; neither were two comedies he was to make with [[Dick Miller]] and Jon Haze, ''Murder at the Convention''<ref>{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-steals/135618578/|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=July 13, 1960|title=Hollywood steals political thunder|id={{ProQuest|167722969}}|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122235026/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-steals/135618578/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Pan and the Satyrs''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167823876}}|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=November 15, 1960|title=Harrison, portman up for 'sherlock'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|via=ProQuest}}</ref>

''House of Usher'' had been so successful that AIP wanted a follow-up, and Corman, Haller, Matheson and Price reunited on ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961). It was another sizable hit, and the "[[American International Pictures#List of Corman-Poe films|Poe cycle]]" of films was underway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8237--the-house-is-the-monster-roger-corman-s-poe-cycle|title="The House Is the Monster": Roger Corman's Poe Cycle|publisher=Criterion|accessdate=13 May 2024|archive-date=March 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306232936/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8237--the-house-is-the-monster-roger-corman-s-poe-cycle|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman hired [[Charles Beaumont]] to write ''Masque of the Red Death'' and announced two films, ''Captain Nemo and the Floating City''<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167799171}}|title=Zweig's 'jeremiah' bought for film|date=March 2, 1961|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and ''House of Secrets''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167833005}}|title=Hitler announced as subject of two films|date=March 31, 1961|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

=== ''The Intruder'' ===
Following ''The Pit and the Pendulum'', Corman directed one of [[William Shatner]]'s earliest appearances in a lead role with ''[[The Intruder (1962 film)|The Intruder]]'' (a.k.a. ''The Stranger'', 1962). Based on a novel by [[Charles Beaumont]], the film was co-produced by Gene Corman and was shot in July and August 1961.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Intruder|url= http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/the_intruder_corman.htm|work=DVD Beaver |access-date=April 19, 2013|archive-date=July 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712060932/http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/the_intruder_corman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It took a while for the film to be released and it lost money.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|168300813}}|author=Seidenbaum, A.|date=March 23, 1963|title=Chained by Timidity|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Corman was unhappy with his profit participation on the first two Poe films, so he made a third adaptation for different producers, ''[[The Premature Burial (film)|The Premature Burial]]'' (1962), written by [[Charles Beaumont]] and starring [[Ray Milland]]. The film was co-financed by Pathe labs; AIP put pressure on Pathe by threatening to withdraw lab work from them and ended up buying out their interest.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Corman|first1=Roger|last2=Jerome|first2=Jim|title=How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime|date=1990|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0306808749|pages=[https://archive.org/details/howimadehundredm00corm/page/83 83]–84|url=https://archive.org/details/howimadehundredm00corm|url-access=registration|quote=Premature Burial.|access-date=January 30, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

For producer [[Edward Small]], Corman made a historical horror piece about [[Richard III]], ''[[Tower of London (1962 film)|Tower of London]]'' (1962), starring [[Vincent Price]]. It was meant to be the first in a three-picture deal with Small, but Corman did not enjoy working with the producer.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nasr|first= Constantine|title=Roger Corman: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)|page=17|publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]]|location=Jackson, Mississippi|date=2011|isbn=978-1617031663}}</ref>

For Filmgroup, he also bought the rights to a Soviet science-fiction film, ''[[Nebo Zovyot]]'' (1959) and had some additional footage shot for it by his then-assistant, Francis Ford Coppola; the result was ''[[Battle Beyond the Sun]]'' (1962). He also released ''[[The Magic Voyage of Sinbad]]'' (1962), dubbed from a Soviet film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/the-magic-voyage-of-sinbad|title=The Magic Voyage of Sinbad|date=May 12, 1962 |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>

The fourth Poe was an anthology, ''[[Tales of Terror]]'' (1962), shot in late 1961. One of the installments, "The Black Cat", was a comedy, inspiring Corman to do a whole Poe story comedically next: ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963). Later, Corman used the sets for that film for ''[[The Terror (1963 film)|The Terror]]'' (1963), made for Filmgroup but released by AIP, and starring [[Boris Karloff]] (whose scenes were all shot in two days) and Jack Nicholson. Corman did not direct all of this film; additional scenes were shot by Monte Hellman, Coppola, and Jack Hill, among others.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

''[[The Young Racers]]'' (1963) was produced and directed by Corman in Europe for AIP, starring and written by Campbell. Working on the film was Francis Ford Coppola, whom Corman financed to make his directorial debut, ''[[Dementia 13]]'' (1963).{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Back in the U.S., Corman made ''[[X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes]]'' (1963), a contemporary science-fiction film for AIP starring [[Ray Milland]]. He followed it with ''[[The Haunted Palace]]'' (1963), ostensibly part of the Poe cycle—it featured Price and was made for AIP, written by Beaumont—but was actually based on a story by [[H. P. Lovecraft]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman directed a war film in Yugoslavia with his brother, ''[[The Secret Invasion]]'' (1964), with [[Stewart Granger]] and [[Mickey Rooney]], from a script by Campbell. Following this, he announced he would make ''The Life of Robert E. Lee'' as part of a four-picture deal with Filmgroup worth $3.75 million. Other movies were ''Fun and Profit'' by Joel Rapp, ''The Wild Surfers'' by John Lamb, and ''Planet of Storms'' by [[Jack Hill]].<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|168397800}}|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=August 30, 1963|title=MGM to assemble comic 'big parade'|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> None of these films was made, nor was ''The Gold Bug'', a Poe adaptation written by Griffith.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|168456531}}|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=November 11, 1963|title=The couch, and I' as harvey session|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

=== End of the Poe cycle and filming in Europe ===
Corman made two Poes in England starring Price, the much-delayed ''[[The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1964), with Campbell rewriting Beaumont's scripts, and ''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]'' (1965), from a script by Robert Towne.<ref name="three">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-moguls-nat-cohen-part-three-1962-68/|date=21 January 2025|access-date=21 January 2025|title=Forgotten British Moguls: Nat Cohen – Part Three (1962-68)}}</ref> Corman made no further Poes; AIP started up a fresh Poe cycle in the late 1960s, but Corman was not part of it.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman got Towne to write a script called ''The Red Baron''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155111194}}|title=Movie Call Sheet|date=March 19, 1965|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> He bought the rights to another Soviet science-fiction film, ''[[Planeta Bur]]'' (1962), and had some additional footage added to it by [[Curtis Harrington]]. The result was ''[[Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet]]'' (1965). Harrington used footage from ''Planeta Bur'' in another film financed by Corman, ''[[Queen of Blood]]'' (1966).{{cn|date=May 2024}}

He also bought the rights to a Yugoslavian film, ''Operation Titan'' (1963), and financed additional shooting by [[Jack Hill]] and [[Stephanie Rothman]]. The result was ''[[Blood Bath]]'' (1966). He also had an investment in the [[beach party film]]s ''[[Beach Ball]]'' (1965) and ''[[It's a Bikini World]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://henryjenkins.org/2007/10/stephanie_rothman.html|title=Exploiting Feminism: An Interview with Stephanie Rothman (Part One)|date=October 15, 2007 |publisher=Confessions of an Aca Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins|access-date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120182507/https://henryjenkins.org/2007/10/stephanie_rothman.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Working for major studios ===
Corman said, "For ten years as an independent I could get financing for $100–$200–$300,000 pictures. Everything had been interesting, artistically satisfying, economically satisfying. But I decided I was going nowhere and wanted to move directly into the business. So I accepted a contract with Columbia."<ref name="columbia" />

In August 1965, Corman announced he had signed a contract with United Artists to make two films over three years. He also signed with Columbia to make a Western, ''The Long Ride Home'', based on a script by Robert Towne.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155292242}}|author=Martin, B.|date=August 2, 1965|title=Movie Call Sheet|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

He was announced for a number of other projects at Columbia: the biopic of [[Robert E. Lee]], an adaptation of ''[[Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]]'', an adaptation of Kafka's ''The Penal Colony'', and a script by novelist Richard Yates about the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]].<ref name="Corman p125">Corman 1990, p. 125.</ref><ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|116987235}}|author=P. B.|date=September 12, 1965|title=Horror with a rich, happy ending|work=The New York Times}}</ref> He intended to make ''The Deserters'' for UA, from a script by Wright, but that was not made either.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155331846}}|author=Martin, B.|date=December 31, 1965|title=Menotti opera to be filmed.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

He later reflected, "Every idea I submitted was considered too strange, too weird; every idea they had seemed too ordinary to me. Ordinary pictures don't make money."<ref name="columbia"/>

=== ''The Wild Angels'' ===
After a year of not directing, Corman took a leave of absence under his contract with Columbia to make a film for AIP, the first biker movie, ''[[The Wild Angels]]''. It starred [[Peter Fonda]] and [[Nancy Sinatra]], from a script by Griffith; [[Peter Bogdanovich]] worked as Corman's assistant. The film opened the 1966 Venice Film Festival and was hugely successful at the box office, making over $6 million on a $350,000 budget and kicking off the "biker movie" cycle.<ref>[[Joan Didion]] said she went to see ''The Wild Angels'' because "there on the screen was some news I was not getting from the ''New York Times''. I began to think I was seeing ideograms of the future." Didion, Joan; ''The White Album''; (1979) p.100</ref>

He wanted to make a film about the [[Manfred von Richthofen|Red Baron]], but Columbia turned it down because of ''[[The Blue Max]]'' (1966). He proposed a movie about the [[St Valentine's Day Massacre]] and also an adaptation of the novel ''Only Lovers Left Alive''.<ref name="columbia"/> [[Nick Ray]] was meant to be making ''Only Lovers'' in Britain.

Corman did begin directing ''Long Ride Home'' with [[Glenn Ford]] at Columbia. However, Corman left production a few weeks into the shoot in June 1966 and was replaced by [[Phil Karlson]].<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155465611}}|author=Martin, B. |date=July 1, 1966|title=Train on a 'foreign' track.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The film was retitled ''[[A Time for Killing]]'' (1967).

Corman received an offer to direct a studio film, ''[[The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)|The St. Valentine's Day Massacre]]'' (1967), for 20th Century Fox, starring [[Jason Robards]] and [[George Segal]]. He did not enjoy the restrictions of working for a major studio. He was given a $2.5 million budget and made it for $400,000 less.<ref name="AIP">Mark McGee, ''Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures'', McFarland, 1996, p. 266</ref> Corman, an independent director, was most comfortable in his own style:  shoestring budgets and shooting schedules measured in days, rather than weeks. Nonetheless, it is generally considered one of his best films as a director.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman was meant to follow this with ''Robert E. Lee'' for United Artists at a budget of $4.5 million.<ref name="columbia">{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155444364}}|author=Thomas, K.|date=June 10, 1966|title=Cormann—whiz kid of the B's|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was not made. Neither was a story Corman optioned, ''The Spy in the Vatican''.<ref name="auto789">{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155433741}}|author=Martin, B.|date=July 12, 1966|title=Filmways inks Jack Clayton|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

=== 1965–1971: Return to independent films ===
{{stack|[[File:Roger Corman on set of The Trip (1967).jpg|thumb|Corman (age 41) on the set of ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (1967).]]}}
Corman continued to finance films for Filmgroup: ''[[Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet]]'' (1965), dubbing a Soviet movie ''[[Planeta Bur]]'' into English with some additional footage shot by Curtis Harrington, ''[[Queen of Blood]]'' (1966), using some Soviet footage but a mostly new film, directed by Harrington, ''[[Blood Bath]]'' (1966), an adapted Yugoslavian film with additional footage shot by [[Stephanie Rothman]] and Jack Hill, and  ''[[Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women]]'' (1967), yet another dubbed version of ''Planeta Bur'' with some additional footage shot by Corman's then-assistant [[Peter Bogdanovich]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman had money in ''[[Navy vs. the Night Monsters]]'' (1967). He financed two Westerns shot back to back in Utah, directed by Monte Hellman and written and co-produced by Jack Nicholson, ''[[The Shooting]]'' (1967) and ''[[Ride in the Whirlwind]]'' (1967), which were never released theatrically in the US but became cult successes several years later.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|156573556}}|author= Thomas, K.|date=October 4, 1970|title=Monte Hellman and Hollywood's best-kept secret|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="auto789"/> He also financed two films directed by Dan Haller, ''[[Devil's Angels]]'' (1967), a follow-up to ''Wild Angels'' written by Griffith, and a car racing film shot in Europe, ''[[The Wild Racers]]'' (1968). He announced a comedy about the population explosion, ''There Just Isn't Any Room'', but it appears to have never been made.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155638079}}|author= Betty. |date=April 22, 1967|title=Senta to play secret agent|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Corman directed ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' for AIP, written by [[Jack Nicholson]] and starring [[Peter Fonda]], [[Dennis Hopper]] and [[Bruce Dern]]. This began the psychedelic film craze of the late 1960s and was the American entry at Cannes that year.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|117483759}}|author=V. C.|date=September 18, 1966|title=Roger Corman: A good man gone to 'pot'|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Corman took [[LSD]] and used the experience to shape the film.<ref name="trip"/> AIP made some changes to the film in post-production, which made Corman unhappy.<ref name="trip">{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/roger-corman-trip-psychedlic-film |title=What Roger Corman's Psychedelic Film 'The Trip' Helps Us Realize |date=April 21, 2022|publisher=PopMatters|access-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925192803/https://www.popmatters.com/roger-corman-trip-psychedlic-film |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 1967, Corman announced plans to build a new film studio.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|155884455}}|title='Isadora' shooting under way|date=September 7, 1967|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> However, this did not happen for a number of years.{{clarifyme|date=June 2024}}{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Corman made a film for American TV, ''[[Target: Harry]]'' (1968), shot in Europe with his brother producing. He did some uncredited directing on AIP's ''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]'' (1969) when director [[Cy Endfield]] fell ill. He financed Bogdanovich's first feature, ''[[Targets]]'' (1968), which incorporated footage from ''The Terror''. He also produced ''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' (1970) for AIP, directed by Haller and co-written by [[Curtis Hanson]], and financed Haller's ''[[Paddy (film)|Paddy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kevin Thomas|title=She's Young, Pretty and Produces Film: Incomplete Source|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 22, 1970|page=h1}}</ref>

For AIP, Corman returned to the director's chair for a gangster film, ''[[Bloody Mama]]'' (1970), starring [[Shelley Winters]] and a young [[Robert de Niro]]. It was a big hit at the box office. He also directed a black comedy, ''[[Gas-s-s-s]]'' (1970), written by [[George Armitage]]; it was cut without his permission by AIP and was a financial failure.<ref>{{cite news |author=Goldman, C. |date=1971 |title=An interview with Roger Corman |volume=7 |pages=49–54 |work=Film Comment |issue=3 |jstor=i40151685}}</ref>

{{stack|[[File:ROGER CORMAN, RICHTHOFEN & BROWN 1970.png|thumb|Roger Corman, ''Von Richthofen and Brown'' (1970).]]}}
United Artists finally agreed to finance his Red Baron project, although they asked that it emphasize American characters. Accordingly, it was filmed as ''[[Von Richthofen and Brown]]'' (1971), shot in Ireland in July 1970. There were several plane crashes during filming and one person died.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|525577654}}|title=12 Film Planes Grounded|date=September 17, 1970|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> Corman was going to make a film of ''Couples'', a novel by [[John Updike]] for [[United Artists]], and ''In'' from a script by Richard Schupe,<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|156409055}}|author=Martin, B.|date=February 18, 1970|title=Movie Call Sheet|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> but decided to take a break from directing. "Directing is very hard and very painful," he said in 1971. "Producing is easy. I can do it without really thinking about it."<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|210229038}}|author=Goldman, C.|date=1971|title=An interview with Roger Corman|work=Film Comment|volume=7|issue=3|pages=49–54}}</ref>

== New World Pictures ==
In May 1970, Corman founded [[New World Pictures]], which became a small independently owned production/distribution studio,<ref>{{cite web|last=Morris|first=Gary|title=Roger Corman's New World Pictures|url=http://brightlightsfilm.com/27/newworldpictures1.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205233405/http://brightlightsfilm.com/27/newworldpictures1.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2012|work=Bright Lights Film Journal|access-date=April 19, 2013|date=January 2000}}</ref> immediately successful with ''[[Angels Die Hard]]'' (1970), a biker film, and ''[[The Student Nurses]]'' (1971), directed by Rothman. ''[[The Big Doll House]]'' (1971), directed by [[Jack Hill]] in the Philippines, was a big hit, making a star of [[Pam Grier]]. The company made a profit of $3.2 million in its first financial year, and Corman said all eleven out of his first eleven films were successful.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|156855866}}|author= Thomas, K.|date=January 9, 1972|title=Movies|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> ''Angels Die Hard'' led to a series of biker films, including ''[[Angels Hard as They Come]]'' (1971), produced by [[Jonathan Demme]] with [[Jack Fisk]] working as art director. ''[[Bury Me an Angel]]'' (1971) was the first biker movie directed by a woman, [[Barbara Peeters]]. Corman financed the directorial debuts of [[Curtis Hanson]], ''[[Sweet Kill]]'' (1973), produced by Corman protégée [[Tamara Asseyev]]. ''Student Nurses'' led to a "cycle" of nurse pictures, including ''[[Private Duty Nurses]]'' (the first film directed by [[George Armitage]]), ''[[Night Call Nurses]]'' (1972) (the first feature directed by [[Jonathan Kaplan]]), ''[[The Young Nurses]]'' and ''[[Candy Stripe Nurses]]'' (1975). There was also ''[[The Student Teachers]]'' (1973) and ''[[Summer School Teachers]]'' (1974). ''Big Doll House'' was followed by a series of women in prison pictures, such as ''[[Women in Cages]]'' (1972), ''[[The Hot Box]]'' (1972), ''[[Black Mama, White Mama]]'' (1973), ''[[The Arena (1974 film)|The Arena]]'' (1974) (the first film directed by [[Steve Carver]]) and ''[[Caged Heat]]'' (1974) (the first film directed by Demme). Of New World's second year, Corman said 11 of the 12 releases were successful.<ref name="ingmar"/>  Corman produced one more film at AIP, ''[[Boxcar Bertha]]'' (1972), the second feature directed by [[Martin Scorsese]], starring [[David Carradine]]. He also executive produced ''[[Unholy Rollers]]'' (1972) for AIP. A proposed political satire, ''The Wild Political Prank'', was not made.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|119538974}}|author=A. H. W. |date=July 23, 1972|title=The postman rings thrice|work=The New York Times}}</ref>  He made ''[[I Escaped from Devil's Island]]'' (1973) with his brother and produced ''[[Cockfighter]]'' (1974) with Monte Hellman, which was a rare financial failure for New World. A big hit was ''[[Big Bad Mama]]'' (1974), a gangster film directed by Carver and starring [[Angie Dickinson]]. It led to a follow-up, ''[[Crazy Mama]]'' (1975), produced by his wife and directed by Demme. In 1975, Corman said New World was "the most successful independent film company in the country...if you count AIP as a major". He said they were "the best of the cheap acts".<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|157883180}}|author=Murphy|date=November 8, 1975|title='Best of cheap acts' thrives at 5|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

=== Distributing foreign films ===
In the 1970s, the major Hollywood studios were moving away from distributing foreign [[art film|arthouse pictures]], New World moved into the market and became the U.S. distributor for ''[[Cries and Whispers]]'' (1972), directed by [[Ingmar Bergman]]. Corman bought it for $75,000 and it earned over $2 million at the U.S. box office.<ref name="ingmar">{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|157207286}}|author=Warga, W.|date=February 25, 1973|title='Cries and whispers' a departure for king of the bs|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|157236082}}|author= Champlin, C.|date=February 25, 1957|title=Bergman: A private man with a hit on his hands|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and Corman's distribution side of New World brought many foreign films to mass audiences in the U.S. for the first time – reportedly some played at drive-ins and grindhouses – including the works of [[François Truffaut]] (''[[The Story of Adele H.]]'', ''[[Small Change (film)|Small Change]]''), [[Peter Weir]] (''[[The Cars That Ate Paris]]''), [[Federico Fellini]] (''[[Amarcord]]''), [[Joseph Losey]] (''[[The Romantic Englishwoman]]''), [[Volker Schlöndorff]] (''[[The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (film)|The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum]]'', ''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]'') and [[Akira Kurosawa]] (''[[Dersu Uzala (1975 film)|Dersu Uzala]]''). New World also released ''[[Fantastic Planet]]'' (1974).

In a 10-year period, New World Pictures won more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film than all other studios combined.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

=== 20th Century Fox ===
Corman had a four-picture deal with [[20th Century Fox]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Rastar, Columbia Get Rights to Colette Bio|author=Murphy, Mary|work=Los Angeles Times|date=23 Sep 1974|page=e11}}</ref> making ''[[Capone (1975 film)|Capone]]'' (1975), ''[[Fighting Mad (1976 film)|Fighting Mad]]'' (1976) (directed by Demme), ''[[Moving Violation (film)|Moving Violation]]'' (1976) and ''[[Thunder and Lightning (1977 film)|Thunder and Lightning]]'' (1977). According to ''Filmink'', "most of his Fox movies may as well have been made for Corman's own company, as I'm sure he himself realised."<ref name="eight">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|title=Top Ten Corman – Part Eight, Corman's Studios|first=Stephen|last= Vagg|date=21 May 2024|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/top-ten-corman-part-eight-cormans-studios/}}</ref>

=== Peak of New World ===
''[[Death Race 2000]]'' (1975), written by [[Robert Thom (writer)|Robert Thom]] and directed by [[Paul Bartel]], was a big hit, earning $4 million.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|120227731}}|author=B. D.|date=December 28, 1975|title=King of schlock|work=The New York Times}}</ref> It helped inspire a series of car chase movies: ''[[Cannonball (film)|Cannonball]]'' (1976), directed by Bartel; ''[[Eat My Dust!]]'' (1976), directed by Griffith starring [[Ron Howard]], which led to a follow-up, ''[[Grand Theft Auto (film)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' (1978), Howard's directorial debut. Other films from the same period included ''[[The Great Texas Dynamite Chase]]'' (1976), ''[[Deathsport]]'' (1978), and ''[[Smokey Bites the Dust]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2019/07/29/three-movies-in-one-smokey-bites-the-dust-1981-grand-theft-auto-1977-eat-my-dust-1976/|title=Three movies in one! Smokey Bites the Dust (1981) Grand Theft Auto (1977) Eat My Dust (1976)|date=July 29, 2019 |publisher=bandsaboutmovies.com|accessdate=13 May 2024|archive-date=June 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606001648/https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2019/07/29/three-movies-in-one-smokey-bites-the-dust-1981-grand-theft-auto-1977-eat-my-dust-1976/|url-status=live}}</ref>

New World's trailers were cut by [[Joe Dante]] and Alan Arkush. Corman gave them the chance to direct together, with ''[[Hollywood Boulevard (1976 film)|Hollywood Boulevard]]'' (1976), which used outtakes from other New World films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2023/3/13/the-fractured-mirror-20-54-hollywood-boulevard-1976|title=Joe Dante and Allan Arkush's 1976 Show Business Satire Hollywood Boulevard is a Hoot and a Half!|date=September 13, 2022 |publisher=NathanRabin.com|access-date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=January 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117042329/https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2023/3/13/the-fractured-mirror-20-54-hollywood-boulevard-1976|url-status=live}}</ref>  It was successful enough for Corman to give both men jobs directing features on their own: Dante with ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'' (1978) and Arkush with ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]'' (1979).{{fact|date=June 2024}}

''Piranha'' was written by [[John Sayles]], who had been discovered by Corman's story editor, [[Frances Doel]]. Sayles later wrote ''[[The Lady in Red (1979 film)|The Lady in Red]]'' (1979) for Corman, which was directed by [[Lewis Teague]] and featured the first score by [[James Horner]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/womenwhorunshowh0000greg/page/145/mode/1up?|page=145|title= Women who run the show : how a brilliant and creative new generation of women stormed Hollywood|last=Gregory|first= Mollie |year=2002}}</ref>

Other popular films around this time included ''[[Tidal Wave (1973 film)|Tidal Wave]]'' (1975), a Japanese film to which Corman added some extra footage, and ''[[Jackson County Jail (film)|Jackson County Jail]]'' (1976). He also financed ''[[I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)|I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]]''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|146754853}}|author=K. T.|date=June 7, 1977|title=Horrors! it's the tycoon of 'Z' movies|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Less popular was [[Avalanche (1978 film)|''Avalanche'']] (1979), a disaster film directed by Corey Allen, which only grossed $87,000 on a budget of $6.5 million.<ref>Christopher T Koetting, ''Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures'', Hemlock Books. 2009 p 143</ref>

For Universal, he made ''[[Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider]]'' (1979), directed by Carver. He produced Bogdanovich's ''[[Saint Jack (film)|Saint Jack]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoviegourmet.com/?page_id=35362|title=Saint Jack:Gazzara, Bogdanovich and Corman take on the Vietnam War|date=September 2, 2023 |publisher=Movie Gourmet|access-date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005043743/https://www.themoviegourmet.com/?page_id=35362|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman was criticized when he insisted on the addition of footage featuring a rape for ''[[Humanoids from the Deep]]'' (1980).<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|162791881}}|author=Epstein, A.|date=May 8, 1980|title='Humanoids' Haywire, Women Say|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Similarly, in ''[[Galaxy of Terror]]'', as noted on ''Schlock and Awe...some'', "Corman promised the investors that the film would feature a Taaffe O'Connell sex-scene and a gruesome death-scene as-well. To save time, Corman put the two together. The actress agreed to a nude scene, but NOT a rape scene. Corman isn't the kind of man who takes no for an answer, and after some contract renegotiation, O'Connell agreed to being raped to death by a giant worm-monster. ''Money''... it does amazing things."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://schlockandawesomeblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/11/galaxy-of-terror-1981/ |title=Galaxy Of Terror (1981) |website=Schlock and Awe...some |date=January 11, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529012845/https://schlockandawesomeblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/11/galaxy-of-terror-1981/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The success of ''Star Wars'' inspired New World's most expensive film yet, ''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|158712364}}|author=Kilday, G.|date=November 1, 1978|title=FILM CLIPS|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> This film required extensive special effects, prompting Corman to buy a movie studio in Main Street Venice for $1.5 million.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|162892380}}|author= Lee, G.|date=August 29, 1980|title=Corman: Shoestrings and Canny Guesses|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Corman made a TV film for CBS, ''[[The Georgia Peaches]]'' (1980).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&dq=THE+georgia+peaches%3A+dirk+benedict&pg=PA164 Terrace, Vincent. ''Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513004202/https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&dq=THE+georgia+peaches%3A+dirk+benedict&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q=THE%20georgia%20peaches%3A%20dirk%20benedict&f=false |date=May 13, 2024}} p.164</ref>

''Battle Beyond the Stars'' was so successful Corman had its footage and music score reused in other films such as ''[[Galaxy of Terror]]'' (1981) and ''[[Forbidden World]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Villard|first=Bob|date=1981|title= Forbidden World|url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2012%20No%202-3%20%281981%29/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater|magazine=[[Cinefantastique]]|page=14|access-date=2023-08-08}}</ref>

Corman picked up a film called ''[[The Personals (1982 film)|The Personals]]'' (1983) that enjoyed success.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|153410813}}|author=Champlin, C.|date=March 5, 1983|title=Critic at Large|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

=== Millennium Films ===
Corman sold New World Pictures in January 1983 to a consortium of three lawyers for $16.9 million.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|153338673}}|author=Yoshihara, N.|date=January 17, 1983|title=New world pictures sold to 3 lawyers|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Under the terms of the contract, he agreed to stay on as a consultant for two years and to provide New World with at least five films they could release. New World agreed to distribute all of Corman's films until March 1984. He set up a new production company, Millennium – the title of which was taken from the name of a 1981 retrospective of Corman's work at the [[National Film Theatre]] in London. He announced plans to make films budgeted between $2–5 million using cash from his sale of New World to finance personally. He announced an intention to make fewer commercial films, movies more like ''[[I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)|I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]]'' and ''Cries and Whispers''.<ref name="clips"/>

Millennium's films included ''[[Space Raiders (film)|Space Raiders]]'' (1983), a science fiction epic using footage and music from ''Battle Beyond the Stars''; ''[[Love Letters (1984 film)|Love Letters]]'' (1983), a serious drama from [[Amy Holden Jones]]; ''[[Screwballs]]'' (1984), a sex comedy in the vein of ''[[Porky's]]''; ''[[Suburbia (1984 film)|Suburbia]]'' (1984), directed by [[Penelope Spheeris]], which he acquired, ''[[Deathstalker (1983 film)|Deathstalker]]''; and ''Kain of Dark Planet'' (which became ''[[The Warrior and the Sorceress]]''). ''Deathstalker'' was made through Corman's old company, Palo Alto Productions; it was the first in a series of sword and scorcery films he did in Argentina.<ref name="clips">{{cite news|title=Film Clips: Corman Names His New Baby|last=Caulfield|first=Deborah|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 13, 1983|page=g1}}</ref> (Corman would ultimately made nine co productions in Argentina with the local company Aries.<ref>Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, p. 31-38. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/flm.2004.0015.</ref>

== New Horizons ==
Corman says people struggled with the name "Millennium" – "nobody could spell it, nobody knew what it meant" – so he changed it to New Horizons by early 1984.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|122375077}}|author= Chase, C.|date=January 27, 1984|title=Corman sees 'love letters' setting trend|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Corman and the new owners of New World ended up suing each other in March 1985. Corman claimed that New World failed to honor their guarantee to distribute his movies at a fee of 15%. He sought $400 million in damages and the return of the company. He said they refused to distribute ''[[School Spirit]]'' (1985) and ''[[Wheels of Fire (film)|Wheels of Fire]]''. He also claimed that New World cheated him distributing ''Space Raiders'', ''Screwballs'' and ''[[Slumber Party Massacre]]''. New World sued Corman in return, claiming he was seeking to return to distribution, and was discrediting New World to potential investors. They said Corman bypassed New World for some of his films, such as Columbia's ''[[Hardbodies]]'' (1984). Corman argued, "My whole point in selling was to free myself of the burden of running the company and to get guaranteed distribution. If I can't get my guaranteed distribution, I'm forced to go back to running the company."<ref>{{cite news|title=Film Clips: Corman, New World Sue in a Battle for Control|last=London|first= Michael |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 6, 1985|page= i1}}</ref>

=== Concorde Pictures ===
The case with New World settled out of court. In March 1985 Corman announced he would establish a new distribution "cooperative", Concorde Pictures, where producers could get relatively cheap distribution from Concorde in exchange for contributing to the company's overhead. Their first releases were Corman productions ''School Spirit'', ''Wheels of Fire'' and ''[[Barbarian Queen]]''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|154149583}}|author= London, M. |date=March 22, 1985|title=FILM CLIPS|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Concorde later merged with a low-budget production company, Cinema Group, and announced plans to make 15–20 films a year.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|154255916}}|title=CINEMA GROUP, CONCORDE UNITE FOR DISTRIBUTION|date=July 18, 1985|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> The first release between Cinema Release and Concorde was ''[[Streetwalkin']]'', a more serious drama from Joan Freeman.<ref name="corman">{{cite news|title=Corman Hustles New Distribution Territory|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|date=23 February 1986|page=22|first=John|last=Stanley}}</ref>

Early Concorde releases also include ''[[Loose Screws]]'' (1985), a sequel to ''Screwballs''; ''[[Cocaine Wars]]'' (1986), the first in a series of movies Corman would finance in South America; ''[[Hour of the Assassin]]'' (1987), shot in Peru and the first film directed by [[Luis Llosa]]; and ''[[Munchies (film)|Munchies]]'' (1987), a spoof of ''Gremlins'' directed by [[Tina Hirsch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3703869/munchies-proudly-ripped-off-gremlins-back-in-1987-hidden-gems/|title=Munchies' Proudly Ripped Off 'Gremlins' Back in 1987|date=February 16, 2022 |publisher=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=May 12, 2024|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711225104/https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3703869/munchies-proudly-ripped-off-gremlins-back-in-1987-hidden-gems/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman also remade ''[[Not of this Earth (1988 film)|Not of this Earth]]'' (1988) and released ''[[Big Bad Mama II]]'' (1987), and ''[[Transylvania Twist]]'' (1989); all three were directed by [[Jim Wynorski]]. He produced another version of ''[[Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)|Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1989), directed by Larry Brand. He produced ''[[Sweet Revenge (1987 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' (1987), ''[[Slumber Party Massacre II]]'' (1988), directed by Deborah Brock, ''[[Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure]]'' (1988), also directed by Brock, and ''[[The Terror Within]]'' (1989), directed by Thierry Notz. Corman financed the early directorial efforts of [[Carl Franklin]] (''[[Nowhere to Run (1989 film)|Nowhere to Run]]'' (1989)), [[Mario Vargas Llosa|Vargas Llosa]] and [[Katt Shea]] (''[[Stripped to Kill]]'' (1988), ''Stripped to Kill II'' (1989)). More experimental was ''[[Nightfall (1988 film)|Nightfall]]'' (1988). After ''Hour of the Assassin'', he made a series of films in Peru, including ''[[Crime Zone]]'' (1989), also directed by Luis Llosa, and ''[[Full Fathom Five (film)|Full Fathom Five]]'' (1990), directed by Carl Franklin. Concorde had a big hit with ''[[Bloodfist]]'' (1989), starring Don "the Dragon" Wilson which cost $1 million and earned over $6 million. Concorde signed Wilson to a long-term contract and he made a number of sequels for the company, including ''[[Bloodfist II]]'' and ''Fighting to Win''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|140166128}}|first= Steve|last= Pond|date=June 1, 1990|title=Summer's sizzling start|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

=== Return to directing ===
Corman returned to directing once more with ''[[Frankenstein Unbound]]'' (1990). In 1990, Concorde sued MGM for $6 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cieply |first1=M. |author2=Alan Citron |date=March 30, 1991 |title=Creditors file to put MGM-pathe into bankruptcy|work=Los Angeles Times |id={{ProQuest|1641869647}}}}</ref> Concorde's films included ''[[Overexposed (film)|Overexposed]]'' (1990), ''[[The Unborn (1991 film)|The Unborn]]'' (1991), and ''[[In the Heat of Passion]]'' (1992). They had a big hit with ''[[Carnosaur (film)|Carnosaur]]'' (1993), which led to several sequels. He financed ''[[Fire on the Amazon]]'' (1991, directed [[Luis Llosa]]) which had [[Sandra Bullock]] and [[Craig Sheffer]] in early roles.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman had to deal with the decline of the drive-in market and studio competition through the 1990s, but Concorde-New Horizons still made 15–24 pictures a year.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/thrifty-corman-healthy-in-4th-decade-99130404/|magazine=Variety|title=Thrifty Corman healthy in 4th decade|date=July 10, 1995|access-date=December 13, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106140707/https://variety.com/1995/film/features/thrifty-corman-healthy-in-4th-decade-99130404/|url-status=live}}</ref> This included a never-released version of ''[[The Fantastic Four (unreleased film)|The Fantastic Four]]'', that Stan Lee claimed was made solely for the producer Bernd Eichinger and his production company [[Constantin Films]] to retain the film rights. [[Avi Arad]], one of Marvel's owners at the time, disputes this and contends that he bought out Corman & Eichinger in order to protect the image of the characters for future films. This version was supported by both Corman & Eichinger.<ref>Ito, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22the+film+switches+from+live+action+to+cartoon%22&pg=PA218 218] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411000304/https://books.google.com/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22the+film+switches+from+live+action+to+cartoon%22&pg=PA218 |date=April 11, 2023 }}</ref>

=== ''Roger Corman Presents'' ===
In 1995, Corman was executive producer on ''[[Roger Corman Presents]]'', a special series of 13 movies for Showtime with budgets of around $1.5 million each. "I think the Corman name means action, humor and some titillation," says Mike Elliott, the producer of the series. "It's going to deliver the goods – and it will have a little moral statement in there as well."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/09/tv/cover-story-yikes-roger-corman-is-back-still.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 9, 1995|title=Yikes! roger corman is back, stil|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427121926/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/09/tv/cover-story-yikes-roger-corman-is-back-still.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Corman ended up doing a second season of 11 movies. The films were ''[[Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats]]'', ''[[Hellfire (1995 film)|Hellfire]]'', ''[[Virtual Seduction]]'', ''[[Suspect Device (film)|Suspect Device]]'', ''[[Unknown Origin]]'', ''[[Terminal Virus]]'', ''[[Where Evil Lies]]'', ''[[Vampirella (film)|Vampirella]]'', ''[[Shadow of a Scream]]'', ''[[Subliminal Seduction]]'', ''[[Spectre (1996 film)|House of the Damned]]'' (a.k.a. ''Spectre''), ''[[The Haunted Sea]]'', ''[[Alien Avengers]]'' (a.k.a. ''Aliens Among Us'') and its sequel, ''[[Inhumanoid]]'', ''[[Sawbones (film)|Sawbones]]'', ''[[Not Like Us (film)|Not Like Us]]'', and ''[[Last Exit to Earth]]''. He created his own comic book franchise, ''[[Black Scorpion (film)|Black Scorpion]]'', which led to a sequel and later a TV series. Corman also executive-produced remakes of ''[[The Wasp Woman (1995 film)|The Wasp Woman]]'', ''[[Humanoids from the Deep (1996 film)|Humanoids from the Deep]]'', ''[[A Bucket of Blood (1995 film)|A Bucket of Blood]]'' (a.k.a. ''The Death Artist''), ''[[Piranha (1995 film)|Piranha]]'' and ''[[Not of this Earth (1995 film)|Not of this Earth]]''.

Concorde set up operations in Ireland as [[Concorde Anois]], building studios in [[Connemara]], County Galway.<ref name="TG4">{{cite AV media |title=Roger Corman i gConamara |trans-title=Roger Corman in Connemara |publisher=[[TG4]] |url=http://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/baile/?pid=5419128485001 |language=Irish, en |date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=May 6, 2017 |first=Brian |last=Reddin |medium=TV documentary |location=Ireland |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206192559/http://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/baile/?pid=5419128485001 |url-status=live}}</ref> He received some support from the Irish government, a decision which became controversial when the content of some Corman productions such as ''[[Criminal Affairs]]'' was criticized in the press.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|525942163}}|author= Michael Foley, M. C.|date=August 29, 1997|title= Equity says its dispute with Corman is purely industrial|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|525971725}}|author=Linehan, H.|date=August 22, 1997|title=Corman Uncovered|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movies-a-documentary-recalls-the-mayhem-of-roger-cormans-time-in-connemara-30590513.html|title=Movies – A documentary recalls the mayhem of Roger Corman's time in Connemara|newspaper=The Independent|first=Paul|last=Whitington|date=September 21, 2014|access-date=May 4, 2017|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200817/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movies-a-documentary-recalls-the-mayhem-of-roger-cormans-time-in-connemara-30590513.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/corman-uncovered-1.99106|newspaper=Irish Times|title=Corman Uncovered|date=August 22, 1997|access-date=May 4, 2017|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328192145/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/corman-uncovered-1.99106|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TG4"/>

Later Concorde-New Horizons films included ''Overdrive'' (1997). "The genres still hold", said Corman in 1997, "action adventure, the suspense thriller, science fiction and horror. The difference is that they are bigger and better now. "<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|109749108}}|author=P. M.|date=January 5, 1997|title= Funny, but they almost don't look like B movies|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Corman also produced the film ''[[Moving Target (2000 film)|Moving Target]]'' which was filmed in [[County Galway]]. It was his last film produced with Concorde-New Horizons.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema|page=108|isbn=9781538119587 |last1=Flynn |first1=Roddy |last2=Tracy |first2=Tony |date=August 9, 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref>

== Other ventures ==
=== Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics ===
Corman operated a short-lived comic book imprint in 1995–1996 called '''Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics'''. It produced comics based on his films, written and drawn in a similar no-holds-barred style. Titles included ''[[Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats]]'', ''[[Caged Heat]] 3000'', ''[[Death Race 2020]]'', ''Welcome to [[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'', and ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School|Rock & Roll High School]]'' — the latter featuring the [[Melvins]] (instead of the [[Ramones]]).<ref>Reed, Patrick A. [http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2012/02/11/pop-music-comics-the-90s-part-three-roger-corman-the-melvins-and-more-kiss/ "Pop Music Comics: The 90s, part three. Roger Corman & The Melvins, and more KISS,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426165456/http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2012/02/11/pop-music-comics-the-90s-part-three-roger-corman-the-melvins-and-more-kiss/ |date=April 26, 2021}} ''Depth of Field'' (February 11, 2012).</ref> Notable creators published by Cosmic Comics included [[Trevor Goring (comics)|Trevor Goring]], [[James Kochalka]], [[Jason Lutes]], [[Pat Mills]], [[Shane Oakley]], [[Jerry Prosser]], and [[J. R. Williams (comics)|J. R. Williams]]. The longest-running title was ''[[Death Race 2020]]'', which lasted eight issues<ref>[https://www.comics.org/publisher/1147/ Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426165454/https://www.comics.org/publisher/1147/ |date=April 26, 2021}} at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> — but was left unfinished when the company closed down.

=== Syfy channel ===
Corman continued to produce creature films, such as ''[[Raptor (film)|Raptor]]'' (2001, dir [[Jim Wynorski]]). ''[[Dinocroc]]'' (2004), which aired on the [[Syfy]] cable television channel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35962/sharktopus-plot-details-and-dinoshark-image-revealed|title=Sharktopus Plot Details and Dinoshark Image Revealed!|date=February 17, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2010|archive-date=February 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220160251/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35962/sharktopus-plot-details-and-dinoshark-image-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref> and was popular enough for two sequels, ''[[Supergator]]'' and ''[[Dinocroc vs. Supergator]]'' (2010), as well as a spin-off film, ''[[Dinoshark]]'' (2010). ''[[Supergator]]'' (2007) was turned down by the Syfy channel, but Corman made it anyway.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/see-ya-later-supergator | title=See Ya Later, Supergator | publisher=[[Dread Central]] | date=May 26, 2007 | accessdate=13 May 2024 | author=Jon Condit | archive-date=October 20, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020005150/http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/see-ya-later-supergator | url-status=live }}</ref>

Corman also continued to make action films: ''[[Escape from Afghanistan]]'' (2001) was a Russian film, ''Peshavar Waltz'' plus some additional footage; ''[[The Hunt for Eagle One]]'' (2006) and ''[[The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point]]'' (2006) were shot in the Philippines; ''[[Roger Corman's Operation Rogue]]'' (2014); ''Fist of the Dragon'' (2015).

{{stack|[[File:Roger Corman crop.jpg|thumb|Corman (age 80; 2006).]]}}
In 2006, Corman said he made 60% of his films overseas. "These foreign countries are offering subsidies that are so great that not only I but many independent producers are moving overseas", he said.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|422078548}}|author= King, S.|date=August 20, 2006|title=Movies; CINE FILE; the mass-production man; roger corman has made countless films with meager budgets but undying energy|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> He sold the remake rights of ''[[Death Race 2000]]'' to Universal, who made ''[[Death Race (2008 film)|Death Race]]'' (2008) with Jason Statham, with Corman credited as executive producer. It led to two direct-to-video prequels and one direct-to-video sequel.

In 2009, Corman produced and directed alongside director [[Joe Dante]] the web series ''Splatter'' for Netflix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/home/news/9-film-news/4300-roger-corman-and-joe-dante-splatter-netflix.html|title=Roger Corman and Joe Dante|last=Gingold|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gingold|work=Fangoria|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-date=October 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018131253/http://www.fangoria.com/home/news/9-film-news/4300-roger-corman-and-joe-dante-splatter-netflix.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The protagonist of the film is portrayed by [[Corey Feldman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17716|title=Full Info on Feldman, Corman and Dante's 'Splatter'|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-date=October 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017131016/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17716|url-status=live}}</ref> and the story talks of the haunting tale of rock-and-roll legend Johnny Splatter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34261/see-a-gruesome-advance-clip-splatter|title=See a Gruesome Advance Clip from Splatter|date=June 2012|publisher=DreadCentral|access-date=October 28, 2009|archive-date=October 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030183832/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34261/see-a-gruesome-advance-clip-splatter|url-status=live}}</ref> He also started contributing trailer commentaries to Dante's web series ''[[Trailers from Hell]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Corman|url=http://www.trailersfromhell.com/gurus/49|work=Trailers From Hell|access-date=April 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320130704/http://trailersfromhell.com/gurus/49|archive-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, Corman cited [[James Cameron]]'s ''Avatar'' (2009) and [[Christopher Nolan]]'s ''Inception'' (2010) as examples of "great imagination and originality".<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Corman Corman's World Interview|url=https://collider.com/roger-corman-cormans-world-interview/|work=Collider|date=December 12, 2011|access-date=June 4, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604102451/https://collider.com/roger-corman-cormans-world-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

By now, the SyFy channel was Corman's leading market. For them, he made ''[[Sharktopus]]'' (2010) and ''[[Piranhaconda]]'' (2012). Corman produced the 2017 film ''[[Death Race 2050]]'', a sequel to the 1975 film ''[[Death Race 2000]]''. It was made with Universal, Corman's first film with a major studio in more than two decades.<ref name="reporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/roger-cormans-fight-reclaim-a-868001|title=Roger Corman: How I Made 400 Films, Mentored Coppola and Ended Up Fighting in Court for My Fortune|first=Eriq|last=Gardner|date=February 25, 2016|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 10, 2017|archive-date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109204631/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/roger-cormans-fight-reclaim-a-868001|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{Main|Roger Corman filmography}}

'''Selected credits:'''
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* ''[[It Conquered the World]]''
* ''[[A Bucket of Blood]]''
* ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* [[American International Pictures#The Corman-Poe cycle|The Corman-Poe Cycle]]
* ''[[X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes]]''
* ''[[The Wild Angels]]''
* ''[[The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)|The St. Valentine's Day Massacre]]''
* ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]''
{{div col end}}

* [[Death Race 2000]]

* [[Death Race (2008 film)]]

* [[Death Race 2]]
* [[Death Race 3: Inferno]]
* [[Death Race 2050]]
* [[Death Race: Beyond Anarchy]]
* [[Piranha 3D]]
* [[CobraGator]]

=== ''Roger Corman's Cult Classics'' ===
In 2010, Roger Corman teamed up [[New Horizons Pictures]] with [[Shout! Factory]] to release new DVD and Blu-ray editions of Corman productions under the name ''Roger Corman's Cult Classics''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/news/article_1552138.php/Roger-Corman-s-Cult-Classics-Sneak-Peek-of-new-DVD-collection |title=Roger Corman's Cult Classics: Sneak Peek of new DVD collection |first=April |last=MacIntyre |date=April 30, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2018 |work=Monsters and Critics.com |publisher=WotR Ltd. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501202641/http://www.monstersandcritics.com:80/dvd/news/article_1552138.php/Roger-Corman-s-Cult-Classics-Sneak-Peek-of-new-DVD-collection |archive-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/product-news/shout-factory-release-roger-corman-library-18079|title=Shout! Factory to Release Roger Corman Library|date=January 12, 2010|access-date=November 18, 2018|first=John|last=Latchem|magazine=[[Home Media Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191141/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/product-news/shout-factory-release-roger-corman-library-18079 |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> The releases have concentrated on 1970–1980s films he produced through New World rather than directed. These titles include ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]'', ''[[Death Race 2000]]'', ''[[Galaxy of Terror]]'', ''[[Forbidden World]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mama]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mama II]]'', ''[[The Terror Within]]'', ''[[Deathsport]]'', ''[[Time Walker]]'', ''[[The Unborn (1991 film)|The Unborn]]'' and ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'', with additional titles continuing to be released.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Shout! Factory|url=http://www.shoutfactory.com/browse/318/roger_cormans_cult_classics.aspx|access-date=October 6, 2010|title=Roger Corman's cult classics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411074816/http://www.shoutfactory.com/browse/318/roger_cormans_cult_classics.aspx|archive-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref>

== Favorite films ==
In 2022, Corman participated in the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' film polls of that year. It is held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, by asking contemporary directors to select ten films of their choice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/roger-corman |title=Roger Corman &#124; BFI |access-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824140600/https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/roger-corman |url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman's selections were:

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* ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]] '' (1974)
* ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964)
* ''[[The Godfather]]'' (1972)
* ''[[La dolce vita]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Rashomon]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]'' (1979)
* ''[[War and Peace (film series)|War and Peace]]'' (1967)
{{div col end}}

== Personal life and death ==
Corman was married to [[Julie Corman|Julie Halloran]] from 1970 until his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077891,00.html|title=Roger Corman's Flicks May Be 'B' Shlock, but No One in Hollywood Has Nurtured More 'A' Talent|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=September 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921213946/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077891,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They had four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/roger_m_corman_born_1976_12861473|title=Roger M. Corman, Born 05/17/1976 in California|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=January 9, 2016|archive-date=January 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125202431/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/roger_m_corman_born_1976_12861473|url-status=live}}</ref> Corman died at his home in [[Santa Monica, California]], on May 9, 2024, at the age of 98.<ref name="VarietyObit"/><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-05-12 |title=Roger Corman Dies: 'The Little Shop Of Horrors' Director & Independent Filmmaker Was 98 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/roger-corman-dead-independent-filmmaker-1235912737/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512080617/https://deadline.com/2024/05/roger-corman-dead-independent-filmmaker-1235912737/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

When Corman's death was announced by his family on Corman's official Instagram account, his sons were not mentioned in the announcement: "He is survived by his wife Julie and his daughters Catherine and Mary.... A devoted and selfless father, he was deeply loved by his daughters."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/rogercorman/p/C62oiLSOP7X/|website=Instagram|access-date=2024-05-17|title=Roger Corman|date=2024-05-13|archive-date=2024-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514144057/https://www.instagram.com/rogercorman/p/C62oiLSOP7X/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Legal issues ===
In 2009, Corman was sued by his children, who claimed they had been unfairly fired from the family production business after raising questions about the family trust.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/roger-corman-family-feud-spills-63559/|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|title=Roger Corman family feud spills into court|first=Eriq|last=Gardner|date=December 21, 2009|access-date=May 17, 2024|archive-date=May 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517031700/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/roger-corman-family-feud-spills-63559/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Corman alleged in litigation he was owed $170 million against a financial planner.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/roger-cormans-fight-reclaim-a-868001/|title=Roger Corman: How I Made 400 Films, Mentored Coppola and Ended Up Fighting in Court for My Fortune|date=February 25, 2016|first=Eriq|last=Gardner|access-date=May 17, 2024|archive-date=August 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815184600/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/roger-cormans-fight-reclaim-a-868001/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Corman and his wife were sued by their sons over the sale of Corman's film library.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/roger-corman-lawsuit-sons-film-library-trust-fight-1202357825/|newspaper=Deadline|first=David|last=Robb|title=Roger Corman And Wife Sued By Sons Over Sale Of Vast Film Library|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2024|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512171131/https://deadline.com/2018/04/roger-corman-lawsuit-sons-film-library-trust-fight-1202357825/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/roger-corman-film-library-lawsuit-1202742515/|date=April 3, 2018|title=Roger Corman's Sons Sue to Block Sale of Film Library|access-date=May 17, 2024|first=Gene|last=Maddaus|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610001721/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/roger-corman-film-library-lawsuit-1202742515/|url-status=live}}</ref> This case was reportedly settled in February 2020. "It's settled and over," said Corman at the time.<ref name="angeles">{{cite news|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=February 28, 2020|page= C3|first=Stacy|last=Perman|title=Filmmaker, sons settle long legal dispute}}</ref>

== 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
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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
|}

== Written works ==
* {{cite book |last1=Corman |first1=Roger |last2=Jerome |first2=Jim |title=How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime |date=1990 |publisher=Random House |oclc=840687965 |isbn=978-0-394-56974-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/howimadehundredm00corm}} His autobiography, which documents his experiences in the film industry.

== Documentary ==
* ''Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema'' (2020), directed by Bertrand Tessier, with the participation of Roger Corman, [[Ron Howard]], [[Joe Dante]], and [[Peter Bogdanovich]], produced by California Prod. Best documentary at Beverly Hills Film Festival.

== References ==
{{reflist|1}}

== Bibliography ==
* Di Franco, J. Philip, ''The Movie World of Roger Corman'' (New York: [[Chelsea House]], 1979)
* Laroni, Giulio, ''Il cinema secondo Corman. Intervista allo scopritore di Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron'' (Milano: [[Biblion Edizioni]], 2016)
* Nasr, Constantine (ed.), ''Roger Corman: Interviews'' (Jackson: [[University Press of Mississippi]], 2011)
* Price, Robert M., "Cormanghast: The Poe Films of Roger Corman". ''Parts'' 14 (November 1997), 3–14, 20.
* {{cite journal |last1=Routt |first1=William D. |editor1-last=O'Regan |editor1-first=Tom |editor2-last=Miller |editor2-first=Toby |title=Art, popular art |journal=[[Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture]] |date=1994 |volume=7 |issue=2 |url=https://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/readingroom/7.2/Routt.html |quote=In 1990 Corman published an autobiography, written in collaboration with Jim Jerome, How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime and thereby, unwittingly, joined my act.}}
* {{cite book | last = Silver | first = Alain | author-link = Alain Silver | title = Roger Corman: Metaphysics on a Shoestring | publisher =[[Silman-James Press]]|date= 2006| location = Los Angeles}}
* Will, David and Willemen, Paul, ''Roger Corman: The Millennic Vision'' (Edinburgh: [[Edinburgh Film Festival]], 1970)

== External links ==
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{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120216003741/http://www.dbcult.com/printed-media/roger-corman-entretien/ Roger Corman] interview at [[DBCult Film Institute]]
* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/cormanbib.html Roger Corman bibliography] (via UC Berkeley)
* {{IMDb name|0000339}}
* {{Discogs artist|Roger Corman}}
* [http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/rogercorman(11-08).shtml Roger Corman biography] on (re)Search my Trash
* [https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/great-directors/corman/ Roger Corman at Senses of Cinema]
* [https://brightlightsfilm.com/27/cormaninterview1.html Roger Corman 1974 Interview]
* [https://www.edrants.com/segundo/roger-corman-bss-416/ 2011 radio interview] at ''The Bat Segundo Show''
* [https://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/2016/10/17/roger-corman-still-cult-classic-king/92296836/ Interview with Roger Corman, accessed October 20, 2016.]

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