Join or Sign In

Continue with Facebook Continue with email

By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

Monte Hellman Biography

Birth Name:Monte Hellman

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Director, Editor, Editorial department, Writer, Actor, Producer, Assistant director, Location management

Fast Facts

Member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science since 2007
Served as a dramatic jury member at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival
Teaches directing at the California Institute of the Arts
Studied drama at Stanford University and filmmaking at UCLA
Quote: "I like to work on a film like that where it's continually opening up its secrets to me․ I think any work of art, not just a film, is a mystery․ I think it was Jean Cocteau who said it should reveal its secrets slowly․"
Quote: "The idea of the road movie as a separate genre is, in a way, a little absurd because every movie is in some way a road movie․"
Best known for directing the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop․"
Known for collaborating with actors Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates
Cites director Roger Corman as his filmmaking mentor