Roger Corman's low-budget films made cinema history. The director directed such classics as “The Last Woman on Earth”, “Attack of the Monster Crab”, “The Satellite War”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Raven” and “The Journey”. In total, he shot over 400 productions – both film and television.
Corman's specialty was genre cinema – at In the 1960s, he made action films, horror films and science fiction with a small budget. Francis Ford Coppola (“Dementia 13”) and Martin Scorsese (“Boxcar Bertha”) also made some of their first productions in his studios. As Variety writes, it was Corman who also discovered future movie stars – Jack Nicholson (“Little Shop of Horrors”) and Robert de Niro (the above-mentioned “Boxcar Bertha”).
“His films were revolutionary and reflected the spirit of the era. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he replied: 'I was a filmmaker, that's all,'” Variety quotes a statement from the director's family.
Corman was also expected to look outside the box and offer opportunities to creators “regardless of age, race, origin or gender” – said American writer Walter Moseley about the director. In 2009, Roger Corman was honored with an Oscar for lifetime achievement. The creator died on May 9 at the age of 98.