The American director and producer Roger Corman, known for his low-budget films produced at a dizzying pace, has died at the age of 98, his family announced on Saturday, according to US media reports.
His family said he died on Thursday, May 9, at his home in Santa Monica, California. Roger Corman had directed and produced hundreds of low-budget genre films starting in the 1950s.
“His legendary ability to stretch a dollar allowed him to quickly conceive and create period films and sci-fi epics with budgets that wouldn’t cover the food costs of a modern studio shoot,” according to his biography on the Oscars website. .
Overflowing energy
“Thanks to his wit, his boundless energy and his deep love of cinema, Roger Corman has made more films than anyone,” the site adds. He is credited with discovering big names in cinema such as Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Francis Ford Coppola.
Among the titles he produced, The fast and the furious (1954) Dementia 13 (1963) big bad mom (1974) are among the best known. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he came to Hollywood, starting as a messenger at 20th Century-Fox and then as a screenwriter.
Source: BFM TV
