Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98

[Daltonio]

Variety - Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98

Legendary B-movie king Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of low-budget films and discovered such future industry stars as Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.

Corman died May 9 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., surrounded by family members, the family confirmed to Variety.

“His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that,'” the family said in a statement.

Sad news. I just recently saw him on an a tribute episode of The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs and you never would have guessed he was 98!

 

[Webster]

Variety - Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98



Sad news. I just recently saw him on an a tribute episode of The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs and you never would have guessed he was 98!

He was truly one of a kind, Corman.

 

[Nebulous]

RIP