Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98
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Roger Corman is responsible for the directing careers of:
Francis Ford Coppola
Martin Scorsese
James Cameron
Peter Bogdonavich
Joe Dante
Ron Howard
Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn all started their acting careers in films Corman was responsible for.
RIP to one of the greats. This is a really good bio, too.
Man I hope the Red Letter Media boys put together a retrospective in his honor
I mean there really is no way that they won't I'd imagine.
They owe their entire careers to him, Len, Don Dohler, David DeCoteau, Amir Shervan and Jim Wynorski