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Howard R. Cohen
Howard R. Cohen (1942–3 April 1999) was an American writer and director who worked several times for Roger Corman and Julie Corman.Christopher T Koetting, ''Mind Warp! The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures'', Hemlock Books. 2009. p. 200 Julie Corman called Cohen "a very good cosmic mind, an intelligent, thoughtful, and inclusive man." Biography Cohen was born in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois, the University of Chicago, the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology, and Roosevelt University. He wrote and illustrated “Aardvark,” an alternative magazine created and edited by Jeff Begun, and worked as an associate editor at “Playboy” magazine, and for advertising agencies. Cohen worked as a graphic designer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and began working in movies. Cohen's first produced screen play was ''Unholy Rollers'' for AIP, which started an 18 year association with Roger Corman. Cohen turned director with ''Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as ''A Bucket of Blood'' (1959), ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' (1960), ''The Intruder (1962 film), The Intruder'' (1962), ''X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (1963), and the Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture films ''The Wild Angels'' (1966) and ''The Trip (1967 film), The Trip'' (1967). ''House of Usher (film), House of Usher'' (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "American International Pictures#The Corman-Poe cycle, Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
