Julie Ann Corman (born ) is an American film producer. She is the widow of film producer and director

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 w ...

Life and career

Corman was born Julie Ann Halloran in 1942. In 1970, she married film director and producer,

, with whom she would go on to have four children. Corman produced a series of "Night Nurses" films, including '' Night Call Nurses'' and '' Candy Stripe Nurses''. She went on to produce ''

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'', starring Kay Lenz and

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; '' Crazy Mama'', directed by

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, starring

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, '' The Lady in Red'', written by

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, starring

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and

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; '' Saturday the 14th'', starring

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, Paula Prentiss and

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; and '' Da'', starring

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, based on the

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-winning play. In 1984, Corman started her own company, Trinity Pictures, with which she has produced a number of family films, two of which are based on Newbery Award-winning novels: '' A Cry in the Wild'' is based on

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’s novel, ''

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'', and '' Get a Clue'' is based on Ellen Raskin’s novel, '' The Westing Game''. Corman has produced several other family films: '' The Dirt Bike Kid'', starring

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; '' Max is Missing'', shot at

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; and '' Legend of the Lost Tomb'', based on

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’s book ''Tales of a Dead King'' and shot in

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. She made a series of wilderness films: '' White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II'', starring

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and '' White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild'', starring

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, Corin Nemec, Justin Whalin and Jeremy London. The Academy of Family Film and Television named her “Producer of the Year” for her achievements in 1996. From 2000 to 2002, Corman served as Chair of the Graduate Film Department at

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in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. While there, Corman executive produced a series of short films by NYU film students, ''Reflections from Ground Zero'', based on the students’ 9/11 experiences. The films aired on Showtime. Corman is a member of Women in Film and the

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. She has given various film seminars at NYU,

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and Sundance. She has received a career achievement award from Fantastic Fest in

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and was given the Indy Pioneer Award at the

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Filmmakers Jubilee.

Appraisal

According to ''Filmink'' magazine, Julie Corman had an underappreciated influence on her husband's output:

She produced some of New World’s strongest femme driven films (''Summer School Teachers'', ''Lady in Red''), the best movies made by
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(''Chopping Mall)'' and Barbara Peeters (''Summer School Teachers''), and early films from
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(''Boxcar Bertha'') and
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(''Night Call Nurses'', ''The Student Teachers''); she tried to get Shirley Clarke on to direct ''Crazy Mama''...she encouraged Roger to diversify his slate into kids’ films (''The Dirt Bike Kid'', ''A Cry in the Wind''), broad comedies (''Saturday the 14th''...) and Irish drama (''Da''); it was she, rather than Roger, who took artistic swings during the New Horizon years (''Nightfall'', ''Brain Dead'').

Filmography

;Producer *''

Boxcar Bertha ''Boxcar Bertha'' is a 1972 American Romance film, romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce Hooper Corrington, Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington. Made on a low b ...

'' 1971 *'' Night Call Nurses'' 1972 *'' The Student Teachers'' 1973 *'' The Young Nurses'' 1973 *'' Summer School Teachers'' 1974 *'' Candy Stripe Nurses'' 1974 *'' Crazy Mama'' 1975 *''

'' 1976 *'' The Lady in Red'' 1979 *'' Saturday the 14th'' 1981 *'' The Dirt Bike Kid'' 1985 *'' Chopping Mall'' 1986 *'' Nowhere to Hide'' 1987 *'' Saturday the 14th Strikes Back'' 1988 *'' Nightfall'' 1988 *'' Da'' 1988 *'' Drop-Out Mother'' (TV movie) 1988 *'' The Nest'' 1988 *'' Nowhere to Run'' 1989 *'' A Cry in the Wild'' 1990 *'' Brain Dead'' 1990 *'' Sorority House Massacre II'' 1990 *'' White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II'' 1993 *'' The Silence of the Hams'' 1994 *'' Max Is Missing'' (TV movie) 1995 *'' White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild'' 1995 *'' Get a Clue'' (''The Westing Game)'' (TV movie) 1997 *'' Legend of the Lost Tomb'' (TV movie) 1997 *''

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'' (TV movie) 2008 (co-producer) *'' Splatter'' (TV series short) 2009 (co-producer) *'' Sharktopus'' (TV movie) 2010 (co-producer) *'' Dinoshark'' (TV movie) 2010 (co-producer)

References

External links

Interview: 80th Birthday Celebration with Julie CormanNew Horizons company website/
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corman, Julie Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Film producers from Nebraska American women film producers 1942 births 21st-century American women