Roger Corman

...its honorary Oscars off-camera Saturday night, months ahead of the televised ceremony in March. Actress Lauren Bacall, B-movie king Roger Corman and "Godfather" cinematographer Gordon Willis each received Oscar statuettes during the...

In this article: Academy Awards, Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis, Steven Spielberg, Kirk Douglas, Norman Jewison, Warren Beatty, and Quentin Tarantino

...with tradition and presenting its honorary Oscars away from the televised ceremony. Actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis were to each receive Oscar statuettes at the inaugural Governors...

In this article: Academy Awards, Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis, Silver, The Little Shop of Horrors, It Conquered the World, Key Largo, and The Big Sleep

...Trek actor starred in Corman's 1962 classic The Intruder and 1974's Big Bad Mama.) "The Intruder was Roger Corman's best movie and his only loss. Roger had to make sure that no one killed us because the film was about integration and we were...

In this article: Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Piranha, B-movie, John Sayles, Joe Dante, Sylvester Stallone, Suburbia, and Capone

Roger Corman has admitted he was "truly surprised" when he heard he was to receive an Oscar. The producer and director - known for low-budget B-movies - is receiving an honorary Academy Award for a lifetime of achievement that includes...

In this article: Oscar, B-movies, Gordon Willis, James Cameron, Lauren Bacall, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese

...University to name just a few. But for many working in Hollywood today, the greatest film institution is actually Roger Corman. Not only did Corman turn independent film on its ear over the last five decades, making entertaining, low-budget...

In this article: Oscars, Gordon Willis, Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Demme, Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, and Joe Dante

The legendary actor has 350 movie credits to his name! Roger Corman, memorably dubbed "the Orson Welles of the Z-Movie" and "the Pope of Pop Cinema," never expected the words "Academy Award recipient" would accompany his name. The man,...

In this article: Oscar, B-Movie, James Cameron, Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, William Shatner, and Death Race 2000

Roger Corman, whose 350 movie credits include such low-budget fare as The Masque of the Red Death and X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes, is receiving an honorary Oscar for a lifetime of achievement. By David Germain, Associated Press LOS...

In this article: Oscar, Hollywood, The Masque of the Red Death, James Cameron, Jack Nicholson, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, and Death Race 2000