Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! In addition to his directorial career, Hellman worked on several films in different capacities., and second-unit director on Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987). Hellman finished two pictures in post-production that were started by other directors who died after the movies were shot, the Muhammad Ali bio The Greatest (1977) (started by Tom Gries) and Avalanche Express (1979) (begun by Mark Robson). , Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) and Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Among the movies on which Hellman served as editor are Corman's The Wild Angels (1966), Bob Rafelson's Head (1968), Sam Peckinpah's The Killer Elite (1975), and Jonathan Demme's Fighting Mad (1976). He also was an executive producer on Quentin Tarantino's debut feature Reservoir Dogs (1992). In 2006, he directed "Stanley's Girlfriend", a section of the omnibus horror film Trapped Ashes. Hellman's section of the film was presented by the Cannes Film Festival that year out of competition as an "Official Selection," and Hellman was named president of the festival's "Un Certain Regard" jury. At the 2010 Venice Film Festival, he was awarded a special career prize. Later in the year he completed a new feature film, the romantic noir thriller Road to Nowhere, which competed for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. As of 2011, he taught with the Film Directing Program at the California Institute of the Arts. Death Hellman sustained a fall at his home on April 19, 2021. In critical condition, he died the next day at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 91. Filmography Films Other film work The Terror (1963) (location director, uncredited; with Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Hill, and Jack Nicholson, under direction of Roger Corman) The Killer Elite (1975; co-editor) A Fistful of Dollars (ABC TV version prologue,1977) The Greatest (1977; finished film on behalf of Tom Gries, post-production supervisor) RoboCop (1987; uncredited second-unit director, he directed several action scenes) Reservoir Dogs (1992; executive producer) References Bibliography External links Interview: Monte Hellman on Roger Corman and Cockfighter Monte Hellman on La furia umana 1929 births 2021 deaths Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in California American film editors Artists from New York City Film directors from Los Angeles Film directors from New York City Film producers from California Film producers from New York (state) Los Angeles High School alumni Stanford University