Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98

Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 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