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Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Horizons Pictures – Roger Corman Official Website )〕 is an American independent film producer, director and actor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Roger Corman )〕 He has been called The Pope of Pop Cinema, and is known as a trail blazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award. Corman mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron. He helped launch the careers of actors Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.〔 Corman has occasionally taken minor acting roles in the films of directors who started with him, including ''The Silence of the Lambs'', ''The Godfather Part II'', ''Apollo 13'', ''The Manchurian Candidate'' and ''Philadelphia''. A documentary about Corman's life and career entitled ''Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel'' premiered at Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals in 2011, directed by Alex Stapleton. The film's TV rights were picked up by A&E IndieFilms after a well-received screening at Sundance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://moviecitynews.com/2011/01/ae-indiefilms-invests-in-and-acquires-television-rights-to-sundance-film-festival-entry-%E2%80%9Ccorman%E2%80%99s-world-exploits-of-a-hollywood-rebel%E2%80%9D/ )〕 ==Early life== Corman was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Anne (née High) and William Corman, an engineer. His brother, Eugene Harold "Gene" Corman, has also produced numerous films, sometimes in collaboration with Roger.〔 Corman and his brother were baptized in their mother's Catholic faith.〔''How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime'', by Roger Corman, 1998, p. 4〕 Corman went to Beverly Hills High School and then to Stanford University to study industrial engineering. While at Stanford, Corman enlisted in the V-12 Navy College Training Program. After the end of World War II, Corman returned to Stanford and received a degree in industrial engineering in 1947.〔("The Award of a Lifetime for Roger Corman" ), ''Stanford Alumni Magazine'', January/February 2010〕 While at Stanford University, Roger Corman was initiated in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In 1948, he worked briefly at U.S. Electrical Motors on Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles, but his career in engineering lasted only four days; he began work on Monday and quit on Thursday, telling his boss "I've made a terrible mistake." More interested in film, Corman found work at 20th Century Fox initially in the mail room. He worked his way up to a story reader. The one property that he liked the most and provided ideas for was filmed as ''The Gunfighter'' with Gregory Peck. When Corman received no credit at all he left Fox and decided he would work in film by himself. Under the GI Bill, Corman studied English Literature at Oxford University. He then returned to Los Angeles, beginning his film career in 1953 as a producer and screenwriter, then started directing films in 1955. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger Corman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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