Born in Detroit, Michigan, Roger Corman was studying engineering at Stanford University where he developed a growing passion for film. He got his start as a messenger boy for Twentieth Century-Fox, eventually graduating to story analyst. After quitting the business briefly to study English literature for a term at Oxford University, he returned to Hollywood and launched his career as a movie producer and director. Starting in 1955, he helped create hundreds of B-movies as a producer and director in a career that spanned seven decades.
Roger Corman died at his home at the age of 98.
