Obituary: Roger Corman, Hollywood’s ‘King of the B-movies’ who opened a film studio in Connemara
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Roger Corman, known as Hollywood’s 'King of the B-movies', died at the age of 98. He opened a film studio in Connemara in the mid-1990s with £1m in grants and subsidies from the Irish State. The resulting 20 movies, filmed by local crews, were described as 'shockingly bad' by critics. Corman's studio eventually went into decline with the lifting of restrictions on workers across the EU. He produced and directed over 400 films, launching the careers of directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Peter Bogdanovich, as well as actors like Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Bruce Dern, and Denis Hopper. Corman received an honorary Oscar in 2009 for his 'unparalleled ability to nurture aspiring filmmakers.'
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