Direction: David Helpern

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by David Helpern. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Something Short of Paradise

1979 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction David Helpern

Cast Susan Sarandon · David Steinberg · Jean-Pierre Aumont · Marilyn Sokol

Plot Journalist Madeleine Ross and movie theater manager Harris Soane are taking a chance at love -- but the going is very rocky. The relationship takes an even more interesting turn...

4.8

32 votes

4.8

32 votes

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

1975 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Helpern

Cast Natalie Wood · John Houseman · François Truffaut · Nicholas Ray

Plot Documentary about Nicholas Ray that shows him near the end of his life when he was teaching for SUNY Binghamton. Clips from his earlier films as well as interjections by...

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Hollywood on Trial

1976 · Documentary · 105 min. · United States

Direction David Helpern

Plot Combining familiar newsreel footage with freshly shot material, David Helpern's Hollywood on Trial is a documentary concerning the "communist witch-hunt" era. In the years following World War II, several ambitious...

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