John Huston
Biography
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985).
In his early years, Huston studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris. He explored the visual aspects of his films throughout his career, sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, with little editing needed. Some of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting an "heroic quest," as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming "destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism, and war.
Huston has been referred to as "a titan", "a rebel", and a "renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as "cinema's Ernest Hemingway"—a filmmaker who was "never afraid to tackle tough issues head on." During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice. He directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-08-05
Place of birth
Nevada, Missouri, USA
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The Return of the King
1980
6.40
The Hobbit
1977
6.56
The Cardinal
1963
6.50
Chinatown
1974
7.90
Momo
1986
7.00
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
8.00
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
7.10
Moby Dick
1956
7.00
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
7.30
Report from the Aleutians
1943
5.70
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
6.70
Breakout
1975
6.30
Cannery Row
1982
5.90
Casino Royale
1967
5.26
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
5.80
Myra Breckinridge
1970
4.49
Winter Kills
1979
5.82
Wise Blood
1979
6.30
The Wind and the Lion
1975
6.54
Agee
1980
5.20
Hollywood and the Stars
1964
0.00
Candy
1968
5.20
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
0.00
Man in the Wilderness
1971
6.20
Tentacles
1977
4.60
The Biggest Battle
1978
4.70
Lovesick
1983
5.50
The Visitor
1979
5.23
Jaguar Lives!
1979
4.20
Rocky Road to Dublin
1968
7.20
A Walk with Love and Death
1969
6.08
The Kremlin Letter
1970
6.10
De Sade
1969
3.19
The Deserter
1970
6.00
Hollywood on Trial
1976
5.50
The Bermuda Triangle
1978
4.11
We Were Strangers
1949
5.90
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
6.40
A Minor Miracle
1983
6.30
The Bridge in the Jungle
1971
5.00
Head On
1980
3.86
Welles' Language
1990
6.00
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
2.00
Two Americans
1929
0.00
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
6.70
The Battle of San Pietro
1945
6.00
The Screen Director
1951
6.00
American Caesar
1983
0.00
Hell's Heroes
1929
6.90
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
6.61
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984
0.00
The Black Cauldron
1985
6.40
The Misfits
1961
6.93
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
5.00
City Lights: John Huston
1979
0.00
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
6.00
Epic
1985
6.20
Buñuel
1984
5.00
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
0.00
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
7.13
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
6.20
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
0.00
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
1980
0.00
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.00
Directed by William Wyler
1986
0.00
Annie
1982
6.53
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
0.00
Circasia
1976
5.00
Angela
1977
4.40
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
6.50
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
7.00
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
8.00
Five Came Back
2017
7.89
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970
0.00
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
6.30
