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John Huston

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote 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), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Misfits (1961), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston to Oscar wins in different films. Huston was known to direct with the vision of an artist, having studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years. He continued to explore the visual aspects of his films throughout his career: sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. In addition, while most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, making his films both more economical and more cerebral, with little editing needed. Most of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting a “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 or "destructive alliances,” giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his themes also involved some of the "grand narratives" of the twentieth century, such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism and war. Before becoming a Hollywood filmmaker, he had been an amateur boxer, reporter, short-story writer, portrait artist in Paris, a cavalry rider in Mexico, and a documentary filmmaker during World War II. 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." A statue of Huston, sitting in his directorial chair (pictured below), stands in Plaza John Huston Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 5, 1906 In Nevada, Missouri, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
77
First Appeared:
In the movie Hell's Heroes 1929-12-27
Latest Project:
Movie Babenco: Tell Me When I Die 2020-11-26
Known For
Filmography
Movie Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Self (archive footage) 2020-11-26
Movie They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Self (archive footage) 2018-08-31
Movie The Other Side of the Wind J.J. "Jake" Hannaford 2018-11-02
Movie Five Came Back Self (archive footage) 2017-03-31
Movie Arthur Miller: Writer Self (archive footage) 2017-12-08
Movie Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2017-12-13
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2014-12-12
Movie Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen Self (archive footage) 2010-03-23
Movie Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Self (archive footage) 2010-05-05
Movie Huston's Gamble Himself - Stimme (Archivmaterial) 2006-05-02
Movie Filmmakers vs. Tycoons Self (archive footage) 2005-07-17
Movie Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' Self (archive footage) 2003-09-30
Movie Making 'The Misfits' Self - Director (archive footage) 2002-10-02
Movie Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies Self 2001-10-07
Movie Sweet Revenge Bartender 2001-03-26
Movie Federico Fellini's Autobiography Self (archive footage) 2000-09-05
Movie Bogart: The Untold Story Self (archive footage) 1997-01-05
Movie Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited) 1991-10-28
Movie John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick Self (archive footage) 1989-01-01
Movie Mr. Corbett's Ghost Soul Collector 1987-12-31
Movie Directed by William Wyler Self 1986-05-01
Movie Momo Meister Hora 1986-07-16
Movie George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Self 1985-03-03
Movie The Black Cauldron Narrator (voice) 1985-07-24
Movie Epic The Narrator (US version) 1985-05-13
Movie Buñuel Self 1984-01-01
Movie Lovesick Larry Geller, M.D. 1983-02-18
Movie A Minor Miracle Father Cardenas 1983-05-31
Movie Annie Actor on Radio (uncredited) 1982-05-21
Movie Lights, Camera, Annie! Self 1982-03-07
Movie Cannery Row Narrator 1982-02-12
Movie Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston Self - Interviewee 1982-03-26
Movie Happy Birthday, Marilyn! Self 1980-01-01
Movie The Return of the King Gandalf (voice) 1980-05-11
Movie Head On Clarke Hill 1980-09-08
Movie The Visitor Jerzy Colsowicz 1979-03-14
Movie Winter Kills Pa Kegan 1979-05-11
Movie Jaguar Lives! Ralph Richards 1979-08-09
Movie Wise Blood Grandfather 1979-10-24
Movie The Biggest Battle Sean O'Hara 1978-02-07
Movie The Bermuda Triangle Edward 1978-02-10
Series The Word Nathan Randall 1978-11-12
Movie B.Traven: A Mystery Solved Self 1978-12-19
Series The Rhinemann Exchange Ambassador Henderson Granville 1977-03-10
Movie Tentacles Ned Turner 1977-02-25
Movie The Hobbit Gandalf the Grey (voice) 1977-11-27
Movie Angela Hogan 1977-11-10
Movie Sherlock Holmes in New York Professor Moriarty 1976-10-18
Movie Breakout Harris Wagner 1975-05-21
Movie The Wind and the Lion John Hay 1975-05-22
Movie Chinatown Noah Cross 1974-06-20
Movie Battle for the Planet of the Apes The Lawgiver 1973-06-15
Movie The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Grizzly Adams 1972-12-18
Movie The Bridge in the Jungle Sleigh 1971-01-01
Movie Man in the Wilderness Captain Filmore Henry 1971-11-24
Movie The Kremlin Letter Admiral 1970-02-01
Movie Myra Breckinridge Buck Loner 1970-06-24
Movie The Deserter General Miles 1970-12-04
Movie De Sade The Abbe 1969-08-27
Movie A Walk with Love and Death Robert the Elder 1969-10-05
Movie Candy Dr. Arnold Dunlap 1968-12-17
Movie Casino Royale M / General MacTarry 1967-04-13
Movie The Bible: In the Beginning... Noah 1966-09-28
Movie On the Trail of the Iguana Self 1964-04-30
Movie The List of Adrian Messenger Lord Ashton (uncredited) 1963-05-23
Movie The Cardinal Kardinal Glennon 1963-12-12
Movie Freud: The Secret Passion Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1962-12-12
Movie The Misfits Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited) 1961-02-01
Movie Moby Dick Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited) 1956-06-27
Movie The Screen Director Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1951-03-12
Movie The Red Badge of Courage Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited) 1951-09-27
Movie We Were Strangers Señor Muñoz (uncredited) 1949-04-27
Movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited) 1948-01-15
Movie San Pietro Narrator 1945-05-03
Movie Report from the Aleutians Narrator (voice) 1943-07-30
Movie Hell's Heroes Church Member (uncredited) 1929-12-27