John Huston
Directing
🎂 1906-08-05
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(107)
Self
1962
Self
1948
Self - Guest
1968
Self
1974
Self (archive footage)
1974
Self
1957
Narrator (voice)
1965
Self
1953
Self
1973
Noah Cross
1974
Ambassador Henderson Granville
1977
M / General MacTarry
1967
Nathan Randall
1978
The Lawgiver
1973
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
1968
Narrator (voice)
1985
Actor on Radio (uncredited)
1982
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
1948
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
1956
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
1961
Noah
1966
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
1977
The Abbe
1969
John Hay
1975
Harris Wagner
1975
Meister Hora
1986
Ned Turner
1977
Gandalf (voice)
1980
Grizzly Adams
1972
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
1951
Kardinal Glennon
1963
Self (archive footage)
2014
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
2018
Narrator
1971
Captain Filmore Henry
1971
Buck Loner
1970
Self (archive footage)
2017
Jerzy Colsowicz
1979
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
1963
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
Self (archive footage)
2018
Narrator
1945
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Pa Kegan
1979
Narrator
1982
Grandfather
1979
Self
1986
General Miles
1970
Professor Moriarty
1976
Edward
1978
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Self (archive footage)
2020
Narrator
1966
Sean O'Hara
1978
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
Larry Geller, M.D.
1983
Ringmaster
1976
Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
1949
Robert the Elder
1969
Admiral
1970
Self (archive footage)
2010
Ralph Richards
1979
Narrator (voice)
1943
Hogan
1977
Church Member (uncredited)
1929
Self
1990
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage)
1988
Soul Collector
1987
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
1982
Self - Director (archive footage)
2002
Self
1985
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
2001
The Narrator (US version)
1985
Self
1984
Self (archive footage)
2010
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1964
Father Cardenas
1983
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
1984
Sleigh
1971
Self
1968
Narrator
1985
Self
1984
Director
1970
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
1983
Narrator
1976
1929
Self
1978
Self
1980
Self (archive footage)
2021
Narrator
1970
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self - Host
1983
Self
1979
Clarke Hill
1980
Self
1980
Self - Interviewee
1982
1984
1979
Directing (45)
Director
1967
Director
1981
Director
1982
Director
1948
Director
1956
Director
1941
Director
1961
Director
1964
Director
1966
Director
1960
Director
1952
Director
1950
Director
1948
Director
1975
Director
1953
Director
1952
Director
1972
Director
1951
Director
1985
Director
1973
Director
1967
Director
1984
Director
1963
Director
1962
Director
1945
Director
1957
Director
1987
Director
1972
Director
1979
Director
1958
Director
1979
Director
1969
Director
1958
Director
1942
Director
1942
Director
1949
Director
1980
Director
1969
Director
1970
Director
1943
Director
1946
Director
1944
Director
1942
Director
1946
Director
1976
Writing (33)
Screenplay
1948
Screenplay
1956
Screenplay
1941
Writer
1946
Screenplay
1964
Screenplay
1952
Co-Writer
1946
Screenplay
1938
Screenplay
1941
Screenplay
1950
Screenplay
1948
Screenplay
1975
Screenplay
1953
Screenplay
1952
Screenplay
1941
Writer
1951
Screenplay
1988
Screenplay
1957
Screenplay
1946
Screenplay
1939
Screenplay
1938
Screenplay
1940
Screenplay
1949
Screenplay
1970
Writer
1943
Writer
1946
Writer
1935
Adaptation
1932
Writer
1946
Dialogue
1931
Story
1935
Writer
1945
Dialogue
1930
