John Huston

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1906-08-05
  • event Death Date 1987-08-28
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 5.9
  • info Birth Place Nevada, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by John Huston

6.4

The Return of the King

1980-05-11

6.5

The Hobbit

1977-11-27

6.5

The Cardinal

1963-12-12

5.9

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1989-01-01

8

Chinatown

1974-06-20

7.1

Momo

1986-07-16

8

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948-01-15

7.2

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017-12-08

7.1

Moby Dick

1956-06-27

7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966-09-28

5.7

Report from the Aleutians

1943-07-30

6.4

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

1966-11-30

6.3

Breakout

1975-05-21

5.9

Cannery Row

1982-02-12

5.3

Casino Royale

1967-04-13

6.5

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972-12-18

5.8

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976-10-18

4.5

Myra Breckinridge

1970-06-24

5.8

Winter Kills

1979-05-11

6.2

Wise Blood

1979-10-24

7.2

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul

2021-11-28

6.6

The Wind and the Lion

1975-05-22

5.2

Agee

1980-11-14

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Hollywood and the Stars

1964-05-04

5.1

Candy

1968-12-17

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Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery

1998-10-02

6.2

Man in the Wilderness

1971-11-24

4.7

Tentacles

1977-02-25

4.5

The Biggest Battle

1978-02-07

5.5

Lovesick

1983-02-18

5.2

The Visitor

1979-03-14

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Jaguar Lives!

1979-08-09

7.2

Rocky Road to Dublin

1968-09-30

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A Walk with Love and Death

1969-10-05

6.1

The Kremlin Letter

1970-02-01

3.4

De Sade

1969-08-27

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The Deserter

1970-12-04

5.5

Hollywood on Trial

1976-11-01

4.1

The Bermuda Triangle

1978-02-10

5.9

We Were Strangers

1949-04-27

6.4

The Red Badge of Courage

1951-09-27

6.5

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

2003-09-30

6.3

A Minor Miracle

1983-05-31

5

The Bridge in the Jungle

1971-01-01

3.9

Head On

1980-09-08

6

Welles' Language

1990-01-01

2

Observations Under the Volcano

1984-07-03

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Two Americans

1929-06-22

6.7

The Other Side of the Wind

2018-11-02

6

San Pietro

1945-05-03

6

The Screen Director

1951-03-12

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American Caesar

1983-01-01

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Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

1997-01-05

6.8

Hell's Heroes

1929-12-27

6.6

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963-05-23

5.7

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973-06-15

5.8

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017-06-09

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Notes from Under the Volcano

1984-09-09

6.4

The Black Cauldron

1985-07-24

6.9

The Misfits

1961-02-01

5

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

1987-12-31

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City Lights: John Huston

1979-10-10

6.7

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

2010-03-23

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On the Trail of the Iguana

1964-04-30

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Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston

1982-03-26

6.2

Epic

1985-05-13

4.7

Buñuel

1984-01-01

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The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy

1970-02-17

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Bogart: The Untold Story

1997-01-05

7.2

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018-08-31

6.2

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

2005-07-17

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Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

2017-12-13

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Making 'The Misfits'

2002-10-02

5.4

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985-03-03

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Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

1980-01-01

7.7

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991-10-28

7

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

6.7

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014-12-12

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Directed by William Wyler

1986-05-01

6.5

Annie

1982-05-21

0

B.Traven: A Mystery Solved

1978-12-19

5

Circasia

1976-04-08

4.4

Angela

1977-11-10

6.5

Freud: The Secret Passion

1962-12-12

7

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

2020-11-26

6.9

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010-05-05

8

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001-10-07

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Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

1983-01-01

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Lights, Camera, Annie!

1982-03-07

7.9

Five Came Back

2017-03-31

0

Ride This Way Grey Horse

1970-01-01

6.3

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

2000-09-05

0

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

0

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985-05-05

7.3

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985-09-29

5.3

The Merv Griffin Show

1962-10-01

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

6.2

The Rhinemann Exchange

1977-03-10

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Appointment With Destiny

1971-11-19

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

4.5

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973-04-02

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

5

The Word

1978-11-12

5.7

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957-07-29

0

Spécial cinéma

1974-09-25

0

Spécial cinéma

1974-09-25

5.2

National Geographic Specials

1965-09-10

6.6

The Dick Cavett Show

1968-06-06

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6.6

The Man Who Would Be King

1975-12-03

6.6

The Man Who Would Be King

1975-12-03

6.6

The African Queen

1952-01-07

6.6

Moby Dick

1956-06-27

6.6

Moby Dick

1956-06-27

6.6

Moby Dick

1956-06-27

6.6

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966-09-28

6.6

Jezebel

1938-03-26

6.6

The Maltese Falcon

1941-10-18

6.6

The Maltese Falcon

1941-10-18

6.6

Prizzi's Honor

1985-06-14

6.6

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948-01-15

6.6

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948-01-15

6.6

Moulin Rouge

1952-12-23

6.6

Moulin Rouge

1952-12-23

6.6

Moulin Rouge

1952-12-23

6.6

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967-10-13

6.6

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967-10-13

6.6

Key Largo

1948-07-16

6.6

Key Largo

1948-07-16

6.6

Beat the Devil

1953-11-26

6.6

Beat the Devil

1953-11-26

6.6

Beat the Devil

1953-11-26

6.6

The Misfits

1961-02-01

6.6

The Unforgiven

1960-04-06

6.6

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963-05-23

6.6

Report from the Aleutians

1943-07-30

6.6

Report from the Aleutians

1943-07-30

6.6

The MacKintosh Man

1973-11-08

6.6

Casino Royale

1967-04-13

6.6

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972-12-18

6.6

Three Strangers

1946-01-28

6.6

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932-01-27

6.6

High Sierra

1941-01-23

6.6

Under the Volcano

1984-06-20

6.6

Freud: The Secret Passion

1962-12-12

6.6

Wise Blood

1979-10-24

6.6

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957-03-13

6.6

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957-03-13

6.6

The Night of the Iguana

1964-08-06

6.6

In This Our Life

1942-05-08

6.6

The Asphalt Jungle

1950-05-12

6.6

The Asphalt Jungle

1950-05-12

6.6

Fat City

1972-07-26

6.6

Fat City

1972-07-26

6.6

Annie

1982-05-21

6.6

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958-09-30

6.6

Sergeant York

1941-09-27

6.6

The Kremlin Letter

1970-02-01

6.6

Escape to Victory

1981-06-17

6.6

The Dead

1987-09-03

6.6

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938-07-20

6.6

The Kremlin Letter

1970-02-01

6.6

The Kremlin Letter

1970-02-01

6.6

Across the Pacific

1942-09-04

6.6

We Were Strangers

1949-04-27

6.6

We Were Strangers

1949-04-27

6.6

Phobia

1980-09-09

6.6

San Pietro

1945-05-03

6.6

The Roots of Heaven

1958-10-15

6.6

Law and Order

1932-02-09

6.6

The Red Badge of Courage

1951-09-27

6.6

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940-02-23

6.6

Juarez

1939-06-10

6.6

Let There Be Light

1946-12-16

6.6

A Walk with Love and Death

1969-10-05

6.6

Sinful Davey

1969-02-10

6.6

The Misfits

1961-02-01

6.6

Winning Your Wings

1942-05-28

6.6

Death Drives Through

1935-02-25

6.6

It Happened in Paris

1935-06-30

6.6

Tunisian Victory

1944-03-23

6.6

The Prowler

1951-05-25

6.6

The African Queen

1952-01-07

6.6

The Night of the Iguana

1964-08-06

6.6

The Killers

1946-08-30

6.6

Mr. North

1988-07-22

6.6

The Last Run

1971-07-07

6.6

The Asphalt Jungle

1950-05-12

6.6

Independence

1976-07-04

6.6

A House Divided

1931-12-05

6.6

The Killers

1946-08-30

6.6

Jezebel

1938-03-26

6.6

Let There Be Light

1946-12-16

6.6

Report from the Aleutians

1943-07-30

6.6

The Storm

1930-08-17

6.6

Know Your Enemy: Japan

1945-08-09

6.6

Sinful Davey

1969-02-10

6.6

Mr. North

1988-07-22

6.6

The Red Badge of Courage

1951-09-27

6.6

The Stranger

1946-07-02

6.6

A Walk with Love and Death

1969-10-05

6.6

The Stranger

1946-07-02