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John Huston
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist.
Born August 5, 1906† August 28, 1987 Nevada, Missouri, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2026100 Years of Marilyn Monroe(archive footage)
- 2023The Myth of Marilyn MonroeSelf (voice)
- 2023MCAINE: An Anagram of CinemaSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the RoseSelf (archive footage)
- 2021John Huston: Adventures of a Free SoulSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Morceaux de CannesSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I DieSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2018The Other Side of the WindJ.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
- 2018They'll Love Me When I'm DeadSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the StreetSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Five Came BackSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2012Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage)
- 2011Marilyn at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African QueenSelf (archive footage)
- 2005Filmmakers vs. TycoonsSelf (archive footage)
- 2004The Making of Rocky Road to DublinSelf (Archive Footage)
- 2004Pelé ForeverSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Self (archive footage)
- 2002Making 'The Misfits'Self - Director (archive footage)
- 2001Goldwyn: The Man and His MoviesSelf
- 2000Federico Fellini's AutobiographySelf (archive footage)
- 1998Intimate Portrait: Sean ConnerySelf (archive footage)
- 1997Bogart: Here's Looking at You, KidSelf (archive footage)
- 1997Bogart: The Untold StorySelf (archive footage)
- 1995Orson Welles: The One-Man BandActor
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerGlennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990Welles' LanguageSelf
- 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf (archive footage)
- 1988Mr. NorthWriter · Producer
- 1987Mister Corbett's GhostSoul Collector
- 1987The DeadDirector
- 1986MomoMeister Hora
- 1986Directed by William WylerSelf
- 1985The Black CauldronNarrator (voice)
- 1985Prizzi's HonorDirector
- 1985Herman Melville: Damned in ParadiseNarrator
- 1985EpicThe Narrator (US version)
- 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneySelf
- 1984Notes from Under the VolcanoSelf
- 1984Observations Under the VolcanoSelf
- 1984Under the VolcanoDirector
- 1984To The Western WorldActor
- 1984BuñuelSelf
- 1983A Minor MiracleFather Cardenas
- 1983LovesickLarry Geller, M.D.
- 1983American CaesarSelf - Host
- 1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a SwashbucklerSelf
- 1982AnnieDirector · Actor on Radio (uncredited)
- 1982The Orson Welles StorySelf
- 1982Creativity with Bill Moyers: John HustonSelf - Interviewee
- 1982Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood MusicalSelf
- 1982Cannery RowNarrator
- 1981Escape to VictoryDirector
- 1980AgeeSelf
- 1980PhobiaDirector
- 1980Head OnClarke Hill
- 1980The Return of the KingGandalf (voice)
- 1980Happy Birthday, Marilyn!Self
- 1979John Huston's DublinActor
- 1979Wise BloodDirector · Grandfather
- 1979City Lights: John HustonSelf
- 1979Jaguar Lives!Ralph Richards
- 1979Winter KillsPa Kegan
- 1979Love and BulletsDirector
- 1979The VisitorJerzy Colsowicz
- 1978B.Traven: A Mystery SolvedSelf
- 1978The Bermuda TriangleEdward
- 1978The Biggest BattleSean O'Hara
- 1977The HobbitGandalf the Grey (voice)
- 1977AngelaHogan
- 1977TentaclesNed Turner
- 1976Hollywood on TrialNarrator
- 1976Sherlock Holmes in New YorkProfessor James Moriarty
- 1976IndependenceDirector
- 1976CircasiaRingmaster
- 1975The Man Who Would Be KingDirector · Writer
- 1975The Wind and the LionJohn Hay
- 1975BreakoutHarris Wagner
- 1974ChinatownNoah Cross
- 1973The MacKintosh ManDirector · Producer
- 1973Battle for the Planet of the ApesThe Lawgiver
- 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanDirector · Grizzly Adams
- 1972Fat CityDirector · Producer
- 1971Man in the WildernessCaptain Filmore Henry
- 1971The Bridge in the JungleSleigh
- 1970The DeserterGeneral Miles
- 1970Myra BreckinridgeBuck Loner
- 1970The Unfinished Journey of Robert KennedyNarrator
- 1970The Kremlin LetterDirector · Writer · Producer · Admiral
- 1970Ride This Way Grey HorseDirector
- The Return of the KingGandalf (voice)
- 1969A Walk with Love and DeathDirector · Producer · Robert the Elder
- 1969De SadeThe Abbe
- 1969Sinful DaveyDirector · Producer
- 1968CandyDr. Arnold Dunlap
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