John Huston
- Directing
- August 5, 1906 · Nevada, Missouri, USA
- August 28, 1987
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- 100 Years of Marilyn Monroe · (archive footage)
- The Myth of Marilyn Monroe · Self
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema · Self
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose · Self
- John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul · Self
- Morceaux de Cannes · Self
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die · Self
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast · Self
- The Other Side of the Wind · J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · Self
- Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street · Self
- Arthur Miller: Writer · Self
- Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies · Self
- Five Came Back · Self
- Five Came Back · Self
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · Self
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · Self
- Marilyn at the Movies · Self
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · Self
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen · Self
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · Self
- The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin · Self
- Pelé Forever · Self
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' · Self
- Making 'The Misfits' · Self
- Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies · Self
- Federico Fellini's Autobiography · Self
- Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery · Self
- Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid · Self
- Bogart: The Untold Story · Self
- Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Welles' Language · Self
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick · Self
- Mr. North · Screenplay, Executive producer
- Mister Corbett's Ghost · Soul Collector
- The Dead · Director
- Momo · Meister Hora
- Directed by William Wyler · Self
- The Black Cauldron · Narrator (Voice)
- Prizzi's Honor · Director
- Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise · Narrator
- Epic · The Narrator (US version)
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey · Self
- Notes from Under the Volcano · Self
- Observations Under the Volcano · Self
- Under the Volcano · Director
- To The Western World
- Buñuel · Self
- A Minor Miracle · Father Cardenas
- Lovesick · Larry Geller, M.D.
- American Caesar · Self
- Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler · Self
- Annie · Actor on Radio (uncredited), Director
- The Orson Welles Story · Self
- Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston · Self
- Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical · Self
- Cannery Row · Narrator
- Escape to Victory · Director
- Agee · Self
- Phobia · Director
- Head On · Clarke Hill
- The Return of the King · Gandalf (Voice)
- Happy Birthday, Marilyn! · Self
- John Huston's Dublin
- Wise Blood · Grandfather, Director
- City Lights: John Huston · Self
- Jaguar Lives! · Ralph Richards
- Winter Kills · Pa Kegan
- Love and Bullets · Director
- The Visitor · Jerzy Colsowicz
- B.Traven: A Mystery Solved · Self
- The Word · Nathan Randall
- The Bermuda Triangle · Edward
- The Biggest Battle · Sean O'Hara
- The Hobbit · Gandalf the Grey (Voice)
- Angela · Hogan
- The Rhinemann Exchange · Ambassador Henderson Granville
- Tentacles · Ned Turner
- Hollywood on Trial · Narrator