9.0
9.0
The Orson Welles Story
1982
as Self
John Huston
Also known as: John Marcellus Huston
Directing
Born:August 5, 1906
Died:August 28, 1987(aged 81)
Birthplace:Nevada, Missouri, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'2" (187 cm)
Education:Art Students League of New York, Abraham Lincoln High School, Hollywood High School
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
The Maltese FalconThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreKey LargoThe Asphalt JungleThe African QueenMoulin RougeThe Man Who Would Be KingFat CityHeaven Knows, Mr. AllisonThe MisfitsThe Night of the IguanaAnniePrizzi's HonorThe DeadChinatownThe CardinalCasino RoyaleMyra BreckinridgeBattle for the Planet of the ApesHobbit
Filmography (130 movies)
8.0
8.0
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
Director
7.9
7.9
Chinatown
1974
as Noah Cross
7.9
7.9
Five Came Back
2017
as Self (archive footage)
7.7
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Director
7.5
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
Key Largo
1948
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
Let There Be Light
1946
Director
7.3
7.3
The African Queen
1952
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
The Killers
1946
Writer
7.3
7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Director
7.2
7.2
The Stranger
1946
Producer
7.2
7.2
Rocky Road to Dublin
1968
as Self
7.2
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
The Night of the Iguana
1964
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
High Sierra
1941
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
Moby Dick
1956
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Fat City
1972
Producer
7.0
7.0
Jezebel
1938
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
2004
as Self (Archive Footage)
7.0
7.0
Hell's Heroes
1929
as Church Member (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Momo
1986
as Meister Hora
6.9
6.9
The Misfits
1961
Producer
6.9
6.9
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Escape to Victory
1981
Director
6.8
6.8
The Dead
1987
Director
6.8
6.8
In This Our Life
1942
Director
6.8
6.8
The Prowler
1951
Producer
6.7
6.7
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
as Narrator
6.7
6.7
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
6.6
6.6
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Director
6.6
6.6
The Cardinal
1963
as Kardinal Glennon
6.6
6.6
Across the Pacific
1942
Director
6.6
6.6
Moulin Rouge
1952
Director
6.6
6.6
The Wind and the Lion
1975
as John Hay
6.5
6.5
Annie
1982
Director
6.5
6.5
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
Director
6.5
6.5
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
as Self (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
The Hobbit
1977
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
6.5
6.5
Juarez
1939
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Under the Volcano
1984
Director
6.4
6.4
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Director
6.4
6.4
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Writer
6.4
6.4
The Black Cauldron
1985
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
6.4
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
Producer
6.4
6.4
The Return of the King
1980
as Gandalf (voice)
6.4
6.4
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Three Strangers
1946
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Prizzi's Honor
1985
Director
6.3
6.3
Wise Blood
1979
Director
6.3
6.3
A Minor Miracle
1983
as Father Cardenas
6.3
6.3
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Breakout
1975
as Harris Wagner
6.2
6.2
The Unforgiven
1960
Director
6.2
6.2
Epic
1985
as The Narrator (US version)
6.2
6.2
The Roots of Heaven
1958
Director
6.2
6.2
Tunisian Victory
1944
Director
6.2
6.2
Man in the Wilderness
1971
as Captain Filmore Henry
6.1
6.1
Beat the Devil
1953
Director
6.1
6.1
The MacKintosh Man
1973
Director
6.0
6.0
The Battle of San Pietro
1945
Director
6.0
6.0
Welles' Language
1990
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Deserter
1970
as General Miles
6.0
6.0
We Were Strangers
1949
Director
6.0
6.0
The Kremlin Letter
1970
Producer
5.9
5.9
Report from the Aleutians
1943
Director
5.9
5.9
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage)
5.9
5.9
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
Director
5.9
5.9
Love and Bullets
1979
Director
5.9
5.9
It Happened in Paris
1935
Writer
5.9
5.9
A Walk with Love and Death
1969
Director
5.8
5.8
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945
Writer
5.8
5.8
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
as Self (archive footage)
5.8
5.8
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
as Professor Moriarty
5.8
5.8
Winning Your Wings
1942
Director
5.8
5.8
Winter Kills
1979
as Pa Kegan
5.8
5.8
Cannery Row
1982
as Narrator
5.7
5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as The Lawgiver
5.6
5.6
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
5.5
5.5
Hollywood on Trial
1976
as Narrator
5.5
5.5
Lovesick
1983
as Larry Geller, M.D.
5.3
5.3
Mr. North
1988
Executive Producer
5.2
5.2
Casino Royale
1967
Director
5.2
5.2
The Visitor
1979
as Jerzy Colsowicz
5.2
5.2
Agee
1980
as Self
5.1
5.1
Sinful Davey
1969
Executive Producer
5.1
5.1
Candy
1968
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
5.0
5.0
Buñuel
1984
as Self
5.0
5.0
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
as Soul Collector
5.0
5.0
Circasia
1976
as Ringmaster
5.0
5.0
The Bridge in the Jungle
1971
as Sleigh
4.6
4.6
Tentacles
1977
as Ned Turner
4.5
4.5
Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Buck Loner
4.4
4.4
The Biggest Battle
1978
as Sean O'Hara
4.3
4.3
Phobia
1980
Director
4.0
4.0
Jaguar Lives!
1979
as Ralph Richards
4.0
4.0
The Bermuda Triangle
1978
as Edward
3.8
3.8
Angela
1977
as Hogan
3.6
3.6
Head On
1980
as Clarke Hill
2.9
2.9
De Sade
1969
as The Abbe
2.0
2.0
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
as Self
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Two Americans
1929
To The Western World
1984
American Caesar
1983
as Self - Host
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
1985
as Narrator
John Huston's Dublin
1979
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983
as Self
Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984
as Self
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Ride This Way Grey Horse
1970
as Director
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
1982
as Self - Interviewee
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970
as Narrator
City Lights: John Huston
1979
as Self
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
1980
as Self
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
as Self
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982
as Self
Independence
1976
Director
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