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Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 5, 1906
Died
August 28, 1987
Place of Birth
Nevada, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- John Marcellus Huston
- Τζον Χιούστον
- 존 휴스턴
- Джон Хʼюстон
John Huston
1.0 Popularity
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
7.1
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
5.5
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
6.7
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
7.1
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
0.0
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
7.9
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
2017
6.7
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Credits
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.1
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.0
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
5.5
The Other Side of the Wind
as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
2018
6.7
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.1
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.1
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2017
5.8
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.9
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
6.7
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.7
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.7
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.2
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.5
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self - Director (archive footage)
2002
0.0
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self
2001
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Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.3
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
1997
0.0
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Self (archive footage)
1997
0.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Welles' Language
as Self
1990
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1988
5.9
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Soul Collector
1987
5.0
Momo
as Meister Hora
1986
7.0
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
1986
0.0
The Black Cauldron
as Narrator (voice)
1985
6.4
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
as Narrator
1985
0.0
Epic
as The Narrator (US version)
1985
6.2
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
1985
5.6
Notes from Under the Volcano
as Self
1984
0.0
Observations Under the Volcano
as Self
1984
2.0
🎬
To The Western World
1984
0.0
Buñuel
as Self
1984
5.0
A Minor Miracle
as Father Cardenas
1983
6.3
Lovesick
as Larry Geller, M.D.
1983
5.5
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Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
as Self
1983
0.0
American Caesar
as Self - Host
1983
0.0
Annie
as Actor on Radio (uncredited)
1982
6.5
🎬
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
as Self - Interviewee
1982
0.0
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
as Self
1982
0.0
Cannery Row
as Narrator
1982
5.9
Agee
as Self
1980
5.2
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Head On
as Clarke Hill
1980
3.9
The Return of the King
as Gandalf (voice)
1980
6.4
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
as Self
1980
0.0
Wise Blood
as Grandfather
1979
6.3
City Lights: John Huston
as Self
1979
0.0
Jaguar Lives!
as Ralph Richards
1979
4.0
Winter Kills
as Pa Kegan
1979
5.8
The Visitor
as Jerzy Colsowicz
1979
5.2
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
as Self
1978
0.0
The Word
as Nathan Randall
1978
5.0
The Bermuda Triangle
as Edward
1978
4.0
The Biggest Battle
as Sean O'Hara
1978
4.7
The Hobbit
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
1977
6.5
Angela
as Hogan
1977
4.4
The Rhinemann Exchange
as Ambassador Henderson Granville
1977
6.1
Tentacles
as Ned Turner
1977
4.6
Hollywood on Trial
as Narrator
1976
5.5
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Professor Moriarty
1976
5.8
Circasia
as Ringmaster
1976
5.0
The Wind and the Lion
as John Hay
1975
6.5
Breakout
as Harris Wagner
1975
6.3
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1974
0.0
Chinatown
as Noah Cross
1974
7.9
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as The Lawgiver
1973
5.7
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Grizzly Adams
1972
6.4
Man in the Wilderness
as Captain Filmore Henry
1971
6.2
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Appointment With Destiny
as Narrator
1971
0.0
The Bridge in the Jungle
as Sleigh
1971
5.0
The Deserter
as General Miles
1970
6.0
Myra Breckinridge
as Buck Loner
1970
4.5
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
as Narrator
1970
0.0
The Kremlin Letter
as Admiral
1970
6.1
🎬
Ride This Way Grey Horse
as Director
1970
0.0
A Walk with Love and Death
as Robert the Elder
1969
6.1
De Sade
as The Abbe
1969
3.0
Candy
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
1968
5.2
Rocky Road to Dublin
as Self
1968
7.2
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.7
Casino Royale
as M / General MacTarry
1967
5.2
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
as Narrator
1966
6.7
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Noah
1966
7.3
National Geographic Specials
as Narrator (voice)
1965
6.5
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
1964
6.0
The Cardinal
as Kardinal Glennon
1963
6.5
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Lord Ashton (uncredited)
1963
6.6
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1962
6.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Misfits
as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
1961
6.9
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Moby Dick
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
1956
7.1
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Red Badge of Courage
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
1951
6.4
🎬
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951
6.0
We Were Strangers
as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
1949
5.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
1948
7.9
The Battle of San Pietro
as Narrator
1945
6.0
Report from the Aleutians
as Narrator (voice)
1943
5.8
Hell's Heroes
as Church Member (uncredited)
1929
7.0
🎬
Two Americans
1929
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