John Huston
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Born:
Aug 05, 1906

Died:
Aug 28, 1987

Age: 81 Deceased

From:
Nevada, Missouri, USA

Department:
Directing

Total Credits: 211

Avg Rating: 6.6

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John Huston

Also known as: John Marcellus Huston, Τζον Χιούστον, 존 휴스턴, Джон Хʼюстон

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 ...

100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
(archive footage) 2026
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2023
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage) 2022
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
Self (archive footage) 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage) 2020
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2019
The Other Side of the Wind
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford 2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage) 2018
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage) 2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Self (archive footage) 2017
Five Came Back
Self (archive footage) 2017
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2014
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage) 2012
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage) 2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage) 2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self (archive footage) 2010
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage) 2005
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Self (Archive Footage) 2004
Pelé Forever
Self (archive footage) 2004
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self (archive footage) 2003
Making 'The Misfits'
Self - Director (archive footage) 2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self 2001
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self (archive footage) 2000
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self (archive footage) 1998
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage) 1997
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self (archive footage) 1997
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited) 1991
Welles' Language
Self 1990
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