John Huston
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.
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Acting (91 movies)
The Return of the King
1980
The Hobbit
1977
The Cardinal
1963
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
Chinatown
1974
Momo
1986
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Moby Dick
1956
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Report from the Aleutians
1943
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
Breakout
1975
Cannery Row
1982
Casino Royale
1967
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
Myra Breckinridge
1970
Winter Kills
1979
Wise Blood
1979
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021
The Wind and the Lion
1975
Agee
1980
Candy
1968
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
Man in the Wilderness
1971
Tentacles
1977
The Biggest Battle
1978
Lovesick
1983
The Visitor
1979
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Rocky Road to Dublin
1968
A Walk with Love and Death
1969
The Kremlin Letter
1970
De Sade
1969
The Deserter
1970
Hollywood on Trial
1976
The Bermuda Triangle
1978
We Were Strangers
1949
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
A Minor Miracle
1983
The Bridge in the Jungle
1971
Welles' Language
1990
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
The Battle of San Pietro
1945
American Caesar
1983
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
Hell's Heroes
1929
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
Notes from Under the Volcano
1984
The Black Cauldron
1985
The Misfits
1961
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
City Lights: John Huston
1979
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
1982
Epic
1985
Buñuel
1984
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
1980
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Directed by William Wyler
1986
Annie
1982
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978
Circasia
1976
Angela
1977
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982
Five Came Back
2017
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
1985
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
2004
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Pelé Forever
2004
The Orson Welles Story
1982
Directing (44 movies)
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
The African Queen
1952
Moby Dick
1956
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Prizzi's Honor
1985
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
Moulin Rouge
1952
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
Key Largo
1948
Beat the Devil
1953
The Misfits
1961
The Unforgiven
1960
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Report from the Aleutians
1943
The MacKintosh Man
1973
Casino Royale
1967
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Under the Volcano
1984
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
Wise Blood
1979
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
The Night of the Iguana
1964
In This Our Life
1942
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Fat City
1972
Annie
1982
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
The Kremlin Letter
1970
Escape to Victory
1981
The Dead
1987
Across the Pacific
1942
We Were Strangers
1949
Phobia
1980
The Battle of San Pietro
1945
The Roots of Heaven
1958
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Let There Be Light
1946
A Walk with Love and Death
1969
Sinful Davey
1969
Winning Your Wings
1942
Tunisian Victory
1944
Independence
1976
Love and Bullets
1979