1929-12-09 New York City, New York, USA
John Nicholas Cassavetes was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century." As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work. Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel. For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
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John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse | 2024-10-18 | |
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150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement | Man Talking | 2021-03-03 |
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Gena Rowlands — Unabhängig im Kino und im Leben | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-05 |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | Guy Woodhouse (archive footage) | 2008-01-18 |
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Operation Dirty Dozen | Self | 2006-01-01 |
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The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
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A Constant Forge | Self (archive footage) | 2000-01-01 |
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Anything for John | Self (archive footage) | 1993-09-06 |
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Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes | Self | 1993-10-02 |
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Arena - John Cassavetes | Self | 1989-02-24 |
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Movies Are My Life | Self | 1988-04-17 |
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Marvin & Tige | Marvin | 1985-03-08 |
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Nederland C | Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer | 1985-01-16 |
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Fräulein Berlin | himself | 1984-01-01 |
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Love Streams | Robert Harmon | 1984-03-22 |
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I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self | 1984-07-01 |
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Tempest | Phillip | 1982-08-13 |
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The Haircut | Music Industry Executive | 1982-09-12 |
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Incubus | Dr. Sam Cordell | 1982-02-24 |
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Dr. Michael Emerson | 1981-12-02 |
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Flesh & Blood | Gus Caputo | 1979-10-14 |
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Brass Target | Maj. Joe De Lucca | 1978-12-22 |
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The Fury | Ben Childress | 1978-03-10 |
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Heroes | VA Doctor (uncredited) | 1977-11-04 |
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Opening Night | Maurice Aarons | 1977-12-22 |
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Mikey and Nicky | Nicky | 1976-12-21 |
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Two-Minute Warning | Sgt. Chris Button | 1976-11-12 |
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Capone | Frankie Yale | 1975-04-16 |
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Nightside | Carmine Kelly | 1973-04-05 |
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The Making of 'Husbands' | Self | 1971-03-28 |
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Minnie and Moskowitz | Jim | 1971-12-22 |
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Husbands | Gus Demetri | 1970-12-08 |
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Steve | 1969-04-24 |
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"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes | 1969-03-17 | |
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Gli intoccabili | Hank McCain | 1969-04-01 |
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Rosemary's Baby | Guy Woodhouse | 1968-06-12 |
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Alexander The Great | Karonos | 1968-01-26 |
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Roma come Chicago | Mario Corda | 1968-11-20 |
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Devil's Angels | Cody | 1967-04-14 |
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The Dirty Dozen | Victor Franko | 1967-06-15 |
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The Killers | Johnny North | 1964-07-07 |
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The Webster Boy | Vance Miller | 1962-06-01 |
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Shadows | Pedestrian (uncredited) | 1960-10-14 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
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Virgin Island | Evan | 1959-08-07 |
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Saddle the Wind | Tony Sinclair | 1958-03-20 |
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Affair in Havana | Nick Douglas | 1957-10-01 |
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Edge of the City | Axel Nordmann | 1957-01-04 |
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Crime in the Streets | Frankie Dane | 1956-06-10 |
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No Right to Kill | McCloud | 1956-08-09 |
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The Night Holds Terror | Robert Batsford | 1955-07-13 |
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Taxi | Man (uncredited) | 1953-01-21 |
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Fourteen Hours | Reporter (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
