1906-08-05 Nevada, Missouri, USA
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.
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Sir Michael Caine – Vom Arbeiterkind zum Hollywoodstar | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2023-03-14 |
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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose | Self (archive footage) | 2022-07-25 |
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John Huston, une âme libre | Self (archive footage) | 2021-11-28 |
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Morceaux de Cannes | 2021-07-02 | |
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Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-26 |
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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2019-02-27 |
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
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The Other Side of the Wind | J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford | 2018-11-02 |
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Five Came Back | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-31 |
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Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-08 |
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Ava Gardner, la vie est plus belle que le cinéma | Self (archive footage) | 2017-06-09 |
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Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2017-12-13 |
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) | 2012-05-15 |
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Marilyn at the Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-13 |
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen | Self (archive footage) | 2010-03-23 |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
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Cineastes contra magnats | Self (archive footage) | 2005-07-17 |
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Pelé Eterno | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-25 |
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The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin | Self (Archive Footage) | 2004-10-11 |
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-30 |
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Making 'The Misfits' | Self - Director (archive footage) | 2002-10-02 |
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self | 2001-10-07 |
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Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-05 |
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Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery | Self (archive footage) | 1998-10-02 |
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Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
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Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
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A Linguagem de Orson Welles | Self | 1990-01-01 |
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-24 |
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Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Soul Collector | 1987-12-31 |
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Momo | Meister Hora | 1986-07-16 |
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Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 |
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The Black Cauldron | Narrator (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
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Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise | Narrator | 1985-05-15 |
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Epic | The Narrator (US version) | 1985-05-13 |
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
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To The Western World | 1984-03-17 | |
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Buñuel | Self | 1984-01-01 |
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Notes from Under the Volcano | Self | 1984-09-09 |
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Observations Under the Volcano | Self | 1984-07-03 |
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Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self | 1983-01-01 |
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American Caesar | Self - Host | 1983-01-01 |
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Lovesick | Larry Geller, M.D. | 1983-02-18 |
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A Minor Miracle | Father Cardenas | 1983-05-31 |
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Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical | Self | 1982-03-07 |
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The Orson Welles Story | Self | 1982-05-18 |
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Annie | Actor on Radio (uncredited) | 1982-05-21 |
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Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston | Self - Interviewee | 1982-03-26 |
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Cannery Row | Narrator | 1982-02-12 |
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The Return of the King | Gandalf (voice) | 1980-05-11 |
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Boldog születésnapot, Marilyn! | Self | 1980-01-01 |
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Agee | Self | 1980-11-14 |
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Head On | Clarke Hill | 1980-09-08 |
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Wise Blood | Grandfather | 1979-10-24 |
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City Lights: John Huston | Self | 1979-10-10 |
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Jaguar Lives! | Ralph Richards | 1979-08-09 |
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Stridulum | Jerzy Colsowicz | 1979-03-22 |
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Winter Kills | Pa Kegan | 1979-05-11 |
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John Huston's Dublin | 1979-11-01 | |
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B.Traven: A Mystery Solved | Self | 1978-12-19 |
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Il grande attacco | Sean O'Hara | 1978-02-07 |
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The Bermuda Triangle | Edward | 1978-02-10 |
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Tentacoli | Ned Turner | 1977-02-25 |
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The Hobbit | Gandalf the Grey (voice) | 1977-11-27 |
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Angela | Hogan | 1977-11-10 |
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Hollywood on Trial | Narrator | 1976-11-01 |
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Sherlock Holmes in New York | Professor James Moriarty | 1976-10-18 |
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Circasia | Ringmaster | 1976-04-08 |
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The Wind and the Lion | John Hay | 1975-05-22 |
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Breakout | Harris Wagner | 1975-05-01 |
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Chinatown | Noah Cross | 1974-06-20 |
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes | The Lawgiver | 1973-06-15 |
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Grizzly Adams | 1972-12-01 |
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Man in the Wilderness | Captain Filmore Henry | 1971-11-24 |
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The Bridge in the Jungle | Sleigh | 1971-01-01 |
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Myra Breckinridge | Buck Loner | 1970-06-24 |
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La spina dorsale del diavolo | General Miles | 1970-12-04 |
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The Kremlin Letter | Admiral | 1970-02-01 |
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Ride This Way Grey Horse | Director | 1970-01-01 |
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The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy | Narrator | 1970-02-17 |
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A Walk with Love and Death | Robert the Elder | 1969-10-05 |
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De Sade | The Abbe | 1969-08-27 |
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Rocky Road to Dublin | Self | 1968-09-30 |
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Candy | Dr. Arnold Dunlap | 1968-12-17 |
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Casino Royale | M / General MacTarry | 1967-04-18 |
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The Legend of Marilyn Monroe | Narrator | 1966-11-30 |
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The Bible: In the Beginning... | Noah | 1966-09-28 |
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On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
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The List of Adrian Messenger | Lord Ashton (uncredited) | 1963-05-23 |
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The Cardinal | Kardinal Glennon | 1963-12-12 |
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Freud: The Secret Passion | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1962-12-12 |
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The Misfits | Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited) | 1961-02-01 |
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Moby Dick | Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited) | 1956-06-27 |
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The Screen Director | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1951-03-12 |
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The Red Badge of Courage | Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited) | 1951-09-27 |
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We Were Strangers | Señor Muñoz | 1949-04-27 |
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited) | 1948-01-15 |
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The Battle of San Pietro | Narrator | 1945-05-03 |
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Report from the Aleutians | Narrator (voice) | 1943-07-30 |
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Hell's Heroes | Church Member (uncredited) | 1929-12-27 |
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Two Americans | 1929-06-22 |
