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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/07/2022
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/11/2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2020
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:27/02/2019
The Other Side of the Wind
Character:J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
Release Date:02/11/2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/08/2018
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:13/12/2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/12/2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/06/2017
Five Came Back
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/03/2017
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2014
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/03/2010
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/07/2005
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:11/10/2004
Pelé Forever
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/06/2004
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2003
Making 'The Misfits'
Character:Self - Director (archive footage)
Release Date:02/10/2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2001
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/09/2000
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/10/1998
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/1997
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character:Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1991
Welles' Language
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1990
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/1988
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Character:Soul Collector
Release Date:31/12/1987
Momo
Character:Meister Hora
Release Date:16/07/1986
Directed by William Wyler
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1986
The Black Cauldron
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/07/1985
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/05/1985
Epic
Character:The Narrator (US version)
Release Date:13/05/1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:03/03/1985
Notes from Under the Volcano
Character:Self
Release Date:09/09/1984
Observations Under the Volcano
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/1984
To The Western World
Character:
Release Date:17/03/1984
Buñuel
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1984
A Minor Miracle
Character:Father Cardenas
Release Date:31/05/1983
Lovesick
Character:Larry Geller, M.D.
Release Date:18/02/1983
American Caesar
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/1983
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1983
Annie
Character:Actor on Radio (uncredited)
Release Date:21/05/1982
The Orson Welles Story
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1982
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:26/03/1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Character:Self
Release Date:07/03/1982
Cannery Row
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/02/1982
Agee
Character:Self
Release Date:14/11/1980
Head On
Character:Clarke Hill
Release Date:08/09/1980
The Return of the King
Character:Gandalf (voice)
Release Date:11/05/1980
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1980
John Huston's Dublin
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1979
Wise Blood
Character:Grandfather
Release Date:24/10/1979
City Lights: John Huston
Character:Self
Release Date:10/10/1979
Jaguar Lives!
Character:Ralph Richards
Release Date:09/08/1979
Winter Kills
Character:Pa Kegan
Release Date:11/05/1979
The Visitor
Character:Jerzy Colsowicz
Release Date:22/03/1979
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/1978
The Bermuda Triangle
Character:Edward
Release Date:10/02/1978
The Biggest Battle
Character:Sean O'Hara
Release Date:07/02/1978
The Hobbit
Character:Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Release Date:27/11/1977
Angela
Character:Hogan
Release Date:10/11/1977
Tentacles
Character:Ned Turner
Release Date:25/02/1977
Hollywood on Trial
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/11/1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Character:Professor James Moriarty
Release Date:18/10/1976
Circasia
Character:Ringmaster
Release Date:08/04/1976
The Wind and the Lion
Character:John Hay
Release Date:22/05/1975
Breakout
Character:Harris Wagner
Release Date:01/05/1975
Chinatown
Character:Noah Cross
Release Date:20/06/1974
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Character:The Lawgiver
Release Date:15/06/1973
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Character:Grizzly Adams
Release Date:18/12/1972
Man in the Wilderness
Character:Captain Filmore Henry
Release Date:24/11/1971
The Bridge in the Jungle
Character:Sleigh
Release Date:01/01/1971
The Deserter
Character:General Miles
Release Date:04/12/1970
Myra Breckinridge
Character:Buck Loner
Release Date:24/06/1970
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/02/1970
The Kremlin Letter
Character:Admiral
Release Date:01/02/1970
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Character:Director
Release Date:01/01/1970
A Walk with Love and Death
Character:Robert the Elder
Release Date:05/10/1969
De Sade
Character:The Abbe
Release Date:27/08/1969
Candy
Character:Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Release Date:17/12/1968
Rocky Road to Dublin
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/1968
Casino Royale
Character:M / General MacTarry
Release Date:18/04/1967
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/11/1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Character:Noah
Release Date:28/09/1966
On the Trail of the Iguana
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/1964
The Cardinal
Character:Kardinal Glennon
Release Date:12/12/1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
Character:Lord Ashton (uncredited)
Release Date:23/05/1963
Freud: The Secret Passion
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/12/1962
The Misfits
Character:Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
Release Date:01/02/1961
Moby Dick
Character:Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:27/06/1956
The Red Badge of Courage
Character:Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
Release Date:27/09/1951
The Screen Director
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1951
We Were Strangers
Character:Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1949
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Character:American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
Release Date:15/01/1948
The Battle of San Pietro
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/05/1945
Report from the Aleutians
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:30/07/1943
Hell's Heroes
Character:Church Member (uncredited)
Release Date:27/12/1929
Two Americans
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1929
Television Appearances
The Word
Character:Nathan Randall
The Rhinemann Exchange
Character:Ambassador Henderson Granville
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
Appointment With Destiny
Character:Narrator
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
National Geographic Specials
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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