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.
Movie | John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul | Self (archive footage) | 2021-11-28 |
Movie | Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-26 |
Movie | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
Movie | The Other Side of the Wind | J.J. "Jake" Hannaford | 2018-11-02 |
Movie | Five Came Back | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-31 |
Movie | Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2017-06-09 |
Movie | Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2017-12-13 |
Movie | Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen | Self (archive footage) | 2010-03-23 |
Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
Movie | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Self (archive footage) | 2005-07-17 |
Movie | Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-30 |
Movie | Making 'The Misfits' | Self - Director (archive footage) | 2002-10-02 |
Movie | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self | 2001-10-07 |
Movie | Federico Fellini's Autobiography | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-05 |
Movie | Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery | Self (archive footage) | 1998-10-02 |
Movie | Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
Movie | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
Movie | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
Movie | Welles' Language | Self | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Soul Collector | 1987-12-31 |
Movie | Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 |
Movie | Momo | Meister Hora | 1986-07-16 |
Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | Epic | The Narrator (US version) | 1985-05-13 |
Movie | The Black Cauldron | Narrator (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Carlos / Narrator | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Buñuel | Self | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Observations Under the Volcano | Self | 1984-07-03 |
Movie | Notes from Under the Volcano | Self | 1984-09-09 |
Movie | American Caesar | Self - Host | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | A Minor Miracle | Father Cardenas | 1983-05-31 |
Movie | Lovesick | Larry Geller, M.D. | 1983-02-18 |
Movie | Cannery Row | Narrator | 1982-02-12 |
Movie | Lights, Camera, Annie! | Self | 1982-03-07 |
Movie | Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston | Self - Interviewee | 1982-03-26 |
Movie | Annie | Actor on Radio (uncredited) | 1982-05-21 |
Movie | Happy Birthday, Marilyn! | Self | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | The Return of the King | Gandalf (voice) | 1980-05-11 |
Movie | Agee | Self | 1980-11-14 |
Movie | Head On | Clarke Hill | 1980-09-08 |
Movie | The Visitor | Jerzy Colsowicz | 1979-03-14 |
Movie | Winter Kills | Pa Kegan | 1979-05-11 |
Movie | Wise Blood | Grandfather | 1979-10-24 |
Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Ralph Richards | 1979-08-09 |
Movie | City Lights: John Huston | Self | 1979-10-10 |
Movie | The Bermuda Triangle | Edward | 1978-02-10 |
Movie | The Biggest Battle | Sean O'Hara | 1978-02-07 |
Series | The Word | Nathan Randall | 1978-11-12 |
Movie | B.Traven: A Mystery Solved | Self | 1978-12-19 |
Movie | Tentacles | Ned Turner | 1977-02-25 |
Series | The Rhinemann Exchange | Ambassador Henderson Granville | 1977-03-10 |
Movie | Angela | Hogan | 1977-11-10 |
Movie | The Hobbit | Gandalf the Grey (voice) | 1977-11-27 |
Movie | Circasia | Ringmaster | 1976-04-08 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes in New York | Professor Moriarty | 1976-10-18 |
Movie | Hollywood on Trial | Narrator | 1976-11-01 |
Movie | Breakout | Harris Wagner | 1975-05-21 |
Movie | The Wind and the Lion | John Hay | 1975-05-22 |
Movie | Chinatown | Noah Cross | 1974-06-20 |
Series | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) | 1974-09-25 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | The Lawgiver | 1973-06-15 |
Movie | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Grizzly Adams | 1972-12-18 |
Movie | The Bridge in the Jungle | Sleigh | 1971-01-01 |
Series | Appointment With Destiny | Narrator | 1971-11-19 |
Movie | Man in the Wilderness | Captain Filmore Henry | 1971-11-24 |
Movie | Ride This Way Grey Horse | Director | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | The Kremlin Letter | Admiral | 1970-02-01 |
Movie | Myra Breckinridge | Buck Loner | 1970-06-24 |
Movie | The Journey of Robert Kennedy | Narrator | 1970-02-17 |
Movie | The Deserter | General Miles | 1970-12-04 |
Movie | De Sade | The Abbe | 1969-08-27 |
Movie | A Walk with Love and Death | Robert the Elder | 1969-10-05 |
Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
Movie | Candy | Dr. Arnold Dunlap | 1968-12-17 |
Movie | Rocky Road to Dublin | Self | 1968-09-30 |
Movie | Casino Royale | M / General MacTarry | 1967-04-13 |
Movie | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Noah | 1966-09-28 |
Movie | The Legend of Marilyn Monroe | Narrator | 1966-11-30 |
Series | National Geographic Specials | Narrator (voice) | 1965-09-10 |
Movie | On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
Movie | Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1964-05-04 |
Movie | The Cardinal | Kardinal Glennon | 1963-12-12 |
Movie | The List of Adrian Messenger | Lord Ashton (uncredited) | 1963-05-23 |
Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | Freud: The Secret Passion | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1962-12-12 |
Movie | The Misfits | Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited) | 1961-02-01 |
Series | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | 1957-07-29 |
Movie | Moby Dick | Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited) | 1956-06-27 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | The Screen Director | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1951-03-12 |
Movie | The Red Badge of Courage | Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited) | 1951-09-27 |
Movie | We Were Strangers | Señor Muñoz (uncredited) | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited) | 1948-01-15 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self (archive footage) | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | San Pietro | Narrator | 1945-05-03 |
Movie | Report from the Aleutians | Narrator (voice) | 1943-07-30 |
Movie | Two Americans | 1929-06-22 | |
Movie | Hell's Heroes | Church Member (uncredited) | 1929-12-27 |