John Huston

Born: 1906-08-05 in Nevada, Missouri, USA

Died: 1987-08-28

Known For: Directing

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2021

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul as Self (archive footage)

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die as Self (archive footage)

2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2018

The Other Side of the Wind as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)

2005

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage)

2004

Pelé Forever as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin as Self (Archive Footage)

2003

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self (archive footage)

2002

Making 'The Misfits' as Self - Director (archive footage)

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self

2000

Federico Fellini's Autobiography as Self (archive footage)

1998

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery as Self (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid as Self (archive footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990

Welles' Language as Self

1988

Mr. North ... (Screenplay)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self (archive footage)

1987

Mr. Corbett's Ghost as Soul Collector
The Dead ... (Director)

1986

Momo as Meister Hora
Directed by William Wyler as Self

1985

The Black Cauldron as Narrator (voice)
Prizzi's Honor ... (Director)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self
Epic as The Narrator (US version)
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise as Narrator

1984

Under the Volcano ... (Director)
Notes from Under the Volcano as Self
Observations Under the Volcano as Self
To The Western World
Buñuel as Self

1983

Lovesick as Larry Geller, M.D.
A Minor Miracle as Father Cardenas
American Caesar as Self - Host
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler as Self

1982

Annie as Actor on Radio (uncredited)
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston as Self - Interviewee
Cannery Row as Narrator
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical as Self
The Orson Welles Story as Self

1981

Escape to Victory ... (Director)

1980

The Return of the King as Gandalf (voice)
Head On as Clarke Hill
Phobia ... (Director)
Happy Birthday, Marilyn! as Self
Agee as Self

1979

Jaguar Lives! as Ralph Richards
Wise Blood as Grandfather
The Visitor as Jerzy Colsowicz
Winter Kills as Pa Kegan
Love and Bullets ... (Director)
John Huston's Dublin
City Lights: John Huston as Self

1978

The Bermuda Triangle as Edward
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved as Self
The Biggest Battle as Sean O'Hara
The Word as Nathan Randall

1977

Tentacles as Ned Turner
The Hobbit as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Angela as Hogan
The Rhinemann Exchange as Ambassador Henderson Granville

1976

Circasia as Ringmaster
Sherlock Holmes in New York as Professor James Moriarty
Hollywood on Trial as Narrator
Independence ... (Director)

1975

Breakout as Harris Wagner
The Wind and the Lion as John Hay
The Man Who Would Be King ... (Screenplay)

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self
Chinatown as Noah Cross

1973

Battle for the Planet of the Apes as The Lawgiver
The MacKintosh Man ... (Director)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Grizzly Adams
Fat City ... (Director)

1971

Man in the Wilderness as Captain Filmore Henry
The Bridge in the Jungle as Sleigh
Appointment With Destiny as Narrator

1970

The Deserter as General Miles
Myra Breckinridge as Buck Loner
Ride This Way Grey Horse as Director
The Kremlin Letter as Admiral
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy as Narrator

1969

De Sade as The Abbe
Sinful Davey ... (Director)
A Walk with Love and Death as Robert the Elder

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
Candy as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Rocky Road to Dublin as Self

1967

Casino Royale as M / General MacTarry
Reflections in a Golden Eye ... (Producer)

1966

The Bible: In the Beginning... as Noah
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe as Narrator

1965

National Geographic Specials as Narrator (voice)

1964

The Night of the Iguana ... (Director)
On the Trail of the Iguana as Self

1963

The Cardinal as Kardinal Glennon
The List of Adrian Messenger as Lord Ashton (uncredited)

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self
Freud: The Secret Passion as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1961

The Misfits as Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)

1960

The Unforgiven ... (Director)

1958

The Barbarian and the Geisha ... (Director)
The Roots of Heaven ... (Director)

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison ... (Director)

1956

Moby Dick as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)

1953

The Oscars as Self
Beat the Devil ... (Director)

1952

Moulin Rouge ... (Director)
The African Queen ... (Director)

1951

The Prowler ... (Producer)
The Red Badge of Courage as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
The Screen Director as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950

The Asphalt Jungle ... (Director)

1949

We Were Strangers as Señor Muñoz (uncredited)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
Key Largo ... (Screenplay)

1946

Three Strangers ... (Screenplay)
The Killers ... (Writer)
The Stranger ... (Producer)
Let There Be Light ... (Director)

1945

Know Your Enemy: Japan ... (Writer)
The Battle of San Pietro as Narrator

1944

Tunisian Victory ... (Director)

1943

Report from the Aleutians as Narrator (voice)

1942

Across the Pacific ... (Director)
In This Our Life ... (Director)
Winning Your Wings ... (Director)

1941

Sergeant York ... (Screenplay)
The Maltese Falcon ... (Screenplay)
High Sierra ... (Screenplay)

1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet ... (Screenplay)

1939

Juarez ... (Screenplay)

1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse ... (Screenplay)
Jezebel ... (Screenplay)

1935

It Happened in Paris ... (Writer)
Death Drives Through ... (Story)

1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue ... (Additional Dialogue)
Law and Order ... (Adaptation)

1931

A House Divided ... (Dialogue)

1930

The Storm ... (Dialogue)

1929

Hell's Heroes as Church Member (uncredited)
Two Americans