John Huston

John Huston

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1906-08-05
Deathday: 1987-08-28 (81 years old)

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.


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Filmography

all 163

Movies 146

self 55

Director 35

TV Shows 17

Producer 10

Narrator 10

Writer 8

Voice 4

Screenplay 4

Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back

Five Came Back (2017)

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

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

Movie
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Mr. North

Mr. North (1988)

Movie
Meister Hora
Momo

Momo (1986)

Movie
Narrator (US Version)
Epic

Epic (1985)

Movie
Carlos / Narrator (segment 'Man from the South')
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)

Movie
Larry Geller, M.D.
Lovesick

Lovesick (1983)

Movie
1
Self - Flynn's Director - 'Roots Of Heaven'
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)

Movie
Nathan Randall
The Word

The Word (1978)

TV
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
The Hobbit

The Hobbit (1977)

Movie
9
Ambassador Henderson Granville
The Rhinemann Exchange

The Rhinemann Exchange (1977)

TV
Self / Self (archive footage)
Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma (1974)

TV
Director / Producer
Fat City

Fat City (1972)

Movie
6.19
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Candy

Candy (1968)

Movie
9
M / General MacTarry / Director
Casino Royale

Casino Royale (1967)

Movie
Lord Ashton (uncredited) / Director
The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)

Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) / Director
Freud: The Secret Passion

Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)

Movie
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited) / Director / Producer
The Misfits

The Misfits (1961)

Movie
7
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay / Producer
Moby Dick

Moby Dick (1956)

Movie
10
Screenplay / Director / Producer
Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil (1953)

Movie
6
Director / Producer / Screenplay
Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge (1952)

Movie
6
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Screen Director

The Screen Director (1951)

Movie
Director / Screenplay / Producer
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Movie
3.71
Señor Muñoz (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay
We Were Strangers

We Were Strangers (1949)

Movie
6
Self / Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Movie
5.58
Writer / Additional Writing
The Killers

The Killers (1946)

Movie
4
Producer / Co-Writer
The Stranger

The Stranger (1946)

Movie
Screenplay / Second Unit
Jezebel

Jezebel (1938)

Movie
3.5
Church Member (uncredited)
Hell's Heroes

Hell's Heroes (1929)

Movie
Self - Narrator
Saga of Western Man

Saga of Western Man

TV
Self - Narrator
Cities

Cities

TV
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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1906-08-05

Deathday
1987-08-28 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Nevada, United States

Religion
atheism

Height
187-centimeter

Relationships
Celeste Shane (1972 - 1977), Enrica Soma (1950 - 1969), Dorothy Harvey (1925 - 1933), Evelyn Keyes (1946 - 1950), Lesley Black (1937 - 1945)

Children
Tony Huston, Allegra Huston, Danny Huston, Anjelica Huston

Father
Walter Huston

Mother
Rhea Gore

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
John Marcellus Huston, Τζον Χιούστον, 존 휴스턴, Джон Хʼюстон

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, AFI Life Achievement Award, Golden Lion, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director

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