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John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century."
As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work.
Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel.
For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
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Filmography
all 101
Movies 69
TV Shows 32
self 20
Director 10
Writer 4
Watching a Cassavetes Movie (2024)
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain (2023)
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement (2021)
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film (2019)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Castanha (2014)
Before Opening Night (2011)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Edge of Outside (2006)
Operation Dirty Dozen (2006)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
A Constant Forge (2000)
Gloria (1999)
She's So Lovely (1997)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes (1993)
Anything for John (1993)
Arena - John Cassavetes (1989)
Big Trouble (1986)
Marvin & Tige (1985)
Nederland C (1985)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work (1984)
Love Streams (1984)
Fräulein Berlin (1984)
The Haircut (1982)
Tempest (1982)
Incubus (1982)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Gloria (1980)
Flesh & Blood (1979)
Brass Target (1978)
Movies Are My Life (1978)
The Fury (1978)
Opening Night (1977)
Heroes (1977)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Capone (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Nightside (1973)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
Columbo (1971)
The Making of 'Husbands' (1971)
Husbands (1970)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Faces (1968)
Bandits in Rome (1968)
Mia and Roman (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Alexander The Great (1968)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Devil's Angels (1967)
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
Profiles in Courage (1964)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
The Killers (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
Channing (1963)
Breaking Point (1963)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Combat! (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)
The Webster Boy (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Too Late Blues (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Shadows (1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
Johnny Staccato (1959)
Virgin Island (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Pursuit (1958)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
The Dick Clark Show (1958)
Affair in Havana (1957)
Edge of the City (1957)
No Right to Kill (1956)
Crime in the Streets (1956)
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Night Holds Terror (1955)
Climax! (1954)
The Elgin Hour (1954)
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Taxi (1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1929-12-09
Deathday1989-02-03 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsGena Rowlands (1954-01-01 - 1989-01-01)
ChildrenZoe Cassavetes, Alexandra Cassavetes, Nick Cassavetes
MotherKatherine Cassavetes
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn Nicholas Cassavetes, 존 카사베츠
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