Directing
John Huston
EN, DE, FR, PT cinema · 152 credits
Born
5 August 1906
Died
28 August 1987 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Nevada, Missouri, USA
Also known as John Marcellus Huston · Τζον Χιούστον · 존 휴스턴 · Джон Хʼюстон
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Return of the King
The Return of the King
as Gandalf (voice)
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
as (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Myth of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (voice)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
as J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
as Self (Archive Footage)
Pelé Forever
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Welles' Language
as Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. North
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Mister Corbett's Ghost
as Soul Collector
The Dead
Director
Momo
as Meister Hora
The Black Cauldron
as Narrator (voice)
Epic
as The Narrator (US version)
Prizzi's Honor
Director
Buñuel
as Self
Under the Volcano
Director
Lovesick
as Larry Geller, M.D.
A Minor Miracle
as Father Cardenas
American Caesar
as Self - Host
Cannery Row
as Narrator
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
as Self - Interviewee
Annie
as Actor on Radio (uncredited), Director
Escape to Victory
Director
The Return of the King
as Gandalf (voice)
Agee
as Self
Head On
1980
Head On
as Clarke Hill
Phobia
Director
Winter Kills
as Pa Kegan
Wise Blood
as Grandfather, Director
The Visitor
as Jerzy Colsowicz
Jaguar Lives!
as Ralph Richards
Love and Bullets
Director
The Biggest Battle
as Sean O'Hara
The Bermuda Triangle
as Edward
The Hobbit
as Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Tentacles
as Ned Turner
Angela
as Hogan
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Professor James Moriarty
Hollywood on Trial
as Narrator
Circasia
as Ringmaster
Independence
Director
Breakout
as Harris Wagner
The Wind and the Lion
as John Hay
The Man Who Would Be King
Director, Screenplay
Chinatown
as Noah Cross
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as The Lawgiver
The MacKintosh Man
Director, Producer
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Grizzly Adams, Director
Fat City
Producer, Director
Man in the Wilderness
as Captain Filmore Henry
The Bridge in the Jungle
as Sleigh
Myra Breckinridge
as Buck Loner
The Kremlin Letter
as Admiral, Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Deserter
as General Miles
A Walk with Love and Death
as Robert the Elder, Director, Producer
De Sade
as The Abbe
Sinful Davey
Director, Executive Producer
Candy
as Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Casino Royale
as McTarry, Director
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Producer, Director
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Noah, Director
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
as Narrator
The Night of the Iguana
Director, Screenplay
The Cardinal
as Kardinal Glennon
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Lord Ashton (uncredited), Director
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
The Misfits
as (uncredited), Director, Producer
The Unforgiven
Director
The Roots of Heaven
Director
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Screenplay, Director
Moby Dick
as Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Beat the Devil
Screenplay, Director, Producer
The African Queen
Director, Screenplay
Moulin Rouge
Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Red Badge of Courage
as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Screen Director
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Prowler
Producer
The Asphalt Jungle
Director, Screenplay, Producer
We Were Strangers
as Señor Muñoz, Director, Screenplay
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
Key Largo
Screenplay, Director
Three Strangers
Screenplay
Let There Be Light
Director, Writer
The Killers
Writer, Additional Writing
The Stranger
Producer, Co-Writer
The Battle of San Pietro
as Narrator, Director
Tunisian Victory
Director
Report from the Aleutians
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Editor
In This Our Life
Director
Across the Pacific
Director
Winning Your Wings
Director
The Maltese Falcon
Director, Screenplay
High Sierra
Screenplay
Sergeant York
Screenplay
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Screenplay
Juarez
Screenplay
Jezebel
Screenplay, Second Unit
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Screenplay
It Happened in Paris
Adaptation
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Additional Dialogue
Law and Order
Adaptation
A House Divided
Dialogue
The Storm
Dialogue
Hell's Heroes
as Church Member (uncredited)