John Huston
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.
Known For
Gandalf (voice)
The Return of the King
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
The Hobbit
Kardinal Glennon
The Cardinal
Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Noah Cross
Chinatown
Meister Hora
Momo
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
Moby Dick
Noah
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Narrator (voice)
Report from the Aleutians
Narrator
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Harris Wagner
Breakout
Narrator
Cannery Row
M / General MacTarry
Casino Royale
Grizzly Adams
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Professor James Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Buck Loner
Myra Breckinridge
Pa Kegan
Winter Kills
Grandfather
Wise Blood
Self (archive footage)
John Huston, une âme libre
John Hay
The Wind and the Lion
Self
Agee
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Candy
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Captain Filmore Henry
Man in the Wilderness
Ned Turner
Tentacoli
Sean O'Hara
Il grande attacco
Larry Geller, M.D.
Lovesick
Jerzy Colsowicz
Stridulum
Ralph Richards
Jaguar Lives!
Self
Rocky Road to Dublin
Robert the Elder
A Walk with Love and Death
Admiral
The Kremlin Letter
The Abbe
De Sade
General Miles
La spina dorsale del diavolo
Narrator
Hollywood on Trial
Edward
The Bermuda Triangle
Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
We Were Strangers
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Father Cardenas
A Minor Miracle
Sleigh
The Bridge in the Jungle
Clarke Hill
Head On
Self
A Linguagem de Orson Welles
Self
Observations Under the Volcano
Two Americans
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
The Other Side of the Wind
Narrator
The Battle of San Pietro
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Screen Director
Self - Host
American Caesar
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Church Member (uncredited)
Hell's Heroes
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
The List of Adrian Messenger
The Lawgiver
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Self (archive footage)
Ava Gardner, la vie est plus belle que le cinéma
Self
Notes from Under the Volcano
Narrator (voice)
The Black Cauldron
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
The Misfits
Soul Collector
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Self
City Lights: John Huston
Self (archive footage)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self - Interviewee
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
The Narrator (US version)
Epic
Self
Buñuel
Narrator
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
Cineastes contra magnats
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Director (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Boldog születésnapot, Marilyn!
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self
Directed by William Wyler
Actor on Radio (uncredited)
Annie
Self
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Ringmaster
Circasia
Hogan
Angela
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Freud: The Secret Passion
Self (archive footage)
Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Self
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Director
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato
Narrator
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
To The Western World
John Huston's Dublin
Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Pelé Eterno
Self
The Orson Welles Story
Self (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sir Michael Caine – Vom Arbeiterkind zum Hollywoodstar
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
100
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-08-05
Place of Birth
Nevada, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
John Marcellus Huston