John Cassavetes
Directing
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).
Known for
Directing14
movieBig Trouble
1986
Director
movieLove Streams
1984
Director
movieGloria
1980
Director
movieOpening Night
1977
Director
movieMinnie and Moskowitz
1971
Director
movieHusbands
1970
Director
movieFaces
1968
Director
movieA Child Is Waiting
1963
Director
tvThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Director
movieToo Late Blues
1961
Director
movieShadows
1960
Director
tvJohnny Staccato
1959
Director
Acting88
movieGena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
Self (archive footage)
moviePeter Falk versus Columbo
2019
Self (archive footage)
tvIconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
movieA Constant Forge
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieAnything for John
1993
Self (archive footage)
movieMarvin & Tige
1985
Marvin
Nederland C
1985
Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
movieLove Streams
1984
Robert Harmon
movieFräulein Berlin
1984
himself
The Haircut
1982
Music Industry Executive
movieTempest
1982
Phillip
movieIncubus
1982
Dr. Sam Cordell
movieWhose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
Dr. Michael Emerson
movieFlesh & Blood
1979
Gus Caputo
tvFlesh & Blood
1979
Gus Caputo
movieBrass Target
1978
Maj. Joe De Lucca
movieThe Fury
1978
Ben Childress
movieOpening Night
1977
Maurice Aarons
movieHeroes
1977
VA Doctor (uncredited)
movieTwo-Minute Warning
1976
Sgt. Chris Button
movieCapone
1975
Frankie Yale
movieNightside
1973
Carmine Kelly
tvColumbo
1971
Alex Benedict
movieHusbands
1970
Gus Demetri
movieMachine Gun McCain
1969
Hank McCain
movieBandits in Rome
1968
Mario Corda
movieRosemary's Baby
1968
Guy Woodhouse
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieAlexander The Great
1968
Karonos
movieThe Dirty Dozen
1967
Victor Franko
tvThe Legend of Jesse James
1965
Blackie Dolan
movieThe Killers
1964
Johnny North
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Peter Chandler
tvBurke's Law
1963
Eddie Dineen / Alfred Algernon / Stephen Collins / Carlos de Vega
tvChanning
1963
Lloyd Sullivan
tvCombat!
1962
Kalb
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Rusty Connors / Lee Griffin
tvThe Virginian
1962
Jonah MacIntosh
movieThe Webster Boy
1962
Vance Miller
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Makin Saund
movieShadows
1960
Pedestrian (uncredited)
tvJohnny Staccato
1959
Johnny Staccato
tvRawhide
1959
Cal Fletcher
movieSaddle the Wind
1958
Tony Sinclair
movieAffair in Havana
1957
Nick Douglas
movieEdge of the City
1957
Axel Nordmann
movieNo Right to Kill
1956
McCloud
movieCrime in the Streets
1956
Frankie Dane
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Max Markheim
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Sam Cobbett
movieThe Night Holds Terror
1955
Robert Batsford
tvClimax!
1954
Malcolm McCloud / Abel Winter
movieTaxi
1953
Man (uncredited)
tvOmnibus
1952
Pepe
movieFourteen Hours
1951
Reporter (uncredited)
tvStudio One
1948
Paul Greco
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Writing14
movieGloria
1999
Original Film Writer
movieShe's So Lovely
1997
Writer
movieLove Streams
1984
Screenplay
movieIncubus
1982
Screenplay
movieGloria
1980
Writer
movieOpening Night
1977
Writer
movieHusbands
1970
Writer
movieFaces
1968
Writer
movieToo Late Blues
1961
Writer
movieShadows
1960
Writer
Editing3
Crew2
Production2
movieFaces
1968
Producer
movieToo Late Blues
1961
Producer