John Huston
Directing
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
Directing44
movieThe Dead
1987
Director
moviePrizzi's Honor
1985
Director
movieUnder the Volcano
1984
Director
movieAnnie
1982
Director
movieEscape to Victory
1981
Director
moviePhobia
1980
Director
movieWise Blood
1979
Director
movieLove and Bullets
1979
Director
movieIndependence
1976
Director
movieThe MacKintosh Man
1973
Director
movieFat City
1972
Director
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
Director
movieSinful Davey
1969
Director
movieCasino Royale
1967
Director
movieThe Night of the Iguana
1964
Director
movieThe Misfits
1961
Director
movieThe Unforgiven
1960
Director
movieThe Roots of Heaven
1958
Director
movieMoby Dick
1956
Director
movieBeat the Devil
1953
Director
movieMoulin Rouge
1952
Director
movieThe African Queen
1952
Director
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
Director
movieWe Were Strangers
1949
Director
movieKey Largo
1948
Director
movieLet There Be Light
1946
Director
movieTunisian Victory
1944
Director
movieAcross the Pacific
1942
Director
movieWinning Your Wings
1942
Director
movieIn This Our Life
1942
Director
movieThe Maltese Falcon
1941
Director
Acting118
movie100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
2026
(archive footage)
movieThe Myth of Marilyn Monroe
2023
Self (voice)
movieMCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieJohn Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieNice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Other Side of the Wind
2018
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
movieThey'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieAnjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieArthur Miller: Writer
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieAva Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieFive Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvFive Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn at the Movies
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieEmbracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
2004
Self (Archive Footage)
moviePelé Forever
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieDiscovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieMaking 'The Misfits'
2002
Self - Director (archive footage)
movieFederico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieIntimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieBogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
Self (archive footage)
movieBogart: The Untold Story
1997
Self (archive footage)
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
Self (archive footage)
movieMr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
Soul Collector
movieMomo
1986
Meister Hora
movieThe Black Cauldron
1985
Narrator (voice)
movieEpic
1985
The Narrator (US version)
movieBuñuel
1984
Self
movieA Minor Miracle
1983
Father Cardenas
movieLovesick
1983
Larry Geller, M.D.
movieAmerican Caesar
1983
Self - Host
movieAnnie
1982
Actor on Radio (uncredited)
movieCreativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
1982
Self - Interviewee
movieCannery Row
1982
Narrator
movieAgee
1980
Self
Head On
1980
Clarke Hill
movieThe Return of the King
1980
Gandalf (voice)
movieWise Blood
1979
Grandfather
movieJaguar Lives!
1979
Ralph Richards
movieWinter Kills
1979
Pa Kegan
movieThe Visitor
1979
Jerzy Colsowicz
tvThe Word
1978
Nathan Randall
movieThe Biggest Battle
1978
Sean O'Hara
movieThe Hobbit
1977
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
movieAngela
1977
Hogan
tvThe Rhinemann Exchange
1977
Ambassador Henderson Granville
movieTentacles
1977
Ned Turner
movieHollywood on Trial
1976
Narrator
movieSherlock Holmes in New York
1976
Professor James Moriarty
movieCircasia
1976
Ringmaster
movieThe Wind and the Lion
1975
John Hay
movieBreakout
1975
Harris Wagner
tvSpécial cinéma
1974
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieChinatown
1974
Noah Cross
movieBattle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
The Lawgiver
movieThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Grizzly Adams
movieMan in the Wilderness
1971
Captain Filmore Henry
Film '72
1971
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieThe Deserter
1970
General Miles
movieMyra Breckinridge
1970
Buck Loner
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
Admiral
movieA Walk with Love and Death
1969
Robert the Elder
movieDe Sade
1969
The Abbe
movieCandy
1968
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieCasino Royale
1967
M / General MacTarry
tvNational Geographic Specials
1965
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Cardinal
1963
Kardinal Glennon
movieThe List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
movieFreud: The Secret Passion
1962
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Misfits
1961
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
movieMoby Dick
1956
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieThe Red Badge of Courage
1951
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieWe Were Strangers
1949
Señor Muñoz
movieThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
movieReport from the Aleutians
1943
Narrator (voice)
movieHell's Heroes
1929
Church Member (uncredited)
Writing33
movieMr. North
1988
Screenplay
movieThe Man Who Would Be King
1975
Screenplay
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
Screenplay
movieThe Night of the Iguana
1964
Screenplay
movieFreud: The Secret Passion
1962
Screenplay
movieHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
Screenplay
movieMoby Dick
1956
Screenplay
movieBeat the Devil
1953
Screenplay
movieMoulin Rouge
1952
Screenplay
movieThe African Queen
1952
Screenplay
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
Screenplay
movieWe Were Strangers
1949
Screenplay
movieKey Largo
1948
Screenplay
movieThe Killers
1946
Writer
movieThe Stranger
1946
Co-Writer
movieThree Strangers
1946
Screenplay
movieThe Maltese Falcon
1941
Screenplay
movieSergeant York
1941
Screenplay
movieHigh Sierra
1941
Screenplay
movieDr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Screenplay
movieJuarez
1939
Screenplay
movieThe Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Screenplay
movieJezebel
1938
Screenplay
movieIt Happened in Paris
1935
Adaptation
movieLaw and Order
1932
Adaptation
movieA House Divided
1931
Dialogue
movieThe Storm
1930
Dialogue
Production14
movieMr. North
1988
Executive Producer
movieThe MacKintosh Man
1973
Producer
movieFat City
1972
Producer
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
Producer
movieSinful Davey
1969
Executive Producer
movieThe Misfits
1961
Producer
movieMoby Dick
1956
Producer
movieBeat the Devil
1953
Producer
movieMoulin Rouge
1952
Producer
movieThe Prowler
1951
Producer
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
Producer
movieThe Stranger
1946
Producer
Crew3
movieThe Killers
1946
Additional Writing
movieJezebel
1938
Second Unit
movieMurders in the Rue Morgue
1932
Additional Dialogue