John Huston
Directing • Born 1906-08-05 – Died 1987-08-28
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.
Filmography
112 credits
The Return of the King
Movie • 1980
Gandalf (voice)
The Hobbit
Movie • 1977
Gandalf the Grey (voice)
The Cardinal
Movie • 1963
Kardinal Glennon
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Chinatown
Movie • 1974
Noah Cross
Momo
Movie • 1986
Meister Hora
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Movie • 1948
American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited)
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Moby Dick
Movie • 1956
Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Movie • 1966
Noah
Report from the Aleutians
Movie • 1943
Narrator (voice)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 1966
Narrator
Breakout
Movie • 1975
Harris Wagner
Cannery Row
Movie • 1982
Narrator
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
M / General MacTarry
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Movie • 1972
Grizzly Adams
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Movie • 1976
Professor James Moriarty
Myra Breckinridge
Movie • 1970
Buck Loner
Winter Kills
Movie • 1979
Pa Kegan
Wise Blood
Movie • 1979
Grandfather
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Wind and the Lion
Movie • 1975
John Hay
Agee
Movie • 1980
Self
Candy
Movie • 1968
Dr. Arnold Dunlap
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Man in the Wilderness
Movie • 1971
Captain Filmore Henry
Tentacles
Movie • 1977
Ned Turner
The Biggest Battle
Movie • 1978
Sean O'Hara
Lovesick
Movie • 1983
Larry Geller, M.D.
The Visitor
Movie • 1979
Jerzy Colsowicz
Jaguar Lives!
Movie • 1979
Ralph Richards
Rocky Road to Dublin
Movie • 1968
Self
A Walk with Love and Death
Movie • 1969
Robert the Elder
The Kremlin Letter
Movie • 1970
Admiral
De Sade
Movie • 1969
The Abbe
The Deserter
Movie • 1970
General Miles
Hollywood on Trial
Movie • 1976
Narrator
The Bermuda Triangle
Movie • 1978
Edward
We Were Strangers
Movie • 1949
Señor Muñoz (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1951
Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
A Minor Miracle
Movie • 1983
Father Cardenas
The Bridge in the Jungle
Movie • 1971
Sleigh
Head On
Movie • 1980
Clarke Hill
Welles' Language
Movie • 1990
Self
Observations Under the Volcano
Movie • 1984
Self
Two Americans
Movie • 1929
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie • 2018
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
The Battle of San Pietro
Movie • 1945
Narrator
The Screen Director
Movie • 1951
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
American Caesar
Movie • 1983
Self - Host
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Hell's Heroes
Movie • 1929
Church Member (uncredited)
The List of Adrian Messenger
Movie • 1963
Lord Ashton (uncredited)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1973
The Lawgiver
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Notes from Under the Volcano
Movie • 1984
Self
The Black Cauldron
Movie • 1985
Narrator (voice)
The Misfits
Movie • 1961
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Movie • 1987
Soul Collector
City Lights: John Huston
Movie • 1979
Self
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the Iguana
Movie • 1964
Self
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Movie • 1982
Self - Interviewee
Epic
Movie • 1985
The Narrator (US version)
Buñuel
Movie • 1984
Self
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Movie • 1970
Narrator
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Movie • 2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
Movie • 2002
Self - Director (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie • 1985
Self
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
Movie • 1980
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie • 2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Directed by William Wyler
Movie • 1986
Self
Annie
Movie • 1982
Actor on Radio (uncredited)
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Movie • 1978
Self
Circasia
Movie • 1976
Ringmaster
Angela
Movie • 1977
Hogan
Freud: The Secret Passion
Movie • 1962
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Movie • 2001
Self
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Movie • 1983
Self
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Movie • 1982
Self
Five Came Back
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Movie • 1970
Director
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Movie • 1985
Narrator
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie • 2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
To The Western World
Movie • 1984
John Huston's Dublin
Movie • 1979
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Movie • 2004
Self (Archive Footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Pelé Forever
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Orson Welles Story
Movie • 1982
Self
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Rhinemann Exchange
TV • 1977
Ambassador Henderson Granville
Appointment With Destiny
TV • 1971
Narrator
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Word
TV • 1978
Nathan Randall
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self (archive footage)
National Geographic Specials
TV • 1965
Narrator (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest