John Cassavetes
Directing
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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).
Filmography
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
A Constant Forge
2000
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
Anything for John
1993
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
Movies Are My Life
1988
Marvin & Tige
1985
Nederland C
1985
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
Love Streams
1984
Fräulein Berlin
1984
The Haircut
1982
Tempest
1982
Incubus
1982
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
Flesh & Blood
1979
Flesh & Blood
1979
Brass Target
1978
The Fury
1978
Opening Night
1977
Heroes
1977
Mikey and Nicky
1976
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Capone
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Nightside
1973
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
Columbo
1971
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
Husbands
1970
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Machine Gun McCain
1969
"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes
1969
Bandits in Rome
1968
Rosemary's Baby
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Alexander The Great
1968
The Dirty Dozen
1967
Devil's Angels
1967
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Profiles in Courage
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
The Killers
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Channing
1963
Combat!
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Webster Boy
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
Shadows
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
Johnny Staccato
1959
Virgin Island
1959
Rawhide
1959
Saddle the Wind
1958
The Dick Clark Show
1958
Affair in Havana
1957
Edge of the City
1957
No Right to Kill
1956
Crime in the Streets
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Night Holds Terror
1955
Appointment with Adventure
1955
Climax!
1954
The United States Steel Hour
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Taxi
1953
Omnibus
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Fourteen Hours
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944