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.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019) | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | - |
| 2 | The Other Side of the Wind (2018) | J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford | 7.4 |
| 3 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) | Self (archive footage) | 6 |
| 4 | Five Came Back (2017) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 5 | Arthur Miller: Writer (2017) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 6 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | - |
| 7 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 8 | Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995) | - | - |
| 9 | Mr. North (1988) | Director / Writer | - |
| 10 | The Dead (1987) | Director / Writer | 4.5 |
| 11 | Momo (1986) | Meister Hora | 7 |
| 12 | Prizzi's Honor (1985) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 13 | Epic (1985) | The Narrator (US version) | - |
| 14 | The Black Cauldron (1985) | Narrator (voice) | 6.6 |
| 15 | Annie (1982) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 16 | Cannery Row (1982) | Narrator | - |
| 17 | Escape to Victory (1981) | Director / Writer | 5.6 |
| 18 | The Return of the King (1980) | Gandalf (voice) | - |
| 19 | Phobia (1980) | Director / Writer | 9 |
| 20 | Winter Kills (1979) | Pa Kegan | - |
| 21 | The Visitor (1979) | Jerzy Colsowicz | - |
| 22 | The Bermuda Triangle (1978) | Edward | - |
| 23 | The Hobbit (1977) | Gandalf the Grey (voice) | 7.3 |
| 24 | Tentacles (1977) | Ned Turner | 4 |
| 25 | Hollywood on Trial (1976) | Narrator | - |
| 26 | The Man Who Would Be King (1975) | Director / Writer | 6.7 |
| 27 | Breakout (1975) | Harris Wagner | 7 |
| 28 | The Wind and the Lion (1975) | John Hay | 8 |
| 29 | Chinatown (1974) | Noah Cross | 8 |
| 30 | The MacKintosh Man (1973) | Director / Writer | - |
| 31 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) | The Lawgiver | 5.8 |
| 32 | Fat City (1972) | Director / Writer | - |
| 33 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 34 | Man in the Wilderness (1971) | Captain Filmore Henry | - |
| 35 | The Kremlin Letter (1970) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 36 | Myra Breckinridge (1970) | Buck Loner | - |
| 37 | Candy (1968) | Dr. Arnold Dunlap | - |
| 38 | Casino Royale (1967) | Director / Writer | 5.3 |
| 39 | The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) | Director / Writer | - |
| 40 | The Night of the Iguana (1964) | Director / Writer | - |
| 41 | The Cardinal (1963) | Kardinal Glennon | 5 |
| 42 | The Misfits (1961) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 43 | The Unforgiven (1960) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 44 | The Roots of Heaven (1958) | Director / Writer | - |
| 45 | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 46 | Moby Dick (1956) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 47 | Beat the Devil (1953) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 48 | Moulin Rouge (1952) | Director / Writer | - |
| 49 | The African Queen (1952) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 50 | The Red Badge of Courage (1951) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 51 | The Asphalt Jungle (1950) | Director / Writer | 6.8 |
| 52 | We Were Strangers (1949) | Director / Writer | - |
| 53 | Key Largo (1948) | Director / Writer | 7.6 |
| 54 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | Director / Writer | 7.8 |
| 55 | The Killers (1946) | Director / Writer | 6.3 |
| 56 | Let There Be Light (1946) | Director / Writer | 7.5 |
| 57 | Three Strangers (1946) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 58 | The Stranger (1946) | Director / Writer | 6.2 |
| 59 | The Battle of San Pietro (1945) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 60 | Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945) | Director / Writer | 3 |
| 61 | In This Our Life (1942) | Director / Writer | - |
| 62 | High Sierra (1941) | Director / Writer | 6.7 |
| 63 | Sergeant York (1941) | Director / Writer | 4 |
| 64 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | Director / Writer | 8.1 |
| 65 | Juarez (1939) | Director / Writer | - |
| 66 | Jezebel (1938) | Director / Writer | 6 |
