Directing
John Huston
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
100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2026
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Film · 2023
The Myth of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2023
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Film · 2022
John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
Film · 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Film · 2021
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Film · 2020
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Film · 2019
The Other Side of the Wind
Film · 2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Film · 2018
Arthur Miller: Writer
Film · 2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Film · 2017
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Film · 2017
Five Came Back
Film · 2017
Five Came Back
Series · 2017
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Film · 2014
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 2012
Marilyn at the Movies
Film · 2011
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Film · 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Film · 2010
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Film · 2005
The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
Film · 2004
Pelé Forever
Film · 2004
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Film · 2003
Making 'The Misfits'
Film · 2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Film · 2001
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Film · 2000
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Film · 1998
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Film · 1997
Bogart: The Untold Story
Film · 1997
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Film · 1995
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Film · 1991
Welles' Language
Film · 1990
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Film · 1988
Mister Corbett's Ghost
Film · 1987
Momo
Film · 1986
Directed by William Wyler
Film · 1986
The Black Cauldron
Film · 1985
Epic
Film · 1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Film · 1985
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Film · 1985
Observations Under the Volcano
Film · 1984
Notes from Under the Volcano
Film · 1984
Buñuel
Film · 1984
To The Western World
Film · 1984
Lovesick
Film · 1983
A Minor Miracle
Film · 1983
American Caesar
Film · 1983
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Film · 1983
Cannery Row
Film · 1982
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Film · 1982
Annie
Film · 1982
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Film · 1982
The Orson Welles Story
Film · 1982
The Return of the King
Film · 1980
Agee
Film · 1980
Head On
Film · 1980
Happy Birthday, Marilyn!
Film · 1980
Winter Kills
Film · 1979
Wise Blood
Film · 1979
The Visitor
Film · 1979
Jaguar Lives!
Film · 1979
City Lights: John Huston
Film · 1979
John Huston's Dublin
Film · 1979
The Biggest Battle
Film · 1978
The Bermuda Triangle
Film · 1978
B.Traven: A Mystery Solved
Film · 1978
The Word
Series · 1978
The Hobbit
Film · 1977
Tentacles
Film · 1977
Angela
Film · 1977
The Rhinemann Exchange
Series · 1977
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Film · 1976
Hollywood on Trial
Film · 1976
Circasia
Film · 1976
Breakout
Film · 1975
The Wind and the Lion
Film · 1975
Chinatown
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Film · 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Film · 1972
Man in the Wilderness
Film · 1971
The Bridge in the Jungle
Film · 1971
Appointment With Destiny
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
Myra Breckinridge
Film · 1970
The Kremlin Letter
Film · 1970
The Deserter
Film · 1970
The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
Film · 1970
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Film · 1970
A Walk with Love and Death
Film · 1969
De Sade
Film · 1969
Candy
Film · 1968
Rocky Road to Dublin
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Casino Royale
Film · 1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Film · 1966
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Film · 1966
National Geographic Specials
Series · 1965
On the Trail of the Iguana
Film · 1964
The Cardinal
Film · 1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
Film · 1963
Freud: The Secret Passion
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Misfits
Film · 1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
Moby Dick
Film · 1956
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Red Badge of Courage
Film · 1951
The Screen Director
Film · 1951
We Were Strangers
Film · 1949
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
The Battle of San Pietro
Film · 1945
Report from the Aleutians
Film · 1943
Two Americans
Film · 1929
Hell's Heroes
Film · 1929