John Cassavetes
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
93
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-12-09
Day of death
1989-02-03 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
John Cassavetes
Biography
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).
Known For
Columbo
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Virginian
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Combat!
Robert Montgomery Presents
Climax!
Climax!
Dr. Kildare
Rawhide
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Dick Cavett Show
Studio One
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Omnibus
The Ed Sullivan Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Rosemary's Baby
The Dirty Dozen
The Dick Clark Show
Nederland C
Profiles in Courage
The United States Steel Hour
Johnny Staccato
Opening Night
The Fury
Shadows
Husbands
The Killers
Brass Target
Two-Minute Warning
Incubus
Channing
The Legend of Jesse James
Heroes
Capone
The Haircut
Tempest
Virgin Island
Machine Gun McCain
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Love Streams
A Constant Forge
Crime in the Streets
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
No Right to Kill
Minnie and Moskowitz
Mikey and Nicky
Flesh & Blood
Alexander The Great
Edge of the City
The Night Holds Terror
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Saddle the Wind
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Bandits in Rome
General Electric Theater
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Devil's Angels
Arena - John Cassavetes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Webster Boy
Fourteen Hours
Operation Dirty Dozen
Movies Are My Life
Fräulein Berlin
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
Anything for John
8 Husbands
Affair in Havana
Black Baby
Nightside
Taxi
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
Marvin & Tige
The Making of 'Husbands'
"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
