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