Nicholas Ray

Režisér, Herec, Scénárista, Producent

7. srpna 1911 — 16. června 1979 (67 let)
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle; 7 August 1911 – 16 June 1979) was an American film director best known for the films Rebel Without a Cause and Johnny Guitar. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema’s supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers," Ray was considered an iconoclastic auteur director who often clashed with the Hollywood studio system of the time, but would prove highly influential to future generations of filmmakers.

His best-known work is the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean. He is appreciated for many narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963, including They Live By Night (1948), In A Lonely Place (1950), Johnny Guitar (1954), Bigger Than Life (1956), and King of Kings (1961), as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled We Can't Go Home Again, which was unfinished at the time of Ray's death.

During his lifetime, Ray was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Rebel Without a Cause, twice for the Golden Lion, for Bigger Than Life (1956) and Bitter Victory (1957), and a Palme d'Or for The Savage Innocents (1960). Three of his films were ranked by Cahiers du Cinéma in their Annual Top 10 Lists.

Ray's compositions within the CinemaScope frame and use of color are particularly well regarded and he was an important influence on the French New Wave, with Jean-Luc Godard famously writing in a review of Bitter Victory, "... there is cinema. And the cinema is Nicholas Ray."

Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • The True Story of Jesse James
    The True Story of Jesse James1957
  • We Can't Go Home Again
    We Can't Go Home Again1973

Známý pro

  • Rebel bez příčiny
    Rebel bez příčiny1955
  • Na opuštěném místě
    Na opuštěném místě1950
  • Johnny Guitar
    Johnny Guitar1954
  • Žijí v noci
    Žijí v noci1948
  • Silnější než život
    Silnější než život1956
  • Král králů
    Král králů1961
  • On Dangerous Ground
    On Dangerous Ground1951
  • 55 dní v Pekingu
    55 dní v Pekingu1963
  • Létající mariňáci
    Létající mariňáci1951
  • Vlasy
    Vlasy1979
  • Knock on Any Door
    Knock on Any Door1949
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945
  • Americký přítel
    Americký přítel1977
  • Macao
    Macao1952
  • Party Girl
    Party Girl1958
  • The Lusty Men
    The Lusty Men1952
  • Circus World
    Circus World1964
  • Born to Be Bad
    Born to Be Bad1950
  • Bitter Victory
    Bitter Victory1957
  • The Savage Innocents
    The Savage Innocents1960

Filmografie