John Huston

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5. august 1906 — 28. august 1987 (81 år)
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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Filmer & Serier på Plex

  • The Stranger
    The Stranger1946
  • Wuthering Heights
    Wuthering Heights1939
  • The Dead
    The Dead1987
  • Moulin Rouge
    Moulin Rouge1952
  • Breakout
    Breakout1975
  • The Visitor
    The Visitor1979
  • Candy
    Candy1968
  • San Pietro
    San Pietro1945
  • Love and Bullets
    Love and Bullets1979
  • The Bermuda Triangle
    The Bermuda Triangle1978
  • Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
    Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia2013
  • Report from the Aleutians
    Report from the Aleutians1943
  • Jaguar Lives!
    Jaguar Lives!1979
  • The Devil's Backbone
    The Devil's Backbone1970

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  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948
  • The Maltese Falcon
    The Maltese Falcon1941
  • Chinatown
    Chinatown1974
  • The African Queen
    The African Queen1951
  • The Man Who Would Be King
    The Man Who Would Be King1975
  • Prizzi's Honor
    Prizzi's Honor1985
  • The Asphalt Jungle
    The Asphalt Jungle1950
  • Annie
    Annie1982
  • Key Largo
    Key Largo1948
  • Victory
    Victory1981
  • The Misfits
    The Misfits1961
  • Moby Dick
    Moby Dick1956
  • Jezebel
    Jezebel1938
  • The Stranger
    The Stranger1946
  • The Dead
    The Dead1987
  • Moulin Rouge
    Moulin Rouge1952
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison1957
  • Fat City
    Fat City1972
  • Beat the Devil
    Beat the Devil1953
  • High Sierra
    High Sierra1941

Filmography

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