John Huston

Directeur, Acteur, Scénariste, Producteur, Éditeur

5 août 1906 — 28 août 1987 (81 ans)
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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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Le Criminel
    Le Criminel1946
  • Les Hauts de Hurlevent
    Les Hauts de Hurlevent1939
  • Gens de Dublin
    Gens de Dublin1987
  • Moulin Rouge
    Moulin Rouge1952
  • L'évadé
    L'évadé1975
  • Le Visiteur maléfique
    Le Visiteur maléfique1979
  • Candy
    Candy1968
  • La Bataille de San Pietro
    La Bataille de San Pietro1945
  • Avec les compliments de Charlie
    Avec les compliments de Charlie1979
  • Le Mystère du Triangle des Bermudes
    Le Mystère du Triangle des Bermudes1978
  • Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
    Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia2013
  • Les Aléoutiennes
    Les Aléoutiennes1943
  • Nom de code Jaguar
    Nom de code Jaguar1979
  • Les Dynamiteros
    Les Dynamiteros1970

Connue pour

  • Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre
    Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre1948
  • Le Faucon maltais
    Le Faucon maltais1941
  • Chinatown
    Chinatown1974
  • L'Odyssée de L'African Queen
    L'Odyssée de L'African Queen1951
  • L'homme qui voulut être roi
    L'homme qui voulut être roi1975
  • L'Honneur des Prizzi
    L'Honneur des Prizzi1985
  • Quand la ville dort
    Quand la ville dort1950
  • Annie
    Annie1982
  • Key Largo
    Key Largo1948
  • À nous la victoire
    À nous la victoire1981
  • Les Désaxés
    Les Désaxés1961
  • Moby Dick
    Moby Dick1956
  • L'Insoumise
    L'Insoumise1938
  • Le Criminel
    Le Criminel1946
  • Gens de Dublin
    Gens de Dublin1987
  • Moulin Rouge
    Moulin Rouge1952
  • Dieu seul le sait
    Dieu seul le sait1957
  • Casino Royale
    Casino Royale1967
  • La Dernière Chance
    La Dernière Chance1972
  • Plus fort que le Diable
    Plus fort que le Diable1953

Filmography

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