John Cassavetes
Director
62
Movies
32
TV Shows
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).
Behind the Camera
Johnny Staccato
Director
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Director
Opening Night
Director, Escritor
Gloria
Director, Escritor
A Woman Under the Influence
Escritor, Director
Faces
Director, Editor, Productor, Escritor
Gloria
Original Film Writer
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Director, Escritor
She's So Lovely
Escritor
Maridos
Director, Escritor, Editor
Antes del estreno
Historia
Incubus
Guionista
Love Streams
Director, Guionista
Shadows
Escritor, Director, Editor
Too Late Blues
Escritor, Director, Productor
Big Trouble
Director
Ángeles sin paraíso
Director
Minnie and Moskowitz
Director, Escritor
Mass State Lottery
Thanks
As Actor/Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Columbo
Alex Benedict
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Robert Montgomery Presents
Climax!
Malcolm McCloud
The Philco Television Playhouse
La hora de Alfred Hitchcock
Rusty Connors
The Virginian
Jonah MacIntosh
Dr. Kildare
Makin Saund
Studio One
Paul Greco
Combat!
Kalb
Rawhide
Cal Fletcher
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Burke's Law
Eddie Dineen
Show de Ed Sullivan
Self
Omnibus
Pepe
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Alfred Hitchcock Presenta
Sam Cobbett
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Peter Chandler
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Max Markheim
The United States Steel Hour
Johnny
Johnny Staccato
Johnny Staccato
The Dick Clark Show
Self
El bebé de Rosemary
Guy Woodhouse
Channing
Lloyd Sullivan
The Legend of Jesse James
Blackie Dolan
Doce del patíbulo
Victor Franko
Flesh & Blood
Gus Caputo