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Known For: Directing
Known Credits: 164
Gender: Male
Birthday: 5 August 1906
Day of Death: 28 August 1987 (81 years old)
Place of Birth: Nevada, Missouri, USA
Also Known As: John Marcellus Huston
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John Huston

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Photos 4

Awards 25

AFI Life Achievement Award (1983)

Winner
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1949)

Winner The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
En İyi Yönetmen Akademi Ödülü (1949)

Winner The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Altın Aslan

Winner
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Winner
American Campaign Medal

Winner
II. Dünya Savaşı Zafer Madalyası

Winner
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Winner
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Winner
En İyi Yönetmen Akademi Ödülü (1986)

Nominee Prizzi'lerin Onuru
En Kötü Yönetmen Razzie Ödülü (1983)

Nominee Annie
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1976)

Nominee The Man Who Would Be King
En İyi Yardımcı Erkek Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü (1964)

Nominee The Cardinal
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1958)

Nominee Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (film)
En İyi Yönetmen Akademi Ödülü (1953)

Nominee Moulin Rouge
En İyi Film Akademi Ödülü (1953)

Nominee Moulin Rouge
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1952)

Nominee Afrika Kraliçesi
En İyi Yönetmen Akademi Ödülü (1952)

Nominee Afrika Kraliçesi
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1951)

Nominee Elmas Hırsızları
En İyi Yönetmen Akademi Ödülü (1951)

Nominee Elmas Hırsızları
En İyi Yönetmen Akademi Ödülü (1949)

Nominee The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1949)

Nominee The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1942)

Nominee Malta Şahini
En İyi Özgün Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1942)

Nominee Aslan Yürekli Çavuş
En İyi Özgün Senaryo Akademi Ödülü (1941)

Nominee Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Movies

Film

7.9

Çin Mahallesi

1974

Film

8.0

Sierra Madre Hazineleri

1948

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