John Cassavetes
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).
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John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021
as Man Talking
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
as Self
Anything for John
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self
Movies Are My Life
1988
as Self
Marvin & Tige
1985
as Marvin
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
Love Streams
1984
as Robert Harmon
Fräulein Berlin
1984
as himself
The Haircut
1982
as Music Industry Executive
Tempest
1982
as Phillip
Incubus
1982
as Dr. Sam Cordell
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
as Dr. Michael Emerson
Flesh & Blood
1979
as Gus Caputo
Brass Target
1978
as Maj. Joe De Lucca
The Fury
1978
as Ben Childress
Opening Night
1977
as Maurice Aarons
Heroes
1977
as VA Doctor (uncredited)
Mikey and Nicky
1976
as Nicky
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Sgt. Chris Button
Capone
1975
as Frankie Yale
Nightside
1973
as Carmine Kelly
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Jim
Columbo
1971
as Alex Benedict
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
as Self
Husbands
1970
as Gus Demetri
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Steve
Machine Gun McCain
1969
as Hank McCain
Bandits in Rome
1968
as Mario Corda
Rosemary's Baby
1968
as Guy Woodhouse
Alexander The Great
1968
as Karonos
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Victor Franko
Devil's Angels
1967
as Cody
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Blackie Dolan
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Parsons
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
The Killers
1964
as Johnny North
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Peter Chandler
Burke's Law
1963
as Eddie Dineen
Burke's Law
1963
as Stephen Collins
Burke's Law
1963
as Alfred Algernon
Burke's Law
1963
as Carlos de Vega
Channing
1963
as Lloyd Sullivan
Combat!
1962
as Kalb
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Rusty Connors
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Lee Griffin
The Virginian
1962
as Jonah MacIntosh
The Webster Boy
1962
as Vance Miller
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Makin Saund
Shadows
1960
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
Johnny Staccato
1959
as Johnny Staccato
Virgin Island
1959
as Evan
Rawhide
1959
as Cal Fletcher
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Tony Sinclair
The Dick Clark Show
1958
as Self
Affair in Havana
1957
as Nick Douglas
Edge of the City
1957
as Axel Nordmann
No Right to Kill
1956
as McCloud
Crime in the Streets
1956
as Frankie Dane
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Cobbett
The Night Holds Terror
1955
as Robert Batsford
Climax!
1954
as Malcolm McCloud
Climax!
1954
as Abel Winter
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as Johnny
General Electric Theater
1953
as Johnny
Taxi
1953
as Man (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948
as Paul Greco
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948