- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 9, 1929
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 3, 1989
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 additi…
Filmography
movieMass State Lottery
2025 · Thanks
movieJohn Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024
movie150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021 · Man Talking
movieGena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019 · Self (archive footage)
moviePeter Falk versus Columbo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
tvIconic Couples of Hollywood
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Castanha
2014 · Thanks
movieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBefore Opening Night
2011 · Story
movieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 · Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
movieOperation Dirty Dozen
2006 · Self
movieA Constant Forge
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieGloria
1999 · Original Film Writer
movieShe's So Lovely
1997 · Writer
movieOut of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993 · Self
movieAnything for John
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989 · Self
movieMovies Are My Life
1988 · Self
movieBig Trouble
1986 · Director
movieMarvin & Tige
1985 · Marvin
Nederland C
1985 · Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
movieI'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984 · Self
movieLove Streams
1984 · Robert Harmon, Director, Screenplay
movieFräulein Berlin
1984 · himself
The Haircut
1982 · Music Industry Executive
movieTempest
1982 · Phillip
movieIncubus
1982 · Dr. Sam Cordell, Screenplay
movieWhose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 · Dr. Michael Emerson
movieGloria
1980 · Director, Writer
movieFlesh & Blood
1979 · Gus Caputo
tvFlesh & Blood
1979 · Gus Caputo
movieBrass Target
1978 · Maj. Joe De Lucca
movieThe Fury
1978 · Ben Childress
movieOpening Night
1977 · Maurice Aarons, Director, Writer
movieHeroes
1977 · VA Doctor (uncredited)
movieMikey and Nicky
1976 · Nicky
movieTwo-Minute Warning
1976 · Sgt. Chris Button
movieThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 · Director, Writer
movieCapone
1975 · Frankie Yale
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieA Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Writer, Director
movieNightside
1973 · Carmine Kelly
movieMinnie and Moskowitz
1971 · Jim, Director, Writer
tvColumbo
1971 · Alex Benedict
movieThe Making of 'Husbands'
1971 · Self
movieHusbands
1970 · Gus Demetri, Director, Writer, Editor
movieIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Steve
movieMachine Gun McCain
1969 · Hank McCain
movie"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes
1969
movieFaces
1968 · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
movieBandits in Rome
1968 · Mario Corda
movieRosemary's Baby
1968 · Guy Woodhouse
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieAlexander The Great
1968 · Karonos
movieThe Dirty Dozen
1967 · Victor Franko
movieDevil's Angels
1967 · Cody
tvThe Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Blackie Dolan
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Parsons
tvVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
movieThe Killers
1964 · Johnny North
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Peter Chandler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Eddie Dineen, Stephen Collins, Alfred Algernon, Carlos de Vega
tvChanning
1963 · Lloyd Sullivan
movieA Child Is Waiting
1963 · Director
tvCombat!
1962 · Kalb
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Rusty Connors, Lee Griffin
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Jonah MacIntosh
tvThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Director
movieThe Webster Boy
1962 · Vance Miller
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieToo Late Blues
1961 · Writer, Director, Producer
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Makin Saund
movieShadows
1960 · Pedestrian (uncredited), Writer, Director, Editor
movieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960 · Self
tvJohnny Staccato
1959 · Johnny Staccato, Director
movieVirgin Island
1959 · Evan
tvRawhide
1959 · Cal Fletcher
movieSaddle the Wind
1958 · Tony Sinclair
tvThe Dick Clark Show
1958 · Self
movieAffair in Havana
1957 · Nick Douglas
movieEdge of the City
1957 · Axel Nordmann
movieNo Right to Kill
1956 · McCloud
movieCrime in the Streets
1956 · Frankie Dane
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Max Markheim
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Sam Cobbett
movieThe Night Holds Terror
1955 · Robert Batsford
Appointment with Adventure
1955 · Danny Loomis
tvClimax!
1954 · Malcolm McCloud, Abel Winter
tvThe United States Steel Hour
1953 · Johnny
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Johnny
movieTaxi
1953 · Man (uncredited)
tvOmnibus
1952 · Pepe
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
movieFourteen Hours
1951 · Reporter (uncredited)
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
tvStudio One
1948 · Paul Greco
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter