- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 5, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Nevada, Missouri, USA
- Died
- August 28, 1987
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…
Filmography
movie100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
2026 · (archive footage)
movieThe Myth of Marilyn Monroe
2023 · Self (voice)
movieMCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
movieAn Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieJohn Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
movieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieNice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Other Side of the Wind
2018 · J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford
movieThey'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieAnjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieArthur Miller: Writer
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieAva Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieFive Came Back
2017 · Self (archive footage)
tvFive Came Back
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn at the Movies
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieEmbracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
2004 · Self (Archive Footage)
moviePelé Forever
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieDiscovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieMaking 'The Misfits'
2002 · Self - Director (archive footage)
movieGoldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 · Self
movieFederico Fellini's Autobiography
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieIntimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieBogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieBogart: The Untold Story
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieOrson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Glennon (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieWelles' Language
1990 · Self
movieJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieMr. North
1988 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieMr. Corbett's Ghost
1987 · Soul Collector
movieThe Dead
1987 · Director
movieMomo
1986 · Meister Hora
movieDirected by William Wyler
1986 · Self
movieThe Black Cauldron
1985 · Narrator (voice)
moviePrizzi's Honor
1985 · Director
movieHerman Melville: Damned in Paradise
1985 · Narrator
movieEpic
1985 · The Narrator (US version)
movieGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self
movieNotes from Under the Volcano
1984 · Self
movieObservations Under the Volcano
1984 · Self
movieUnder the Volcano
1984 · Director
To The Western World
movieTo The Western World
1984
movieBuñuel
1984 · Self
movieA Minor Miracle
1983 · Father Cardenas
movieLovesick
1983 · Larry Geller, M.D.
movieAmerican Caesar
1983 · Self - Host
movieErrol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
1983 · Self
movieAnnie
1982 · Actor on Radio (uncredited), Director
movieThe Orson Welles Story
1982 · Self
movieCreativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
1982 · Self - Interviewee
movieLights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
1982 · Self
movieCannery Row
1982 · Narrator
movieEscape to Victory
1981 · Director
movieAgee
1980 · Self
moviePhobia
1980 · Director
Head On
movieHead On
1980 · Clarke Hill
movieThe Return of the King
1980 · Gandalf (voice)
movieHappy Birthday, Marilyn!
1980 · Self
John Huston's Dublin
movieJohn Huston's Dublin
1979
movieWise Blood
1979 · Grandfather, Director
movieCity Lights: John Huston
1979 · Self
movieJaguar Lives!
1979 · Ralph Richards
movieWinter Kills
1979 · Pa Kegan
movieLove and Bullets
1979 · Director
movieThe Visitor
1979 · Jerzy Colsowicz
movieB.Traven: A Mystery Solved
1978 · Self
tvThe Word
1978 · Nathan Randall
movieThe Bermuda Triangle
1978 · Edward
movieThe Biggest Battle
1978 · Sean O'Hara
movieThe Hobbit
1977 · Gandalf the Grey (voice)
movieAngela
1977 · Hogan
tvThe Rhinemann Exchange
1977 · Ambassador Henderson Granville
movieTentacles
1977 · Ned Turner
movieHollywood on Trial
1976 · Narrator
movieSherlock Holmes in New York
1976 · Professor James Moriarty
movieIndependence
1976 · Director
movieCircasia
1976 · Ringmaster
movieThe Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Wind and the Lion
1975 · John Hay
movieBreakout
1975 · Harris Wagner
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self, Self (archive footage)
movieChinatown
1974 · Noah Cross
movieThe MacKintosh Man
1973 · Director, Producer
movieBattle for the Planet of the Apes
1973 · The Lawgiver
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
movieThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Grizzly Adams, Director
movieFat City
1972 · Director, Producer
movieMan in the Wilderness
1971 · Captain Filmore Henry
Appointment With Destiny
tvAppointment With Destiny
1971 · Narrator
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self, Self (archive footage)
movieThe Bridge in the Jungle
1971 · Sleigh
movieThe Deserter
1970 · General Miles
movieMyra Breckinridge
1970 · Buck Loner
movieThe Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy
1970 · Narrator
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970 · Admiral, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ride This Way Grey Horse
movieRide This Way Grey Horse
1970 · Director
movieA Walk with Love and Death
1969 · Robert the Elder, Director, Producer
movieDe Sade
1969 · The Abbe
movieSinful Davey
1969 · Director, Executive Producer
movieCandy
1968 · Dr. Arnold Dunlap
movieRocky Road to Dublin
1968 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieReflections in a Golden Eye
1967 · Producer, Director
movieCasino Royale
1967 · M / General MacTarry, Director
movieThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966 · Narrator
movieThe Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Noah, Director
tvNational Geographic Specials
1965 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Night of the Iguana
1964 · Director, Screenplay
movieOn the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Self
movieThe Cardinal
1963 · Kardinal Glennon
movieThe List of Adrian Messenger
1963 · Lord Ashton (uncredited), Director
movieFreud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieThe Misfits
1961 · Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited), Director, Producer
movieThe Unforgiven
1960 · Director
movieThe Roots of Heaven
1958 · Director
movieThe Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · Director
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
movieHeaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957 · Director, Screenplay
movieMoby Dick
1956 · Barman / Ship's Lookout (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieBeat the Devil
1953 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieMoulin Rouge
1952 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe African Queen
1952 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Red Badge of Courage
1951 · Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieThe Prowler
1951 · Producer
The Screen Director
movieThe Screen Director
1951 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieWe Were Strangers
1949 · Señor Muñoz, Director, Screenplay
movieKey Largo
1948 · Screenplay, Director
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · American in Tampico in White Suit (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
movieLet There Be Light
1946 · Director, Writer
movieThe Killers
1946 · Writer, Additional Writing
movieThe Stranger
1946 · Producer, Co-Writer
movieThree Strangers
1946 · Screenplay
movieKnow Your Enemy: Japan
1945 · Writer
movieThe Battle of San Pietro
1945 · Narrator, Director
movieTunisian Victory
1944 · Director
movieReport from the Aleutians
1943 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Editor
movieAcross the Pacific
1942 · Director
movieWinning Your Wings
1942 · Director
movieIn This Our Life
1942 · Director
movieThe Maltese Falcon
1941 · Screenplay, Director
movieSergeant York
1941 · Screenplay
movieHigh Sierra
1941 · Screenplay
movieDr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 · Screenplay
movieJuarez
1939 · Screenplay
movieThe Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Screenplay
movieJezebel
1938 · Screenplay, Second Unit
movieIt Happened in Paris
1935 · Adaptation
movieDeath Drives Through
1935 · Story
movieLaw and Order
1932 · Adaptation
movieMurders in the Rue Morgue
1932 · Additional Dialogue
movieA House Divided
1931 · Dialogue
movieThe Storm
1930 · Dialogue
movieHell's Heroes
1929 · Church Member (uncredited)
Two Americans
movieTwo Americans
1929