John Cassavetes
Directing
🎂 1929-12-09
John Nicholas Cassavetes 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).
Cast credits(92)
Alex Benedict
1971
Self
1962
Self
1961
Malcolm McCloud
1954
Abel Winter
1954
1950
Jonah MacIntosh
1962
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Cal Fletcher
1959
Paul Greco
1948
1948
1963
Kalb
1962
Makin Saund
1961
Self
1975
Pepe
1952
Eddie Dineen
1963
Stephen Collins
1963
Alfred Algernon
1963
Carlos de Vega
1963
Rusty Connors
1962
Lee Griffin
1962
Peter Chandler
1963
Johnny
1953
1964
Max Markheim
1955
Self
1948
Sam Cobbett
1955
Self - Guest
1968
Guy Woodhouse
1968
Victor Franko
1967
Johnny Staccato
1959
Blackie Dolan
1965
Lloyd Sullivan
1963
Parsons
1964
Self
1958
Gus Caputo
1979
Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
2008
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1960
Frankie Yale
1975
Maurice Aarons
1977
Self (archive footage)
2002
Dr. Sam Cordell
1982
Gus Demetri
1970
Tony Sinclair
1958
Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
1985
Johnny North
1964
Maj. Joe De Lucca
1978
Robert Harmon
1984
Nicky
1976
Johnny
1953
Ben Childress
1978
Steve
1969
Sgt. Chris Button
1976
McCloud
1956
Self (archive footage)
2000
Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Self (archive footage)
2019
1951
Karonos
1968
Dr. Michael Emerson
1981
Frankie Dane
1956
Self (archive footage)
2015
Phillip
1982
Hank McCain
1969
Man (uncredited)
1953
Self
1960
VA Doctor (uncredited)
1977
Axel Nordmann
1957
Reporter (uncredited)
1951
Self
1984
Jim
1971
Self (archive footage)
1993
Evan
1959
Music Industry Executive
1982
Carmine Kelly
1973
Robert Batsford
1955
Self
2006
Cody
1967
Marvin
1985
Mario Corda
1968
Self
1989
Self
1988
2024
himself
1984
Nick Douglas
1957
Vance Miller
1962
1969
Self
1971
Man Talking
2021
Self
1993
