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person_profile-John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes Died at age: 59

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Cassavetes

Date of Birth:

Dec 09, 1929

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 03, 1989

Biography of

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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Filmography of

John Cassavetes

Found 47 Movies in total

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2014

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Guy Woodhouse (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

Edge of Outside

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2006

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

A Constant Forge

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Anything for John

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

Movies Are My Life

Self ( Actor )

... 1988

Marvin & Tige

Marvin ( Actor )

... 1985

Terror in the Aisles

Guy Woodhouse (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1984

Love Streams

Robert Harmon ( Actor )

Writer

... 1984

... 1984

Tempest

Phillip ( Actor )

... 1982

Incubus

Dr. Sam Cordell ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1982

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Dr. Michael Emerson ( Actor )

... 1981

Flesh & Blood

Gus Caputo ( Actor )

... 1979

Brass Target

Maj. Joe De Lucca ( Actor )

... 1978

The Fury

Ben Childress ( Actor )

... 1978

Opening Night

Maurice Aarons ( Actor )

Writer

... 1977

Heroes

VA Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1977

Mikey and Nicky

Nicky Godalin ( Actor )

... 1976

Two-Minute Warning

Sgt. Chris Button ( Actor )

... 1976

Capone

Frankie Yale ( Actor )

... 1975

Nightside

Carmine Kelly ( Actor )

... 1973

Minnie and Moskowitz

Jim (uncredited) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1971

... 1971

Husbands

Gus Demetri ( Actor )

Editor

... 1970

... 1969

Machine Gun McCain

Hank McCain ( Actor )

... 1969

Bandits in Rome

Mario Corda ( Actor )

... 1968

Rosemary's Baby

Guy Woodhouse ( Actor )

... 1968

Alexander The Great

Karonos ( Actor )

... 1968

The Dirty Dozen

Victor Franko ( Actor )

... 1967

Devil's Angels

Cody ( Actor )

... 1967

The Killers

Johnny North ( Actor )

... 1964

The Webster Boy

Vance Miller ( Actor )

... 1962

Shadows

Pedestrian (uncredited) ( Actor )

Editor

... 1960

... 1960

Virgin Island

Evan ( Actor )

... 1959

Saddle the Wind

Tony Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1958

Affair in Havana

Nick Douglas ( Actor )

... 1957

Edge of the City

Axel Nordmann ( Actor )

... 1957

No Right to Kill

McCloud ( Actor )

... 1956

Crime in the Streets

Frankie Dane ( Actor )

... 1956

The Night Holds Terror

Robert Batsford ( Actor )

... 1955

Taxi

Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Fourteen Hours

Reporter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951