John Cassavetes

Known for DirectingBorn 1929-12-09Died 1989-02-03New York City, New York, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Mass State Lottery

Nightside

The Webster Boy

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

Iconic Couples of Hollywood

Fräulein Berlin

Columbo

"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes

A Woman Under the Influence

Rosemary's Baby

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Peter Falk versus Columbo

Operation Dirty Dozen

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

Combat!

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Opening Night

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Anything for John

The Dirty Dozen

The Haircut

Appointment with Adventure

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Profiles in Courage

Channing

Love Streams

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

A Constant Forge

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Rawhide

Faces

Fourteen Hours

Edge of the City

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Gloria

Bandits in Rome

Mikey and Nicky

Golden Globe Awards

Movies Are My Life

The Killers

Shadows

The Dick Cavett Show

A Child Is Waiting

Husbands

Minnie and Moskowitz

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

General Electric Theater