Profile of John Cassavetes
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John Cassavetes

Born
1929-12-09
Birthplace
NYC,
New York
USA
Born
1929-12-09
Died
1989-02-03
(59 years old)
Birthplace
NYC, New York
USA
Biography

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 pione......

Profile of John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Born
1929-12-09
Died
1989-02-03
(59 years old)
Birthplace
New York City, New York
USA
Born
1929-12-09
Died
1989-02-03
(59 years old)
Birthplace
New York City, New York
USA
Biography

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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

1962

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Columbo poster

1971

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The Mike Douglas Show poster

1961

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Golden Globe Awards poster

1944

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

1962

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The Virginian poster

1962

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Robert Montgomery Presents poster

1950

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The Philco Television Playhouse poster

1948

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Climax! poster

1954

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Combat! poster

1962

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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre poster

1963

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The Dick Cavett Show poster

1968

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Dr. Kildare poster

1961

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Rawhide poster

1959

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Studio One poster

1948

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Burke's Law poster

1963

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The Ed Sullivan Show poster

1948

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea poster

1964

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Omnibus poster

1952

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

1955

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Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

1963

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

1975

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The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

1955

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The United States Steel Hour poster

1953

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Rosemary's Baby poster

1968

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The Dirty Dozen poster

1967

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Johnny Staccato poster

1959

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The Dick Clark Show poster

1958

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Channing poster

1963

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The Legend of Jesse James poster

1965

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Profiles in Courage poster

1964

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The Lloyd Bridges Show poster

1962

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A Woman Under the Influence poster

1974

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The Fury poster

1978

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Flesh & Blood poster

1979

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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie poster

1976

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Gloria poster

1980

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Opening Night poster

1977

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Shadows poster

1960

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Faces poster

1968

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The Killers poster

1964

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Mikey and Nicky poster

1976

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster

2014

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Husbands poster

1970

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Love Streams poster

1984

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Gloria poster

1999

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She's So Lovely poster

1997

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Incubus poster

1982

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Minnie and Moskowitz poster

1971

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Capone poster

1975

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Two-Minute Warning poster

1976

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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired poster

2008

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General Electric Theater poster

1953

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A Child Is Waiting poster

1963

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Edge of the City poster

1957

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Fourteen Hours poster

1951

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Whose Life Is It Anyway? poster

1981

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Too Late Blues poster

1961

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Machine Gun McCain poster

1969

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Tempest poster

1982

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

1951

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Big Trouble poster

1986

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Brass Target poster

1978

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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster

1969

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Saddle the Wind poster

1958

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Heroes poster

1977

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Crime in the Streets poster

1956

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The Night Holds Terror poster

1955

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A Constant Forge poster

2000

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Peter Falk versus Columbo poster

2019

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Devil's Angels poster

1967

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Affair in Havana poster

1957

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Marvin & Tige poster

1985

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Taxi poster

1953

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Appointment with Adventure poster

1955

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The Haircut poster

1982

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

1984

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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film poster

2019

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Before Opening Night poster

2011

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Movies Are My Life poster

1988

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Alexander The Great poster

1968

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Castanha poster

2014

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Virgin Island poster

1959

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Anything for John poster

1993

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Operation Dirty Dozen poster

2006

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Bandits in Rome poster

1968

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Mass State Lottery poster

2025

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Iconic Couples of Hollywood poster

2015

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood poster

1960

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Nightside poster

1973

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The Webster Boy poster

1962

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Nederland C poster

1985

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Fräulein Berlin poster

1984

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Flesh & Blood poster

1979

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"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes poster

1969

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No Right to Kill poster

1956

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Arena - John Cassavetes poster

1989

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Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes poster

1993

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150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement poster

2021

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The Making of 'Husbands' poster

1971

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John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse poster

2024

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