John Cassavetes
Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929-1989) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 59
John Nicholas Cassavetes was an American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often self-financing, producing, and distributing his own films.
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Big TroubleFilm, Director1982
IncubusFilm, Writer1980
GloriaFilm, Director, Writer1978
Brass TargetFilm, Maj. Joe De Lucca1976
Mikey and NickyFilm, Nicky1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1971
Minnie and MoskowitzFilm, Director, Writer1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumFilm, Steve1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967
Devil's AngelsFilm, Cody1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeries1963
A Child Is WaitingFilm, Director1962
Combat!Series, Kalb1961
Dr. KildareSeries, Makin Saund1958
Saddle the WindFilm, Tony Sinclair1956
Crime in the StreetsFilm, Frankie Dane1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Sam Cobbett1954
Climax!Series, Malcolm McCloud1952
OmnibusSeries, Pepe1951
Fourteen HoursFilm, Reporter (uncredited)1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1929Born9 December 1929People around John
Peter Falk John directed A Woman Under the Influence (1977)
Seymour Cassel John directed Love Streams (1985)
Val Avery John directed Gloria (1980)- John Finnegan Also in A Woman Under the Influence and Capone
Ben Gazzara John directed Husbands (1970)
John Hough Directed Brass Target, The Incubus and Incubus
Sam Shaw Produced A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Fred Draper John directed A Woman Under the Influence (1977)
Paul Stewart John directed Opening Night (1979)
Don Siegel Produced The Killers (1964)
Roger Corman Produced Capone and Devil's Angels
Bobby Darin John directed Shadows and Too Late Blues
Lawrence Tierney John directed Gloria and A Child Is Waiting
John Marley John produced Faces (1968)
Rupert Crosse John directed Shadows and Too Late Blues
Timothy Carey John directed The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Charles Durning John directed Big Trouble (1987)
László Benedek Directed Affair in Havana (1957)
Nicholas Colasanto Directed Étude in Black (1972)
Vince Edwards John directed Too Late Blues (1961)
Ben Carruthers John directed Shadows (1962)
Karl Lukas John directed Big Trouble (1987)
Lady Rowlands Also in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)- Filomena Spagnuolo John directed Gloria (1980)
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Rosemary's Baby 1968
A Woman Under the Influence 1974
Opening Night 1977
The Dirty Dozen 1967
Fourteen Hours 1951
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Filmography 40
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Television 24
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He received nominations for three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy Award.
