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Nicholas Ray

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American film director (1911-1979)

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Nicholas Ray was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema's supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers," Ray was considered an iconoclastic auteur director who often clashed with the Hollywood...

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Rebel Without a Cause1955 · ★ 7.5
Hair1979 · ★ 7.3
In a Lonely Place1950 · ★ 7.6
Johnny Guitar1954 · ★ 7.4
The American Friend1977 · ★ 7.1
King of Kings1961 · ★ 7.1
55 Days at Peking1963 · ★ 6.9
Bigger Than Life1956 · ★ 7.2
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945 · ★ 7.5
They Live by Night1949 · ★ 6.9
On Dangerous Ground1951 · ★ 6.6
The Lusty Men1952 · ★ 6.7
Circus World1964 · ★ 6.3
Flying Leathernecks1951 · ★ 5.9
Party Girl1958 · ★ 6.8
Knock on Any Door1949 · ★ 6.2
The True Story of Jesse James1957 · ★ 6.3
Macao1952
Bitter Victory1957 · ★ 6.3
The Savage Innocents1960
A Woman's Secret1949
Run for Cover1955
Born to Be Bad1950
Lightning Over Water1980
Wind Across the Everglades1958
We Can't Go Home Again1973
Swing Parade of 19461946
Androcles and the Lion1952
Hot Blood1956
Roseanna McCoy1949
Horizons1973
I'm a Stranger Here Myself1975
Don't Expect Too Much2011
Wet Dreams1974
James Dean: The First American Teenager1975
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year1990
Marco1978
James Dean: A Portrait1995
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents2005
Films to Die For2025

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General Electric Theater1953

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Nicholas Ray was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema's supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers," Ray was considered an iconoclastic auteur director who often clashed with the Hollywood studio system of the time, but would prove highly influential to future generations of filmmakers.

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Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1979 · aged 67
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