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Nicholas Ray

American film director (1911-1979) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 67

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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1979Died16 June 1979HairFilm, 1979The General1977The American FriendFilm, Andrew Pogash Derwatt1974Wet DreamsFilm, Director1964Circus WorldFilm, Writer1961King of KingsFilm, Director1958Party GirlFilm, Director1956Bigger Than LifeFilm, Director1954Johnny GuitarFilm, Director, Writer1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Director1951Flying LeathernecksFilm, Director1949A Woman's SecretFilm, Director1945A Tree Grows in BrooklynFilm, Bakery Clerk (uncredited)1911Born7 August 1911

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  • In a Lonely Place 1950
  • Rebel Without a Cause 1955
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945
  • Johnny Guitar 1954
  • Hair 1979

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Filmography 40

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Television 1

Media & music

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Ray with Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1953Ray with Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1953

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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.

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

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