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Known For
Directing
Birthday
December 9, 1929
Died
February 3, 1989
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- John Nicholas Cassavetes
- 존 카사베츠
- 约翰·卡萨维蒂
John Cassavetes
1.7 Popularity
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).
Known For
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John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024
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Man Talking
150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
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Self (archive footage)
Black Baby
2018
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Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
7.2
Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
6.3
Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
6.0
Self
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
6.6
Self (archive footage)
A Constant Forge
2000
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Self
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993
Credits
John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024
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150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
as Man Talking
2021
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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.2
🎬
Black Baby
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Iconic Couples of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
7.2
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
2008
6.3
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
2006
6.0
A Constant Forge
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.6
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
as Self
1993
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Anything for John
as Self (archive footage)
1993
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Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
1989
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Movies Are My Life
as Self
1988
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Marvin & Tige
as Marvin
1985
4.9
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Nederland C
as Self - Portrait of the actor / cinematographer
1985
4.0
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
1984
8.4
Love Streams
as Robert Harmon
1984
7.2
Fräulein Berlin
as himself
1984
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The Haircut
as Music Industry Executive
1982
7.5
Tempest
as Phillip
1982
5.9
Incubus
as Dr. Sam Cordell
1982
5.6
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
as Dr. Michael Emerson
1981
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Flesh & Blood
as Gus Caputo
1979
5.5
Brass Target
as Maj. Joe De Lucca
1978
5.4
The Fury
as Ben Childress
1978
6.3
Opening Night
as Maurice Aarons
1977
7.6
Heroes
as VA Doctor (uncredited)
1977
6.2
Mikey and Nicky
as Nicky
1976
6.8
Two-Minute Warning
as Sgt. Chris Button
1976
6.2
Capone
as Frankie Yale
1975
5.8
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Nightside
as Carmine Kelly
1973
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Minnie and Moskowitz
as Jim
1971
6.6
Columbo
as Alex Benedict
1971
8.1
The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self
1971
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Husbands
as Gus Demetri
1970
6.7
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Steve
1969
5.8
Machine Gun McCain
as Hank McCain
1969
6.0
"Cinéastes de notre temps": John Cassavetes
1969
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Bandits in Rome
as Mario Corda
1968
5.0
Rosemary's Baby
as Guy Woodhouse
1968
7.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Alexander The Great
as Karonos
1968
5.0
The Dirty Dozen
as Victor Franko
1967
7.6
Devil's Angels
as Cody
1967
5.2
The Legend of Jesse James
as Blackie Dolan
1965
4.8
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Profiles in Courage
as Parsons
1964
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
7.7
The Killers
as Johnny North
1964
6.9
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Peter Chandler
1963
5.3
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Eddie Dineen
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Alfred Algernon
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Stephen Collins
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Carlos de Vega
1963
6.0
Channing
as Lloyd Sullivan
1963
7.0
Combat!
as Kalb
1962
7.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Rusty Connors
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Lee Griffin
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Jonah MacIntosh
1962
6.4
The Webster Boy
as Vance Miller
1962
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The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Makin Saund
1961
5.5
Shadows
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1960
6.9
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
6.0
Johnny Staccato
as Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
Virgin Island
as Evan
1959
5.0
Rawhide
as Cal Fletcher
1959
7.2
Saddle the Wind
as Tony Sinclair
1958
6.5
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
1958
5.5
Affair in Havana
as Nick Douglas
1957
5.2
Edge of the City
as Axel Nordmann
1957
7.1
No Right to Kill
as McCloud
1956
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Crime in the Streets
as Frankie Dane
1956
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Max Markheim
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sam Cobbett
1955
7.8
The Night Holds Terror
as Robert Batsford
1955
5.5
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Appointment with Adventure
as Danny Loomis
1955
6.5
Climax!
as Malcolm McCloud
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Abel Winter
1954
3.3
The United States Steel Hour
as Johnny
1953
6.2
General Electric Theater
as Johnny
1953
6.4
Taxi
as Man (uncredited)
1953
6.4
Omnibus
as Pepe
1952
6.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Fourteen Hours
as Reporter (uncredited)
1951
7.2
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Studio One
as Paul Greco
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
8 Husbands
as Duke Bellingham
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