Nicholas Ray
Directing
Born: 1911-08-07 · Galesville, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1979-06-16
Biography
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle; 7 August 1911 – 16 June 1979) was an American film director best known for the films Rebel Without a Cause and Johnny Guitar. 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 generatio
🎬 Movies (30)
Films to Die For
2025
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilder Demons #2
2024
Writer
Don't Expect Too Much
2011
Himself
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
Himself (uncredited)
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Self (archive footage)
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
1990
Lightning Over Water
1980
Director
Hair
1979
The General
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
1979
Marco
1978
Director
The American Friend
1977
Derwatt
Profile of Nicholas Ray
1977
Self
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
1977
Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
Self
The Janitor
1974
Director
Wet Dreams
1974
Director
We Can't Go Home Again
1973
Director
Horizons
1973
Made in U.S.A
1967
Thanks
Circus World
1964
Story
55 Days at Peking
1963
Director
King of Kings
1961
Director
The Savage Innocents
1960
Director
Party Girl
1958
Director
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
Director
Bitter Victory
1957
Director
The True Story of Jesse James
1957
Director
Bigger Than Life
1956
Director
Hot Blood
1956
Director
