
John Huston
Directing
Born: 1906-08-05 · Nevada, Missouri, USA
Died: 1987-08-28
Biography
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). In his early years, Huston studied an
🎬 Movies (20)

100 Years of Marilyn Monroe
2026
(archive footage)

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Self (archive footage)

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul
2021
Self (archive footage)

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
Self (archive footage)

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

The Other Side of the Wind
2018
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Self (archive footage)

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Self (archive footage)

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
Self (archive footage)

Five Came Back
2017
Self (archive footage)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
Self (archive footage)

Marilyn at the Movies
2011
Self (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Self (archive footage)

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
Self (archive footage)

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
Self (archive footage)

The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin
2004
Self (Archive Footage)
📺 TV Shows (13)

The Word
1978
Nathan Randall

The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
Ambassador Henderson Granville

Spécial cinéma
1974
Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
Self (archive footage)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Self
Appointment With Destiny
1971
Narrator
Film '72
1971
Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest

National Geographic Specials
1965
Narrator (voice)

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Self

The Oscars
1953
Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Self