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Born December 9, 1929 · New York City, New York, USA
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).

John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
2024

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
2021

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008

Operation Dirty Dozen
2006

A Constant Forge
2000

Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1993

Anything for John
1993
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989

Movies Are My Life
1988

Marvin & Tige
1985
Nederland C
1985

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984

Love Streams
1984

Fräulein Berlin
1984
The Haircut
1982

Tempest
1982

Incubus
1982

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981

Flesh & Blood
1979

Brass Target
1978

The Fury
1978

Opening Night
1977

Heroes
1977

Mikey and Nicky
1976

Two-Minute Warning
1976

Capone
1975

Nightside
1973