Biography
John Marcellus Huston was an American and Irish filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a BAFTA Award. He also received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980, a Special Lion for the Overall Work in 1985, and a Silver Lion in 1953.
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Awards & recognition
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 1983
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1949
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1949
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
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- Golden Lion
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- World War II Victory Medal
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1986 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Director · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1964 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1953 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1953 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1952 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1952 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1949 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1942 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1942 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1941 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Five Came Back
Chinatown
The Maltese Falcon
The Man Who Would Be King
The Asphalt Jungle
Key Largo
The African Queen
The Killers
Let There Be Light
The Bible in the Beginning...
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
The Night of the Iguana
The Stranger
Sergeant York
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Arthur Miller: Writer
Fat City
National Geographic Specials
Moby Dick
High Sierra
Hell's Heroes
The Misfits
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Jezebel
The Dead
Victory
In This Our Life
The Dick Cavett Show
The Prowler
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Other Side of the Wind
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Under the Volcano
Annie
The Hobbit
Freud
Moulin Rouge
Across the Pacific
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
The Wind and the Lion
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Deserter
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Juarez
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
The Black Cauldron
Prizzi's Honor