John Huston

Born: 1906-8-5

Birthplace: Nevada, Missouri, U.S.

Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer, actor

Nationality: America

Representative Works: The Maltese Falcon, Sergeant York, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, Moulin Rouge, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

John Huston (John Huston, August 5, 1906-August 28, 1987), was born in The Silver State , Missouri, USA , an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.

In 1941, directed his first film " The Maltese Falcon ", which was nominated for the 14th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay ^[1] ; in the same year, directed the biographical film " Sergeant York ", which was nominated for the 14th Academy Awards Image Award for Best Original Screenplay ^[1] . In 1948, with the drama " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre " won the 21st Oscar Award for Best Director ^[2] . In 1950, with the crime movie " The Asphalt Jungle ", he was shortlisted for the 23rd Academy Awards for Best Director ^[3] . In 1951, with the feature film " The African Queen ", he was nominated for the 24th Academy Awards for Best Director ^[4] . In 1952, he wrote and directed the feature film " Moulin Rouge ", which was nominated for the Best Picture Award at the 25th Academy Awards ^[5] . In 1957, directed the war of love movie " Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison ", which was nominated for the 30th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay ^[6] .

In 1963, with the feature film "Cardinal", he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 21st American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards ^[7] and the 36th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor Award ^[7] . In 1967, he co-directed the action-adventure movie " Casino Royale " with Val Jester and Ken Hughes ^[8] . In 1972, directed the western comedy film " The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ". In 1975, he wrote and directed the action-adventure movie " Overlord of Iron King Kong " ^[9] , which was nominated for the 48th Oscar Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ^[10] . In 1979, he directed and acted in the comedy film " Wise Blood " ^[11] . In 1985, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival ^[3] . In 1986, with the crime film " Prizzi's Honor ", he was nominated for the Best Director Award at the 43rd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards ^[12] and the 58th Academy Award for Best Director Award ^[12] .

On August 28, 1987, John Huston died of pneumonia in Rhode Island at the age of 81.

Early Experience

On August 5, 1906, John Huston, of Scottish and Irish descent, was born in a small town in Nevada. It is said that John's grandfather won a card game in this small town. John is the only child in the family. At the age of 3, he began to perform on stage with his dad who performed juggling.

In 1913, when John was 7 years old, his parents divorced and he had to take turns following his parents. In his childhood, John was also frail and sick. He was admitted to a nursing home due to heart and kidney disease. But later, the 14-year-old John dropped out of school and grew up as a gifted boxer, and won the lightweight title of the California Amateur Boxing Championship. He also won 22 of 25 matches .

In 1924, at the age of 18, John married his high school lover and began to appear on Broadway. But by nature and wild, he quickly gave up his marriage and acting life, and went to Mexico to find another way out. Soon, John became an official and professional rider in the cavalry force, while secretly writing scripts. In order to control his wanderlust, John returned to the United States to seek reporting work, and at the same time wrote short stories for many newspapers and magazines. In 1932, John's uninhibited heart was ready to move again. He set off for London and Paris to study drawing and sketching. Once in poverty, he became a homeless beggar.

Performing Experience

In 1933, John returned to the United States again, began acting in films, and gave full play to his screenwriting talents, creating multiple scripts for Warner Bros. During World War II, John filmed many documentaries for the US government as a lieutenant of the Signal Corps.

In 1941, directed the drama film " The Maltese Falcon " adapted from the novel of the same name by the detective novelist Dashiell Hammett . This is the first film debut directed by John Huston . The film is co-starred by Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , and Sydney Greenstreet . When a detective was handling a case for his employer, he inadvertently involved in a murder case and was implicated in the story of the statue of "The Maltese Falcon" . This movie is also regarded as the pioneering work of "Film Noir" and was nominated for the 14th Oscar. The Best Adapted Screenplay Award at the Academy Awards . Later, this film was selected as one of the "100 Must-See Movies in Life" list by "Yahoo.com", as one of the "100 Must-See Movies" list by the Toronto International Film Festival , and by "Art Films" Listed as one of the "100 Great Film History" .

In 1946, the play "No Exit" by the playwright Saudi Arabia was moved to the Broadway stage. The play won the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Drama. In 1948, he spent $3 million to shoot the feature film " The Treasure of the Sierra Madre " , which starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Houghston , and Tim Holt . It tells Mexico in the 1920s and the three penniless Americas. The gold rusher, struggling to search for the story of gold mines in the mountains where banditry is rampant , won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award at the 21st Academy Awards. With this film, he won the Best Director Award at the 21st Academy Awards . Best Director Award for the 6th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards .

In 1950, he directed the crime film " The Asphalt Jungle " co-starring Sterling Hayden , Louis Calhern and Marilyn Monroe . The film tells the story of a prisoner who summoned four partners to rob a jewelry store . The 8th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and the 23rd Academy Awards for Best Director . The film was nominated for the 23rd Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay . Later, this film was listed as one of the "100 Great Film History" by "Art Film" .

In 1951, directed the drama film " The African Queen " based on the novel of the same name by American writer CS Foster. The film was co-starred by Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Houghton Hepburn . It tells the story of Charles and Rose riding on a dilapidated yacht "Africa". "Queen" went down the river and produced a love story , and was nominated for the 24th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay . With this film, he was nominated for the 24th Academy Awards for Best Director .

In 1952, he directed and directed the feature film " Moulin Rouge " co-starring José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor . The film was nominated for the Best Picture Award at the 25th Academy Awards and the Silver Lion Award for Best Picture at the 18th Venice International Film Festival. He was shortlisted for the 25th Oscar Award for Best Director for the film ; in the same year, John Huston moved to Ireland because he disliked Hollywood (referring to the "non-American Activities Investigation Committee") that killed many directors’ artistic careers in filming. .

In 1956, directed the adventure movie " Moby Dick " co-starring Gregory Peck , John Richard Basehart and Orson Welles . In 1957, directed the war of love movie " A Farewell to Arms " starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones . In 1958, he wrote and directed the war movie " Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison " co-starring Deborah Jane Trimmer and Old Rumple Eyes , which was nominated for the 30th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay . In 1964, he co-starred in the war movie "Cardinal" with Tom Tryon and Carol Lynley . With this film, he was nominated for the 36th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor . In 1966, the drama " Bible: Genesis " directed by him was released .

In 1967, he co-directed the action-adventure movie " Casino Royale " with Val Jester and Ken Hughes ; in the same year, he directed the thriller movie "Forbidden House Change" starring Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor . In 1970, directed the thriller film " The Kremlin Letter " co-starring Orson Welles , Bibi Andersson and Richard Boone .

In 1972, the romantic comedy film " The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean " directed by him was released. The film was co-starred by Paul Newman and Richard Farnsworth ; in the same year, directed by Walter Stacy Keach Jr. and Jeff Bridges co-starring sports The theme movie " Fat City " . In 1973, directed the thriller film " The MacKintosh Man " co-starring Paul Newman , Dominique Ellen Dunne and James Mason .

In 1975, he wrote and directed the action-adventure film " Overlord of Iron King Kong " co-starring Thomas Sean Connery and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite , which was nominated for the 48th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay . In 1979, he directed and acted in the comedy movie " Wise Blood " . In 1980, directed the thriller " Phobia " starring Paul Michael Glaser . In 1981, directed the sports film " Victory " co-starring Sylvester Stallone and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite .

In 1984, directed the feature film " Under the Volcano " co-starring Albert Finney , Jacqueline Bisset and Anthony Corin Gerald Andrews , which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 37th Cannes International Film Festival. In 1985, he directed the romantic comedy film " Prizzi's Honor " co-starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner . With this film, he was nominated for the best director at the 58th Academy Awards . The film won the Golden West at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival. Aker Award-Best Picture Award.

Personal Life

family

John Huston's father is an actor Walter Houghston , and his mother is a newspaper reporter. He often travels around looking for material.

emotion

In 1946, John Huston married Evelyn Keys, who starred in the movie "Gone with the Wind". In 1950, the two divorced . After that, he married the former ballerina Enrica Soma. On July 8, 1951, Enrica Soma gave birth to daughter Anjelica Huston . In 1969, Enrica Soma was killed in a car accident. In 1972, John held his fifth wedding in Mexico. In 1977, his last marriage still failed to escape the ruined fate.

Pass away

On August 28, 1987, John Huston died of pneumonia in Rhode Island at the age of 81.

Character Evaluation

John Huston has always been known for eccentricity and rebellion. His films involve a variety of genres. Westerns, war films, musicals, documentaries, and film noirs are all his masters, but his rich experience and deep insight make his films have his own unique style. He is one of the few. Many directors, screenwriters, and actors are all excellent people .

In the movie "The Maltese Falcon", John Huston, who directed the tube for the first time, grasped the essence of the novel and made a perfect stage-style adaptation. His noir films almost always revolve around the word "greed", which always ends with nothing. In the movie "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", he went further on the theme of greed, portraying the greed of human nature even more into the woods. In the movie "The Hero", his black aesthetic is particularly wonderful. This aesthetic is neither reflected through the common noir film lighting technology, nor is it achieved through the use of wind, rain and thunder and lightning atmosphere rendering; although the above two points are done by Houston It is also very good, but the most memorable thing about Houston's film noir is the subtle handling of the actors' positions .

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