John Huston

John Huston

American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987)

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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 62 films (1932–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 31 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1980 Phobia John Huston 94 min Color
1980 The Return of the King Jules Bass 98 min Color
1980 Wise blood New Line Cinema 106 mi 16mm Color sound
1977 Tentacles Ovidio G. Assonitis 103 min Color
1975 The Man Who Would Be King John Huston 129 min Color
1975 The Wind And The Lion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc 121 min Color sound
1974 Chinatown Roman Polanski 131 min 16mm Color
1974 Chinatown Roman Polanski 131 min Color
1973 Battle For The Planet Of The Apes Apjac International 86 min Color sound
1973 Earthkeeping “Greenbacks” ▶ WTTW (Television station) 29:00 16mm Color sound
1973 The Mackintosh Man A Newman Foreman Company, John Huston production 10 reels Color sound
1972 The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean John Huston 120 min 16mm Color sound
1971 Man In The Wilderness Warner Bros. & Wilderness Film Productions 105 min Color sound
1971 The Deserter Burt Kennedy 100 min Color
1970 A walk with love and death Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. 85 min 16mm Color sound
1970 Myra Breckinridge Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min Color sound
1969 A WALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 85 min 35 mm Color sound
1969 Sinful Davey. Mirisch-Webb Productions 95 min 35mm Color sound
1969 THE KREMLIN LETTER. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 121 min 35 mm Color sound
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning John Huston 174 min Color
1964 Hollywood and the stars. The great directors sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Sydney Field ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Nicholas Noxon ; series producer-director, Jack Haley, Jr. 26 16mm B&W sound
1963 The Cardinal. Gamma Productions Inc. 175 35mm Color sound
1963 The List of Adrian Messenger Joel Productions | Universal Pictures Corporation 1:38:00 16mm B&W sound
1963 The list of Adrian Messenger. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Joel Productions Inc. 8000 35mm B&W sound
1962 Freud: The Secret Passion John Huston 118 min B&W
1961 The misfits Seven Arts Productions presents ; produced by Frank E. Taylor ; directed by John Huston ; screenplay by Arthur Miller. 124 16mm B&W sound
1960 The Misfits Films inc. 124 mi 16mm B&W sound
1958 The Barbarian And The Geisha. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 105 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Beat The Devil. Santana Pictures Inc. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Beat the Devil John Huston 89 16mm B&W
1951 The African Queen Horizon Films 103 mi 16mm Color sound
1951 The Red Badge Of Courage John Huston 69 min 16mm B&W sound
1950 The Asphalt Jungle Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:52:00 16mm B&W sound
1949 We Were Strangers John Huston 1:06 B&W
1949 We were strangers. John Huston 106 min 16mm B&W sound
1948 Key Largo John Huston 1:00 16mm B&W
1948 Key Largo. John Huston 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre John Huston 1:26 B&W
1948 The treasure of the Sierra Madre Warner Bros. Pictures ; produced by Henry Blanke ; directed by John Huston ; screenplay by John Huston. 126 16mm B&W sound
1948 The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. John Huston 126 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Treasure of the Sierra Madre. John Huston 4250 16mm sound
1946 Let there be light ▶ Huston John 1906-1987 58 16mm B&W sound
1946 The Killers Robert Siodmak 11 min 16mm B&W Sound
1946 The Killers Robert Siodmak 103 min 16mm B&W
1946 The Killers. Robert Siodmak 11 reels. 35mm B&W sound
1946 The Stranger Orson Welles 95 B&W
1946 The Stranger. Orson Welles 95 min. 35mm B&W sound
1945 The Battle of San Pietro ▶ John Huston 32 16mm B&W sound
1944 Tunisian victory Frank Capra, John Huston, Hugh Stewart 75 min B&W
1943 Magic Bullets United States Public Health Service | Warner Bros Pictures Inc 0:30:00 16mm B&W sound