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Cassavetes became known for directing a string of critically acclaimed independent films including Shadows (1959), Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), and Love Streams (1984).
YearTitleRoleNotes1953Episode: "The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.1954UnknownEpisode: "Diary"1954–1955Various3 episodes1955UnknownEpisode: "Judge Contain's Hotel"John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is considered a pioneer of American independent film, as he often financed his own films. Cassavetes was born in New York City in 1929 to Nicholas John Cassavetes (1893-1979) and his wife, Katherine Demetre (1906-1983).
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John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often producing and distributing his films with his own money.
- A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974) Writer/Director: John Cassavetes. Starring Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk. It’s difficult to explain the unexpected impact that Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under the Influence” had in 1974.
- FACES (1968) Writer/Director: John Cassavetes. Starring John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery. Cassavetes’ directing reputation soared with this, his second film in which he used a cinéma vérité approach to telling a relatively straightforward story of the disintegration of a marriage between Richard Forst (John Marley) and his wife Maria (Lynn Carlin).
- ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968) Writer/Director: Roman Polanski, based on the novel by Ira Levin. Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy.
- SHADOWS (1959) Director: John Cassavetes. Writers: John Cassavetes, Robert Alan Aurthur. Starring Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd. Cassavetes made a spectacular feature directorial debut with this 1959 film that was originally shot as an improvised work but was re-shot using a full script.
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.
7 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 21 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Shadows. 1958 1h 27m PG. 7.2 (13K) Rate. 86 Metascore. Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
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