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Feb 4, 1989 · Feb. 4, 1989 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. John Cassavetes, the innovative film maker deeply admired by some but scorned by others for such off-center movies as “A Woman Under the Influence ...
Nov 24, 2000 · John Cassavetes was born in New York City on December 9th, 1929. After graduating from high school, he attended Mohawk College and Colgate University before graduating from the New York Academy of ...
Feb 4, 1989 · John Cassavetes, an actor, screenwriter and director who was in the forefront of American cinema verite, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 59 years old. A spokesman for the actress Gena ...
Sep 26, 2004 · John Cassavetes, Laughing Last. IN 1968, when he was 38 years old, the filmmaker John Cassavetes received the first of the three Academy Award nominations he would earn during his lifetime. As it ...
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.
John Cassavetes. Highest Rated: 100% Love Streams (1984) Lowest Rated: 14% Big Trouble (1986) Birthday: Dec 9, 1929. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. Primarily known as an actor early in his ...
John Cassavetes was a genius, a visionary, and the progenitor of American independent film, but that doesn’t begin to get at the generosity of his art. A former theater actor fascinated by the power of improvisation, Cassavetes brought his search for truth in performance to the screen. The five films in this collection—all of which the director maintained total control over by financing ...
