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John Nicholas Cassavetes [a] (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. [2]
Feb 4, 1989 · 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" and "Faces," died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical ...
IMDb provides an overview of the life and career of John Cassavetes, a Greek-American actor, director, and screenwriter. Learn about his early years, his pioneering independent films, his collaborations with Gena Rowlands, and his legacy in the film industry.
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Learn about the life and career of John Cassavetes, a Greek-American actor, director, and screenwriter who pioneered American independent film. Find out his filmography, awards, trivia, and personal details on IMDb.
- December 9, 1929
- February 3, 1989
- 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.
John Cassavetes as Johnny Staccato, 1959. John Cassavetes began his career in film in 1953 and ended it in 1986, between which times he was involved in every aspect of the film, television, and stage arts, including acting, directing, scoring, shooting, editing, producing, and marketing.
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May 30, 2024 · John Cassavetes (born December 9, 1929, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 3, 1989, Los Angeles, California) was an American film director and actor regarded as a pioneer of American cinema verité and as the father of the independent film movement in the United States.
