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    John Cassavetes

    Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter

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  1. 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. [2]

  2. 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).

  3. 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...

  4. 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).

  5. Jul 25, 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.

  6. 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).

  7. 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.

  8. Feb 22, 2024 · John Cassavetes was an actor and director who pioneered independent cinema in America and made several masterpieces.

  9. 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.

  10. www.encyclopedia.com › film-and-television-biographies › john-cassavetesJohn Cassavetes | Encyclopedia.com

    May 21, 2018 · John Cassavetes (1929-1989) was one of the most highly acclaimed independent filmmakers in America. He was widely honored for motion pictures that successfully brought to the screen believable portrayals of real human emotion.

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