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John Cassavetes
December 9 1929 – February 3 1989- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Gender: Male
- Also known as: John Nicholas Cassavetes, 존 카사베츠, 约翰·卡萨维蒂
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. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century." As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). 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. Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel. For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974). Description from the Wikipedia article John Cassavetes, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Latest roles
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John Cassavetes par Thierry Jousse
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150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement
Man Talking
![Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//u9Gb91nPrCk3KqFpIlS7Rd5wLkw.jpg)
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self (archive footage)
![Iconic Couples of Hollywood poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//jKElH9wYBTL8WLx6enXeQ8ZJ5oy.jpg)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Robert Harmon (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
![Edge of Outside poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//aR0WqxNM0P9qxmdOZAdSxiSeVW0.jpg)
Edge of Outside
Self (archive footage)
![Operation Dirty Dozen poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//yPrqQF6v4dPBI0cxPrLbfw7E8PI.jpg)
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
Self (archive footage)
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A Constant Forge
Self (archive footage)
Producing credits
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Watching a Cassavetes Movie
Original Film Writer
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Castanha
Thanks
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Before Opening Night
Story
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Gloria
Original Film Writer
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She's So Lovely
Writer
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Big Trouble
Director
![Love Streams poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//ik9iQolv2LaGOBU3GNAfmd3MrP8.jpg)
Love Streams
Director, Screenplay
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Incubus
Screenplay
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Gloria
Director, Writer
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Opening Night
Writer, Director
John Cassavetes's Images
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