Nicholas Ray
Born in Galesville, Wisconsin, USA — Aug 07 1911• Died Jun 16 1979
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Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle; 7 August 1911 – 16 June 1979) was an American film director best known for the films Rebel Without a Cause and Johnny Guitar. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema’s supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers," Ray was considered an iconoclastic auteur director who often clashed with the Hollywood studio system of the time, but would prove highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. His best-known work is the 1955 film Rebe…
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Nicholas Ray's Credits
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King of Kings
Directing
Hair
The General
Rebel Without a Cause
Man in Last Shot (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
Directing
In a Lonely Place
Directing
Party Girl
Directing
The Lusty Men
Directing
They Live by Night
Directing
Johnny Guitar
Directing
On Dangerous Ground
Writing
The American Friend
Derwatt
55 Days at Peking
US Minister (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Bakery Clerk (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
Directing
Androcles and the Lion
Directing
Run for Cover
Directing
Bitter Victory
Directing
Bigger Than Life
Directing
The Savage Innocents
Directing
Circus World
Writing
Made in U.S.A
Crew
Flying Leathernecks
Directing
Knock on Any Door
Directing
Macao
Directing
Wind Across the Everglades
Directing
The True Story of Jesse James
Directing
Hot Blood
Directing
Born to Be Bad
Directing
Roseanna McCoy
Directing
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
Wet Dreams
Directing
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
Swing Parade of 1946
Writing
Lightning Over Water
Self
Tuesday in November
Directing
Marco
Directing
Films to Die For
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Can't Go Home Again
Nick Ray
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself (uncredited)
The Janitor
Directing
Wilder Demons #2
Writing
Horizons
Profile of Nicholas Ray
Self
Don't Expect Too Much
Himself
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre