Nicholas Ray
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-08-07 (68 years old)
Deathday
1979-06-16
Place of Birth
Galesville, Wisconsin, USA
Also known As
니콜라스 레이
Nicholas Ray
Biography
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 Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean. He is appreciated for many narrative features prod...
Acting
1979
as The General
1977
as Derwatt
1980
as Self
2005
as Himself (uncredited)
1963
as US Minister (uncredited)
2011
as Himself
1975
as Self
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1955
as Man in Last Shot (uncredited)
1945
as Bakery Clerk (uncredited)
1975
1977
as Self
1973
as Nick Ray
1973
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1955
as Director
1952
as Co-Director
1951
as Adaptation
1956
as Director
1958
as Director
1954
as Director
1954
as Writer
1954
as Producer
1963
as Director
1949
as Director
1961
as Director
1980
as Director
1980
as Writer
1952
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Adaptation
1946
as Writer
1951
as Director
1957
as Director
1958
as Director
1957
as Director
1949
as Director
1973
as Writer
1956
as Director
1955
as Director
1960
as Director
1973
as Director
1964
as Story
1974
as Director
1949
as Co-Director
1945
as Assistant Director
1952
as Co-Director
1956
as Additional Writing
1978
as Director
1967
as Thanks
1957
as Screenplay
1974
as Director
1960
as Screenplay
2024
as Writer
1945
as Dialogue
1955
as Story
1951
as Director
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