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• Legendary American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor John Huston's Hollywood career spanned over fifty years and earned him over a dozen Oscar nominations.

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: John Marcellus Huston
  2. Also known as: Jhon Huston
  3. Born: August 5, 1906
  4. Birthplace: Nevada, Missouri
  5. Souses: Evelyn Keyes, Dorothy Harvey, Celeste Shane and Lesley Black
  6. Children: Anjelica Huston, Tony Huston, Danny Huston and Pablo Albarran
  7. Date of death: August 28, 1987
  8. Directed both his father and his daughter in Oscar-winning performances
  9. • Walter Huston received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  10. • Anjelica Huston won the Best Supporting Actress for Prizzi's Honor

• Directorial Career

  Huston's directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon was a critical and commercial success and was later named one of the 100 Greatest American Movies by the American Film Institute and admitted to the U.S. Film Registry as a film of cultural or historical significance.Yahoo! Movies: The Maltese Falcon Awards and Nominations Huston went on to direct such Hollywood blockbusters as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Moulin Rouge (1953), The African Queen, Prizzi's Honor, Key Largo, The Misfits, Asphalt Jungle, Annie and The Man Who Would Be King.

• Awards

  • Academy Awards:
    • Best Director: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  • Golden Globe Awards:
    • Best Director: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
    • Best Supporting Actor: Cardinal (1963)
    • Best Film (Musical or Comedy): Prizzi's Honor (1985)
    • Best Director: Prizzi's Honor (1985)
  • National Board of Review:
    • Best Screenplay: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
    • Best Director: Asphalt Jungle (1950)
    • Best Director: Moby Dick (1956)
  • Independent Spirit Awards:
    • Best Director: Dead (1987)Yahoo! Movies: John Huston Awards and Nominations

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Chinatown | Anjelica Huston | The Man Who Would Be King | The Maltese Falcon Movie | The African Queen | Humphrey Bogart | Orson Welles

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