John Huston - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	05-August-1906
Place of Birth	Nevada (Vernon County, Missouri)
Nationality	United States of America, Republic of Ireland
Also know as	John Marcellus Huston, Jhon Huston, John Marcellus Huston, John Marcellus Huston, John Marcellus Huston, John Marcellus Huston, Jhon Huston
Profession	Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Voice Actor
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, Moulin Rouge, The Misfits, and The Man Who Would Be King. During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, won twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins in different films. Huston was known to direct with the vision of an artist, having studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years. He continued to explore the visual aspects of his films throughout his career: sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, making them both more economical and cerebral, with little editing needed. Most of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting a "heroic quest," as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming "destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism and war.

Awards by John Huston

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Huston.

1988

Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

Honored for : The Dead

London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year

Honored for : The Dead

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Director	The Dead
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director	The Dead
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film	The Dead

1987

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director	The Dead

1986

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

Honored for : Prizzi's Honor

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	Prizzi's Honor

1985

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

Honored for : Prizzi's Honor

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

Honored for : Prizzi's Honor

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

Honored for : Prizzi's Honor

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Prizzi's Honor
Academy Award for Best Director	Prizzi's Honor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director	Prizzi's Honor

1983

AFI Life Achievement Award
DGA Lifetime Achievement Award

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Razzie Award for Worst Director	Annie

1980

BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

1976

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama	The Man Who Would Be King

1975

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Chinatown
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Chinatown
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Man Who Would Be King

1966

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director	Honored for : The Bible: In the Beginning

1965

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	The Night of the Iguana
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	The Night of the Iguana
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama	The Night of the Iguana

1964

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Honored for : The Cardinal

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	The Night of the Iguana
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Cardinal

1963

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	Freud: The Secret Passion
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Cardinal Role: Cardinal Glennon

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Freud: The Secret Passion

1961

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	The Misfits

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	Moby Dick

1954

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Moulin Rouge
BAFTA Award for Best British Film	Moulin Rouge

1953

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	Moulin Rouge
BAFTA Award for Best Film	The African Queen

1952

Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	Moulin Rouge
Academy Award for Best Picture	Moulin Rouge Romulus Films
BAFTA Award for Best Film	The Red Badge of Courage

1951

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	The Asphalt Jungle
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	The Asphalt Jungle
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	The Asphalt Jungle
Academy Award for Best Director	The African Queen
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture	The Asphalt Jungle
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	The African Queen

1950

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	The Asphalt Jungle
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film	The Asphalt Jungle
BAFTA Award for Best Film	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Asphalt Jungle
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	The Asphalt Jungle

1949

Golden Globe Award for Best Picture

Honored for : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

Honored for : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	Key Largo
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Honored for : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Academy Award for Best Director

Honored for : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Honored for : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1941

Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	Sergeant York
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Maltese Falcon
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	The Maltese Falcon

1940

Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

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