Born in Nevada in 1906 and died in 1987, Huston started as a screenwriter and made a striking debut with The Maltese Falcon. His films often follow stubborn, obsessed characters on doomed quests.
Filmography
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Key Largo (1948)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- The African Queen (1951)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
- Moby Dick (1956)
- The Misfits (1961)
- The Night of the Iguana (1964)
- Fat City (1972)
- The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
- Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- The Dead (1987)