Nicholas Ray
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday7 August 1911
Died16 June 1979 (age 67)
Place of birthGalesville, Wisconsin, USA
Known credits48
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. …
Films to Die For
2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilder Demons #2
2024 · Writer
Don't Expect Too Much
2011 · Himself
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005 · Himself (uncredited)
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Self (archive footage)
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
1990
Lightning Over Water
1980 · Self
Lightning Over Water
1980 · Director
Lightning Over Water
1980 · Writer
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
1979
Hair
1979 · The General
Marco
1978 · Director
The American Friend
1977 · Andrew Pogash Derwatt
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
1977 · Self
Profile of Nicholas Ray
1977 · Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975 · Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975 · Self
Wet Dreams
1974 · Director
The Janitor
1974 · Director
Horizons
1973
We Can't Go Home Again
1973 · Nick Ray
We Can't Go Home Again
1973 · Writer
We Can't Go Home Again
1973 · Director
Made in U.S.A
1967 · Thanks
Circus World
1964 · Story
55 Days at Peking
1963 · US Minister (uncredited)
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Director
King of Kings
1961 · Director
The Savage Innocents
1960 · Director
The Savage Innocents
1960 · Screenplay
Party Girl
1958 · Director
Wind Across the Everglades
1958 · Director
Bitter Victory
1957 · Director
Bitter Victory
1957 · Screenplay
The True Story of Jesse James
1957 · Director
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Director
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Additional Writing
Hot Blood
1956 · Director
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Man in Last Shot (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Director
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Story
Run for Cover
1955 · Director
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Director
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Producer
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Writer
General Electric Theater
1953 · Director
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Co-Director
The Lusty Men
1952 · Director
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