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Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Nicholas Ray died on June 6th, 1979 of lung cancer, but before his death he left the world some of the most painfully realized and contemporary motion pictures ever put on celluloid, and shared a fully realized vulnerability that will never be duplicated.
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Jun 12, 2024 · Nicholas Ray (born August 7, 1911, Galesville, Wisconsin, U.S.—died June 16, 1979, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture writer and director whose reputation as one of the most expressive and distinctive filmmakers of the late 1940s and the ’50s is grounded on a clutch of stylish heartfelt films that frequently focused on ...
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Jun 30, 2017 · James Dean, Johnny Guitar and Film Noir: The 7 Essential Films of Nicholas Ray. The Hollywood rebel wasn't just ahead of his own time, he was ahead ours. In just eight years, he made seven of...
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- 'Rebel Without a Cause' Released: 1955. "I've got the bullets!" James Dean delivers a career-defining performance here as Jim Stark, a disillusioned teenager who struggles to find his place in the world.
- 'In a Lonely Place' Released: 1950. "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me." Humphrey Bogart stars in this noir film as Dixon Steele, a troubled screenwriter with a penchant for violence and self-destructiveness.
- 'Johnny Guitar' Released: 1954. "A man can lie, steal... and even kill. But as long as he hangs on to his pride, he's still a man." This Western centers on Vienna (Joan Crawford), a strong-willed saloon owner who finds herself at odds with the local townsfolk and a ruthless cattle baron, Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge).
- 'They Live by Night' Released: 1948. They Live By Night was Ray's directorial debut and he hit the ground running, serving up a poetic and existential noir film that pioneered several of the genre's tropes.
Sep 30, 2011 · Nicholas Ray had been out of Hollywood for a decade when he started teaching at SUNY Binghamton in 1971; he was in immense sympathy with his students—their political idealism, their sexual...
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May 29, 2018 · American-born film director Nicholas Ray (1911-1979) rose to prominence in the 1950s with such films as Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and his best-known work, Rebel Without a Cause, which transformed leading man James Dean into an American icon.
