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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. He is appreciated for many narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963, including They Live By Night (1948), In A Lonely Place (1950), Johnny Guitar (1954), Bigger Than Life (1956), and King of Kings (1961), as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled We Can't Go Home...
Known for
Rebel Without a CauseMovie • 1955
HairMovie • 1979
The American FriendMovie • 1977
55 Days at PekingMovie • 1963
In a Lonely PlaceMovie • 1950
King of KingsMovie • 1961
Party GirlMovie • 1958
Johnny GuitarMovie • 1954
They Live by NightMovie • 1949
Run for CoverMovie • 1955
The True Story of Jesse JamesMovie • 1957
A Tree Grows in BrooklynMovie • 1945
Flying LeathernecksMovie • 1951
A Woman's SecretMovie • 1949
Born to Be BadMovie • 1950
The Savage InnocentsMovie • 1960
Knock on Any DoorMovie • 1949
Bigger Than LifeMovie • 1956
MacaoMovie • 1952
Circus WorldMovie • 1964
On Dangerous GroundMovie • 1951
Made in U.S.AMovie • 1967
Bitter VictoryMovie • 1957
The Lusty MenMovie • 1952