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John Huston

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John Huston: Biography

Birth Name: John Marcellus Huston
Birth Place: Nevada, MO
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/05/1906, Leo
Date of Death: 08/28/1987
Profession: Director; screenwriter; actor; producer

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John Huston Fast Facts:

Dropped out of high school at age 15 and became a champion amateur lightweight boxer.
Served a short stint as a lieutenant in the Mexican army cavalry.
Made his big-screen directing debut in 1941 with the noir classic The Maltese Falcon.
Let There Be Light — a documentary about soldiers with post-traumatic stress that he filmed while serving in World War II — was confiscated by the U.S. Army in 1946. It wasn't screened publicly until 1981.
Directed both his father Walter Huston's and his daughter Anjelica Huston's Oscar-winning performances, in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and Prizzi's Honor (1985), respectively.
While Sierra Madre was filming in Mexico, the government ordered that production shut down when a newspaper published word that the movie was anti-Mexican. Filming resumed after friends interceded on Huston's behalf, and the movie went on to win numerous awards.
Made six films with Humphrey Bogart: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Across the Pacific (1942), Key Largo (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The African Queen (1951) and Beat the Devil (1954).
An accomplished sculptor and painter, Huston created the label for the 1982 vintage of Chateau Mouton Rothschild.
With his daughter Anjelica's win for Prizzi's Honor in 1985, the Hustons became the first family with three generations of Oscar winners (he and his father, Walter, also won).

John Huston Relationships:
Allegra Huston - Stepdaughter
Anjelica Huston - Daughter
Celeste Shane - Ex-wife
Danny Huston - Son
Dorothy Harvey - Ex-wife
Enrica Soma - Wife (deceased)
Evelyn Keyes - Ex-wife
Lesley Black - Ex-wife
Maricela Hernandez - Significant Other
Marietta Peabody Tree - Ex-significant Other
Nora Eddington - Ex-significant Other
Olivia de Havilland - Ex-significant Other
Pablo Albarran - Son
Rhea Gore - Mother
Tony Huston - Son
Walter Huston - Father
Zita Johann - Ex-significant Other
John Huston Awards:
1975 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1963 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
1986 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
1948 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
1985 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
1975 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
1941 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
1949 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
1951 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
1965 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
1964 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
1963 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1957 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
1952 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
1951 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
1950 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
1941 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
1940 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
1951 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
1948 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Winner
1950 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee