John Cassavetes

Birth Name:

John Nicholas Cassavetes

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Soundtrack, Script department

Ben Gazzara Dead At 81

Emmy-winning actor  Ben Gazzara, whose TV credits included Run for Your Life and Arrest and Trial, has died from pancreatic cancer.

Sat, Feb 4, 2012

Cheers & Jeers: Entourage's Nick Off the Old Block

Cheers to Entourage for getting Nick Cassavetes back in front of the camera.In the HBO comedy's otherwise-lackluster season opener, the big surprise was the actor-turned-director's formidable ...

Mon, Jun 28, 2010

Cheers & Jeers: Entourage's Nick Off the Old Block

Cassavetes Tells on Tarantino and Timberlake

Filmmaker Xan Cassavetes comes from good stock. The daughter of legendary actor/director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands had critics buzzing at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival with her first feature-length directorial effort, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession. The film — debuting tonight at 6 and 10 pm/ET on IFC — recounts the true story of a Los Angeles pay-cable station made popular by its eclectic programming (picture commercial films like The Empire Strikes Back playing back-to-back with exploitation fare like Foxy Brown) and the tragic demise of its visionary mastermind, Jerry Harvey. Here, Ms. Cassavetes speaks with TV Guide.com about Z Channel and all things film, from Tarantino to Timberlake.TV Guide Online: What prompted you to make a movie about an obscure cable channel?Xan Cassavetes: Myself and my two producing partners were about two weeks away from shooting a film cal

Mon, May 9, 2005

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