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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.Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" [1] and "one of postwar American cinema’s supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers," [1] Ray was considered an iconoclastic auteur director who often clashed with the Hollywood ...
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray in his directorial debut and starring Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger.Based on Edward Anderson's Depression-era novel Thieves Like Us, the film follows a young fugitive who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her.
Knock on Any Door is a 1949 American courtroom trial film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. The movie was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role as young hoodlum Nick Romano, whose motto was "Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse."
In a Lonely Place is a 1950 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray [2] and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, produced for Bogart's Santana Productions.The script was written by Andrew P. Solt from Edmund H. North's adaptation of Dorothy B. Hughes' 1947 novel of the same name.
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American coming-of-age melodrama film, [3] [4] [5] directed by Nicholas Ray.The film stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen and William Hopper.
Lightning Over Water, also known as Nick's Film, is a 1980 West German-Swedish documentary-drama film written, directed by and starring Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray.It centers on the last days of Ray's own life, who was already known worldwide for his 1955 classic film Rebel Without a Cause.
How Tom Selleck’s Ex-Wife Jacqueline Ray Wound Up in Prison. Josh Lezmi. June 20, 2020 at 9:41 AM.
In 1971, Nicholas Ray received an invitation to lecture at Binghamton University's Harpur College, which had at the time just established a film department. [3] This led to Ray being offered a two-year teaching position at the department, which had been founded by Larry Gottheim and the experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs.