Nicholas Ray

Director

Born: August 7, 1911
Died: June 16, 1979 (age 67)
From: Galesville, Wisconsin, USA

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…

Filmography (39)

Films to Die For (2025)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don't Expect Too Much (2011)
Himself
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
Himself (uncredited)
James Dean: A Portrait (1995)
Self (archive footage)
Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year (1990)
Lightning Over Water (1980)
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Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre (1979)
Hair (1979)
The General
Marco
Marco (1978)
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The American Friend (1977)
Derwatt
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast (1977)
Self
Profile of Nicholas Ray (1977)
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
Self
Wet Dreams (1974)
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The Janitor
The Janitor (1974)
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Horizons (1973)
We Can't Go Home Again (1973)
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55 Days at Peking (1963)
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King of Kings (1961)
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The Savage Innocents (1960)
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Party Girl (1958)
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Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
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Bitter Victory (1957)
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The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
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Bigger Than Life (1956)
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Hot Blood (1956)
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
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Run for Cover (1955)
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
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