John Cassavetes


Birthday: December 09, 2029

Perhaps better known to the general public as an actor, John Cassavetes' true artistic legacy derives from his work behind the camera; arguably, he was America's first truly independent filmmaker, an iconoclastic maverick whose movies challenged the assumptions of the cinematic form. Obsessed with bringing to the screen the "small feelings" he believed that American society at large attempted ...more
  • 1985
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • win
  • 1980
  • Venice International Film Festival
  • Golden Lion
  • Gloria
  • win


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