Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

Born: August 7, 1911
Died: June 16, 1979
in 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.

Movies for Nicholas Ray...

Don't Expect Too Much
Title: Don't Expect Too Much
Character: Himself
Released: October 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Documentary about director/artist Nicholas Ray and his time as a University professor
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Edge of Outside
Title: Edge of Outside
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2006
Type: Movie
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Title: Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents is a documentary chronicling the production of the film.
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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Title: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Martin Scorsese celebrates American movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the seventies.
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Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
Title: Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
Released: November 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Jeanette Dyrkjær, better known as Jeanette Starion, was a sought after nude and porn model in the 1980s. Her career took her to the United States, where she won the Million Pet of the Year Pageant and millions of dollars. But she ended up in the porn industry. The story of Jeanette Dyrkjær is the story of the girl who became famous, hit the wall and fell to the absolute rock bottom.
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Lightning Over Water
Title: Lightning Over Water
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.
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Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Title: Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre
Released: May 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Hair
Title: Hair
Character: The General
Released: March 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
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The American Friend
Title: The American Friend
Character: Derwatt
Released: June 24, 1977
Type: Movie
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
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Profile of Nicholas Ray
Title: Profile of Nicholas Ray
Character: Self
Released: April 16, 1977
Type: Movie
An interview with the American film director which was first broadcast on the CBS-TV television series "Camera Three."
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James Dean: The First American Teenager
Title: James Dean: The First American Teenager
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 1975
Type: Movie
Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic brooding bad boy James Dean, from his obscure early days working in television to his rise to stardom in films such as Rebel Without a Cause. Clips from Dean's movies are intermingled with candid interviews with the star's friends and Hollywood colleagues, including Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dennis Hopper.
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Title: I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Character: Self
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: Movie
A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college in upstate New York.
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We Can't Go Home Again
Title: We Can't Go Home Again
Character: Nick Ray
Released: May 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Nicholas Ray plays himself, acting as mentor, friend, and artistic inspiration to his students at Binghamton.
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55 Days at Peking
Title: 55 Days at Peking
Character: US Minister (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
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Rebel Without a Cause
Title: Rebel Without a Cause
Character: Man in Last Shot (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1955
Type: Movie
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character: Bakery Clerk (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1945
Type: Movie
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.