Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

Person

Nicholas Ray

Director 1911-08-07 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 with the Hollywood studio system of the time, but would prove highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. H...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 · Man in Last Shot (uncredited)

Hair

Hair

1979 · The General

The American Friend

The American Friend

1977 · Andrew Pogash Derwatt

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963 · US Minister (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945 · Bakery Clerk (uncredited)

Lightning Over Water

Lightning Over Water

1980 · Self

We Can't Go Home Again

We Can't Go Home Again

1973 · Nick Ray

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

1975 · Self

Horizons

Horizons

1973 · Movie

Don't Expect Too Much

Don't Expect Too Much

2011 · Himself

James Dean: The First American Teenager

James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975 · Self

Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year

Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year

1990 · Movie

James Dean: A Portrait

James Dean: A Portrait

1995 · Self (archive footage)

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast

1977 · Self

Films to Die For

Films to Die For

2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

2005 · Self (uncredited)

Profile of Nicholas Ray

1977 · Self

Nicholas Ray: Especially for Pierre

1979 · Movie