Nicholas Ray

Raymond Nicholas Kienzle

Born August 7, 1911· Galesville, Wisconsin, USA

† Died June 16, 1979

6Roles★ 7.1Average rating

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… Read more

Known for

Rebel Without a Cause1955Hair1979The American Friend197755 Days at Peking1963

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.5

Rebel Without a Cause1955

Man in Last Shot (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Hair1979

The General

★ 7.5

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945

Bakery Clerk (uncredited)

★ 7.1

The American Friend1977

Andrew Pogash Derwatt

★ 6.9

55 Days at Peking1963

US Minister (uncredited)

★ 6.1

We Can't Go Home Again1973

Nick Ray

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

Full directing filmography

★ 6.6

Lightning Over Water1980

★ 6.1

We Can't Go Home Again1973

★ 6.9

55 Days at Peking1963

★ 7.2

King of Kings1961

★ 6.9

The Savage Innocents1960

★ 6.8

Party Girl1958

★ 6.2

Wind Across the Everglades1958

★ 6.4

Bitter Victory1957

★ 6.3

The True Story of Jesse James1957

★ 7.2

Bigger Than Life1956

★ 7.5

Rebel Without a Cause1955

★ 6.8

Run for Cover1955