History Creator / JohnCassavetes

! Filmography
!! Actor Only
* ''Film/EdgeOfTheCity''
* ''Film/{{The Killers|1964}}'' (1964 version by Creator/DonSiegel)
* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen''
* ''Film/RosemarysBaby''
* ''Film/IfItsTuesdayThisMustBeBelgium''
* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', episode "[[Recap/ColumboS02E01 Etude in Black]]"
* ''Film/MikeyAndNicky''
* ''Film/TheFury''
* ''Film/BrassTarget''

!! Director
* ''Film/{{Shadows}}''
* ''Film/TooLateBlues''
* ''Film/AChildIsWaiting''
* ''Film/{{Faces}}''
* ''Film/MinnieAndMoskowitz''
* ''Film/{{Husbands}}''
* ''Film/AWomanUnderTheInfluence''
* ''Film/TheKillingOfAChineseBookie''
* ''Film/OpeningNight''
* ''Film/{{Gloria}}''
* ''Film/LoveStreams''
* ''[[Film/BigTrouble1986 Big Trouble]]''

In 1959, Cassavetes shot a low-budget film about the lives of African-American siblings in New York, which moreover featured an interracial relationship. This film was made outside the Studio System with little-known actors, featured extensive location shooting, and contained a score by jazz genius Music/CharlesMingus. The name of the film was ''Film/{{Shadows}}'', and after playing at film festivals worldwide, it won the admiration of experimental filmmakers and arthouse directors, and Cassavetes, previously seen as a rising theatre and television star who appeared in some movies, was regarded as a great talent in American cinema. [[{{Irony}} Funnily enough]], the movie was also ''liked'' by the Hollywood studio, who asked Cassavetes to work with them. This resulted in him directing a Creator/JudyGarland vehicle, ''Film/AChildIsWaiting'', produced by Creator/StanleyKramer of ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' fame. The ExecutiveMeddling Cassavetes dealt with on the film led him to vow never make a movie in Hollywood studios again. [[note]]This was a stance that ultimately became a FlipFlopOfGod, as later films such as ''Husbands'', ''Minnie and Moskowitz'' and ''Film/{{Gloria}}'' were distributed by major Hollywood studios, and he took over the 1986 film ''Big Trouble'' as a favor to its co-star Peter Falk.[[/note]]

In 1959, Cassavetes shot a low-budget film about the lives of African-American siblings in New York, which moreover featured an interracial relationship. This film was made outside the Studio System with little-known actors, featured extensive location shooting, and contained a score by jazz genius Music/CharlesMingus. The name of the film was ''Film/{{Shadows}}'', and after playing at film festivals worldwide, it won the admiration of experimental filmmakers and arthouse directors, and Cassavetes, previously seen as a rising theatre and television star who appeared in some movies, was regarded as a great talent in American cinema. [[{{Irony}} Funnily enough]], the movie was also ''liked'' by the Hollywood studio, who asked Cassavetes to work with them. This resulted in him directing a Creator/JudyGarland vehicle, ''Film/AChildIsWaiting'', produced by Creator/StanleyKramer of ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' fame. The ExecutiveMeddling Cassavetes dealt with on the film led him to never make a movie in Hollywood studios again. [[note]]This was a stance that ultimately became a FlipFlopOfGod, as later films such as ''Husbands'', ''Minnie and Moskowitz'' and ''Film/{{Gloria}}'' were distributed by major Hollywood studios.[[/note]]