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Bookmark or Share- Nicholas Ray | Biography, Movies, Assessment, & Facts - BritannicaNicholas Ray (born August 7, 1911, Galesville, Wisconsin, U.S.—died June 16, 1979, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture writer and director whose reputation as one of the most expressive and distinctive filmmakers of the late 1940s and the ’50s is grounded on a clutch of stylish heartfelt films that frequently focused on ...
- Hollywood Maverick: Nicholas Ray - Jacob Burns Film CenterFrom Robert Mitchum’s aging rodeo rider in The Lusty Men, to James Mason’s drug-addicted patriarch in Bigger Than Life, to James Dean’s instantly iconic turn in Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray directed some of the finest performances ever put to film.
- Nicholas Ray - Encyclopedia.comAmerican-born film director Nicholas Ray (1911-1979) rose to prominence in the 1950s with such films as Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and his best-known work, Rebel Without a Cause, which transformed leading man James Dean into an American icon.
- Nicholas Ray summary | BritannicaNicholas Ray, orig. Raymond Nicholas Kienzle, (born Aug. 7, 1911, Galesville, Wis., U.S.—died June 16, 1979, New York, N.Y.), U.S. film director. He studied architecture and drama and began directing plays in the mid-1930s.
- Ray, Nicholas – Senses of CinemaThat Nicholas Ray’s professional name was derived from an inversion of his first two surnames sounds fitting for a filmmaking career that proceeded backwards by conventional standards, beginning in relative conformity and ending in rebellious independence.
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