John Huston
John Marcellus Huston( August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist.
Huston was a citizen of the United States by birth but renounced U.S. citizenship to become an Irish citizen and resident.
He returned to the United States, where he lived the rest of his life.
He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics:" The Maltese Falcon"( 1941)," The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"( 1948)," The Asphalt Jungle"( 1950)," The African Queen"( 1951)," The Misfits"( 1961)," Fat City"( 1972)," The Man Who Would Be King"( 1975) and" Prizzi's Honor"( 1986).
During his 46- year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins.
Huston studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years.
He explored the visual aspects of his films throughout his career, sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting.
While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, with little editing needed.
Some of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting an" heroic quest," as in" Moby Dick", or" The Red Badge of Courage".
In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming" destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension.
Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism, and war.
Huston has been referred to as" a titana rebel", and a" renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry.
Author Ian Freer describes him as" cinema's Ernest Hemingway" — a filmmaker who was" never afraid to tackle tough issues head on."
Adonis (musician)
Adonis( born Michael A. Smith, current legal name Adonis M. Smith; January 4, 1963) is a pioneering American acid house musician.
Adonis is best known for his early Chicago house tracks" No Way Back" and" We're Rockin Down the House", released on Trax Records.
No Way Back
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Peggy Clarke (actress)
Peggy Clarke( fl. 1949) was an actress, best known for playing the part of Miss Carter in the British film," No Way Back"( 1949).
Victor Vicas
Victor Vicas( 25 March 1918 – 9 December 1985) was a Russian- born French film director and screenwriter.
His film" The Wayward Bus" was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
We Were Strangers
We Were Strangers is a 1949 American adventure- drama film directed by John Huston and starring Jennifer Jones and John Garfield.
Set in 1933, the film concerns a group of revolutionaries attempting to overthrow the Cuban government of Gerardo Machado.
The story is based loosely on an episode in Robert Sylvester's novel" Rough Sketch" and draws on historical events.
Katutu, the Blind
Katutu, the Blind is a 1953 film.
No Way Back (1995 film)
No Way Back is a 1995 American action film written and directed by Frank A. Cappello.
The film stars Russell Crowe, Helen Slater and Etsushi Toyokawa.
No Way Back (1953 film)
No Way Back is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus and René Deltgen.
It was made at the height of the Cold War.
In 1945 following the Battle of Berlin, a Red Army officer is able to protect a young German woman he finds living in a cellar.
Several years later he returns to the city as a civilian, finds her again and makes plans to flee from East to West Germany under the noses of the KGB.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.

Question: Do both directors of films We Were Strangers and No Way Back (1953 film) have the same nationality?
Answer: no