Search results
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Nicholas Ray. Director: Rebel Without a Cause. Nicholas Ray was born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle in 1911, in small-town Galesville, Wisconsin, to Lena (Toppen) and Raymond Joseph Kienzle, a contractor and builder. He was of German and Norwegian descent. Ray's early experience with film came with some radio broadcasting in high school.
Jun 12, 2024 · Nicholas 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 alienated ...
Jun 30, 2017 · James Dean, Johnny Guitar and Film Noir: The 7 Essential Films of Nicholas Ray. The Hollywood rebel wasn't just ahead of his own time, he was ahead ours. In just eight years, he made seven of...
Mar 16, 2003 · It seems clear, though, nearly 24 years after his death, that a full life of Nicholas Ray might make a remarkable American portrait -- the moments of glory, the years of chaos; the aching...
Jun 16, 2010 · When Nicholas Ray, the pathbreaking filmmaker and director of “Rebel Without a Cause,” died from lung cancer in 1979, he left behind a substantial collection of artifacts that...
Sep 30, 2011 · Nicholas Ray had been out of Hollywood for a decade when he started teaching at SUNY Binghamton in 1971; he was in immense sympathy with his students—their political idealism, their sexual...