Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.

Nicholas Ray died on June 6th, 1979 of lung cancer, but before his death he left the world some of the most painfully realized and contemporary motion pictures ever put on celluloid, and …

Ray was among the directors most ardently championed as cinematic auteurs by the critics and filmmakers of the French New Wave who were associated with the influential journal Cahiers …

Nicholas Ray is one of the most influential yet underrated directors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. His movie career lasted only sixteen years, but he directed over twenty movies, …

Nicholas Ray, born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle on August 7, 1911, in Galesville, Wisconsin, was an influential American film director whose work exemplified the artistic potential of cinema.

Jul 28, 2025 · Nicholas Ray, the maverick director behind classics such as Rebel Without a Cause (1955), is one such figure whose legacy is ripe for rediscovery. Often overshadowed by …

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.

Jul 10, 2024 · From 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 …

Aug 9, 2010 · Canonized as one of postwar American cinema’s supremely gifted and ultimately tragic filmmakers, Nicholas Ray (1911-1979) was an artist whose candle burned from both …

"One of the finest directors of the '50s, Nicholas Ray transcended the limitations of genre to create movies of a highly personal nature. Imbued with an intense, romantic pessimism and …