Nicholas Ray

AKA:
Raymond Nicholas Kienzle
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
08/07/1911
Birthplace:
Galesville, Wisconsin
Death Date:
06/16/1979
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biography
"I'm a stranger here myself," is the epigram most closely associated with Nicholas Ray. The phrase is spoken by the title character in Ray's "Johnny Guitar" (1954) and is also a concise expression of Ray's relationship to the Hollywood studio system and of his central concerns as a filmmaker.

Prior to becoming a film director, Ray studied architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright and then worked with Elia Kazan and John Houseman on stage projects. His film directing debut, produced by Houseman, was "They Live By Night" (1948), a convincing version of the now-familiar lovers-on-the-run-from-the-law Continued

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milestones
Year
Milestone
1932 
Moved to New York
1935 
Played lead role in Elia Kazan's first play as director, "The Young Go First"
 
Worked as producer of CBS radio show, "Back Where I Come From"
 
Produced propaganda broadcasts for Voice of America during WWII
1945 
Began movie career as assistant director on Elia Kazan's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
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