Directing • AGE 67
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. Described by the Harvard Fil...


Films to Die For
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025

Don't Expect Too Much
Himself
2011

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself (uncredited)
2005

James Dean: A Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1995

Vanity Fair: Jeanette Starion the Pet of the Year
1990

Lightning Over Water
Self
1980

Hair
The General
1979

The American Friend
Derwatt
1977

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
Self
1977

Profile of Nicholas Ray
Self
1977

James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
1975

I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
1975

Wet Dreams
Director
1974

Horizons
1973

We Can't Go Home Again
Nick Ray
1973

Made in U.S.A
Thanks
1967

Circus World
Story
1964

55 Days at Peking
US Minister (uncredited)
1963

King of Kings
Director
1961

The Savage Innocents
Director
1960

Party Girl
Director
1958

Wind Across the Everglades
Director
1958

Bitter Victory
Director
1957

The True Story of Jesse James
Director
1957

Bigger Than Life
Director
1956

Hot Blood
Director
1956

Rebel Without a Cause
Man in Last Shot (uncredited)
1955

Run for Cover
Director
1955

Johnny Guitar
Director
1954

General Electric Theater
Director
1953

Androcles and the Lion
Co-Director
1952

The Lusty Men
Director
1952

Macao
Co-Director
1952

On Dangerous Ground
Adaptation
1951

Flying Leathernecks
Director
1951

Born to Be Bad
Director
1950

In a Lonely Place
Director
1950

They Live by Night
Director
1949

Roseanna McCoy
Co-Director
1949

Knock on Any Door
Director
1949

A Woman's Secret
Director
1949

Swing Parade of 1946
Writer
1946

Tuesday in November
Assistant Director
1945

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Bakery Clerk (uncredited)
1945