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  1. Feb 4, 1989 · John Cassavetes, the innovative film maker deeply admired by some but scorned by others for such off-center movies as “A Woman Under the Influence” and “Faces,” died Friday at Cedars-Sinai ...

  2. Feb 4, 1989 · John Cassavetes, an actor, screenwriter and director who was in the forefront of American cinema verite, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 59 years old.

  3. Sep 26, 2004 · One of the greats of American cinema and a genius of his own filmmaking system, Cassavetes died Feb. 3, 1989, at 59 of cirrhosis of the liver, leaving behind his widow, the actress Gena...

  4. Feb 4, 1989 · Director-actor John Cassavetes, known for his free-wheeling, improvisational style in such movies as ``Faces'' and ``A Woman Under the Influence,'' died Friday. He was 59.

  5. Dec 9, 2010 · News Obituaries. John Cassavetes: Godfather of Indie Cinema. By Legacy Staff December 9, 2010. 0. We take a look back at maverick director John Cassavetes, who virtually invented American...

  6. Katherine Cassavetes (mother) Signature. John Nicholas Cassavetes [a] (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often producing and distributing his films with his own money. [2]

  7. May 30, 2024 · John Cassavetes (born December 9, 1929, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 3, 1989, Los Angeles, California) was an American film director and actor regarded as a pioneer of American cinema verité and as the father of the independent film movement in the United States.