The first movie John Huston ( August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) directed was The Maltese Falcon in 1941. Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

During World War II he served in the United States Army to make films for the Army Signal Corps. While in uniform with the rank of captain, he directed and produced three films that some critics rank as among the finest made about World War II: Report from the Aleutians (1943), about soldiers preparing for combat; the Battle of San Pietro (1945) the story of a failure by America's intelligence agencies which resulted in many deaths; and Let There Be Light (1946), about psychologically damaged veterans. He rose to the rank of major and received the Legion of Merit award for "courageous work under battle conditions."[

During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, won twice, and directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins in different films.

His last film The Dead (1987), Huston directed most of the film from a wheelchair, as he needed an oxygen tank to breathe during the last few months of his life.

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