Nicholas Ray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicholas Ray

American film director

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1911

Place of Birth: La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 16-Jun-1979

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director best known for the movie Rebel Without a Cause. Ray is also appreciated for many narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963 including Bigger Than Life, Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and In a Lonely Place, as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled We Can't Go Home Again, which was unfinished at the time of Ray's death from lung cancer.
Ray's compositions within the CinemaScope frame and use of color are particularly well-regarded.
Ray was an important influence on the French New Wave, with Jean-Luc Godard famously writing in a review of Bitter Victory, "cinema is Nicholas Ray."