John Huston (1906-1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and occasional actor whose career stretched across four decades and 37 feature films. He is best known for classics such as The Maltese Falcon (1941), The African Queen (1951) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). His work on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) earned him two Oscars - for directing and screenplay - and he remains the only filmmaker ever to have guided both his father Walter and his daughter Anjelica to Academy Award wins, making the Hustons the first three-generation Oscar dynasty.
The magazine Gold Derby recalled the 40th anniversary of the premiere of the film Prizzi's Honor (June 14, 1985) and Huston's historic record as the only director who brought both a father and daughter to the Oscar.
Gold Derby published a ranking of the 15 best Huston films on the occasion of the anniversary of his birth (August 5, 1906).
