Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Still: The Last Movie
Dennis HOPPER (1936-2010, USA) was an actor and filmmaker. He studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. His first two film roles were in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). After struggling for acting work for several years, his career was revived with the help of John Wayne, who hired him to act in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). He made his directorial debut with Easy Rider (1969), which he wrote together with Peter Fonda and Terry Southern. The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or and named Best First Work at Cannes, and became an important work in the New Hollywood movement. He directed and co-wrote The Last Movie in 1971, which went through a long and troubled post-production process, and he didn’t direct again until Out of the Blue (1980). The film premiered at Cannes and received a Palme d’Or nomination. In 1991, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Stockholm Film Festival and in 2003, he received a Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award in San Sebastián. He directed his final feature film Chasers in 1994, and his final film, the short Pashmy Dream, in 2008. He was given a star on the Walk of Fame in 2010, just two months before his death.

Filmography

Easy Rider (1969), The Last Movie (1971), Out of the Blue (1980), Colors (1988), Catchfire (1990), The Hot Spot (1990), Chasers (1994), Homeless (2000, short), Pashmy Dream (2008, short)

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