Ray, Nicholas (1911–1979)
US film director. He was critically acclaimed for socially aware dramas that concentrated on the individual as an outsider, such as They Live by Night (1948) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
Ray studied at University of Chicago and began directing plays in New York in the 1930s, working with John Houseman and Elia Kazan. Other films include In a Lonely Place (1950), The True Story of Jesse James (1957), The Savage Innocents (1959), King of Kings (1961), and 55 Days at Peking (1963).
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