Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1909-09-07
Deathday: 2003-09-28 (94 years old)

Biography

Elia Kazan ( September 7 , 1909, Kayseri – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American director and actor, described as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". He also produced, and wrote screenplays and novels. Born in the Kayseri, Ottoman Empire to Greek parents, they emigrated to New York when he was four. After two years studying acting at Yale, he acted professionally for eight years before becoming a stage and film director. Kazan co-founded the influential Group Theater in 1932 and Actors Studio in 1947, and together with Lee Strasberg, introduced Method acting to the American stage and cinema as a new form of self-expression and psychological "realism". Having been an actor himself for eight years, he brought sensitivity and understanding of the acting process, and was later considered the ideal "actor's director". He himself acted in only a few films, including City for Conquest (1940), alongside James Cagney.


Overall, Kazan influenced the films of the 1950s and 1960s by his run of provocative, issues-driven subjects, and acting. Moreover, his personal brand of cinema, employing real locations over sets, unknowns over stars, and realism over convenient genres, proved influential to a whole generation of independent filmmakers in the 1960s. Film author Ian Freer concludes that "If his achievements are tainted by political controversy, the debt Hollywood — and actors everywhere — owes him, is enormous." In 2010, Martin Scorsese co-directed the documentary film, A Letter to Elia, as a personal tribute to Kazan, who he credits as the inspiration for his becoming a filmmaker.

Filmography

all 62

Movies 52

self 34

Director 20

TV Shows 10

Writer 2

Producer 1

Self (archive footage)
Faye

Faye (2024)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin

Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
An Actor Named Brando

An Actor Named Brando (2006)

Movie
Old Man in the Coffee House
Mist

Mist (1988)

Movie
Director / Writer / Producer
Αμέρικα, Αμέρικα

Αμέρικα, Αμέρικα (1963)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Screen Director

The Screen Director (1951)

Movie
Protester Calling for a Ballot at Communist Meeting
Strangers All

Strangers All (1935)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1909-09-07

Deathday
2003-09-28 (94 years old)

Birth Place
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

Relationships
Molly Kazan (1932-01-01 - 1963-01-01), Frances Kazan (1982-01-01 - 2003-01-01), Barbara Loden (1967-01-01 - 1980-01-01)

Children
Chris Kazan, Nicholas Kazan

Relatives
Zoe Kazan

Citizenships
Greece, United States of America

Also Known As
Elia Kazanjoglous, 엘리아 카잔, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου, Еліа Казан, Ηλίας Καζάν

Awards
Directors Guild of America Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Academy Honorary Award, Academy Award for Best Director, Donaldson Awards, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Kennedy Center Honors, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tony Award for Best Director

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