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 60
Movies 50
self 32
Director 19
TV Shows 10
Writer 3
Producer 2
An American Named Kazan (2019)
My Name is Elia Kazan (2018)
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)
Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014)
Love, Marilyn (2013)
A Letter to Elia (2010)
An Actor Named Brando (2006)
A Streetcar on Broadway (2006)
A Streetcar in Hollywood (2006)
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life (2005)
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin (2003)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' (2001)
Diaspora (2001)
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1995)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990)
The Owl's Legacy (1989)
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
Mist (1988)
Empire City (1985)
Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982)
Cinéma cinémas (1982)
I Am Wanda (1980)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
The Last Tycoon (1976)
Apostrophes (1975)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
The Visitors (1972)
The Arrangement (1969)
A New Lifestyle (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Die Drehscheibe (1964)
America America (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Wild River (1960)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Baby Doll (1956)
Cinépanorama (1956)
East of Eden (1955)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Screen Director (1951)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
Pinky (1949)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
Boomerang! (1947)
Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Blues in the Night (1941)
City for Conquest (1940)
People of the Cumberland (1937)
Pie in the Sky (1935)
Strangers All (1935)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1909-09-07
Deathday2003-09-28 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceConstantinople, Ancient Rome
RelationshipsMolly Kazan (1932-01-01 - 1963-01-01), Frances Kazan (1982-01-01 - 2003-01-01), Barbara Loden (1967-01-01 - 1980-01-01)
ChildrenChris Kazan, Nicholas Kazan
RelativesZoe Kazan
CitizenshipsGreece, United States of America
Also Known AsElia Kazanjoglous, Элиа Казан, 엘리아 카잔
AwardsDirectors 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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