Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Known for

Directing

Born

September 7, 1909

Birthplace

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

Died

September 28, 2003 (aged 94)

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 psychologic...

Best known work

On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront
1954
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
East of Eden
East of Eden
1955
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass
1961
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
A Face in the Crowd
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Viva Zapata!
Viva Zapata!
1952
Panic in the Streets
Panic in the Streets
1950
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
1976
Baby Doll
Baby Doll
1956

Filmography

  1. 2019

    The Making of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  2. 2019

    An American Named Kazan

    as Self (archive footage)

  3. 2017

    Arthur Miller: Writer

    as Self (archive footage)

  4. 2014

    Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  5. 2014

    Inside Rupert Pupkin

    as Self (archive footage)

  6. 2010

    A Letter to Elia

    as Self (archive footage)

  7. 2006

    An Actor Named Brando

    as Self (archive footage)

  8. 2006

  9. 2006

    A Streetcar in Hollywood

    as Self (archive footage)

  10. 2006

    A Streetcar on Broadway

    as Self (archive footage)

  11. 2005

  12. 2005

    James Dean: Forever Young

    as Self (archive footage)

  13. 2003

  14. 2001

    Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

    as Self (archive footage)

  15. 2001

    Diaspora

    Writer

  16. 1998

  17. 1995

  18. 1994

  19. 1990

  20. 1988

  21. 1988

    Mist

    as Old man in the coffee house

  22. 1985

  23. 1982

  24. 1982

  25. 1980

    I Am Wanda

    as Self

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