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Elia Kazan
Directing

Elia Kazan
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1909-09-07,Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Gender
Male
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

Arthur Miller: Writer

7.1

Arthur Miller: Writer
2017-12-08

An Actor Named Brando

0

An Actor Named Brando
2006-05-02

City for Conquest

6.931

City for Conquest
1940-09-21

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

0

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001-10-21

Blues in the Night

6.177

Blues in the Night
1941-11-15

A Letter to Elia

6.5

A Letter to Elia
2010-09-04

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

6.111

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995-08-14

Elia Kazan: An Outsider

6.8

Elia Kazan: An Outsider
1982-09-15

Hello Actors Studio

6.667

Hello Actors Studio
1988-11-09

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

0

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990-08-27

6.75

Strangers All
1935-04-01

Inside Rupert Pupkin

0

Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014-05-14

A Man Named Brando

0

A Man Named Brando
2006-05-02

5.25

Mist
1988-03-18

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

7.2

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014-09-20

A New Lifestyle

0

A New Lifestyle
1969-04-04

6.6

Pie in the Sky
1935-04-09

The Screen Director

7

The Screen Director
1951-03-12

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

9

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994-12-19

6

I Am Wanda
1980-12-01

An American Named Kazan

6

An American Named Kazan
2019-03-10

9

Empire City
1985-07-01

Panic in the Streets

6.892

Panic in the Streets
1950-07-27

A Streetcar in Hollywood

6.5

A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006-01-01

A Streetcar on Broadway

6.5

A Streetcar on Broadway
2006-01-01

Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin

8

Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
2003-09-03

Life at Any Cost

6.667

Life at Any Cost
1998-08-20

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life

6

East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005-05-31

The Making of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

0

The Making of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2019-07-22

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

6

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982-08-16

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

9.5

Spécial cinéma
1974-09-25

8.667

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

8.5

Apostrophes
1975-01-10

The Dick Cavett Show

6.818

The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06

Die Drehscheibe

7.333

Die Drehscheibe
1964-04-01

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11