Elia Kazan Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Directing

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 Movies

Acting

Arthur Miller: Writer movie poster
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Arthur Miller: Writer

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Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
An Actor Named Brando movie poster
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An Actor Named Brando

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An Actor Named Brando
Self (archive footage)
City for Conquest movie poster
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City for Conquest

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City for Conquest
'Googi'
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' movie poster
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Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

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Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self (archive footage)
Blues in the Night movie poster
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Blues in the Night

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Blues in the Night
Nickie Haroyen
A Letter to Elia movie poster
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A Letter to Elia

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A Letter to Elia
Self (archive footage)
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey movie poster
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Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

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Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Self
Elia Kazan: An Outsider movie poster
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Elia Kazan: An Outsider

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Elia Kazan: An Outsider
Self
Hello Actors Studio movie poster
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Hello Actors Studio

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Hello Actors Studio
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretMOVIE
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self

Production

East of Eden movie poster
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East of Eden

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East of Eden
Producer
East of Eden movie poster
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East of Eden

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East of Eden
Director
On the Waterfront movie poster
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On the Waterfront

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On the Waterfront
Director
A Streetcar Named Desire movie poster
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A Streetcar Named Desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Viva Zapata! movie poster
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Viva Zapata!

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Viva Zapata!
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn movie poster
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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A Face in the Crowd movie poster
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A Face in the Crowd

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A Face in the Crowd
Producer
A Face in the Crowd movie poster
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A Face in the Crowd

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A Face in the Crowd
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Panic in the Streets movie poster
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Panic in the Streets

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Panic in the Streets
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Gentleman's Agreement movie poster
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Gentleman's Agreement

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Gentleman's Agreement
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Gallery

Elia Kazan portrait
Elia Kazan portrait
Elia Kazan portrait
Elia Kazan portrait
Elia Kazan portrait