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Elia Kazan

Highest Rated: 100% A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Sea of Grass (1947)

Birthday: Sep 7, 1909

Birthplace: Istanbul, Ottoman Sultanate

A rare talent who scaled the heights of two artistic disciplines, Elia Kazan overcame humble roots to establish himself as both a driving force in American theater and as a highly-regarded filmmaker. Along the way, he would win three Academy Awards for directing classics like "On the Waterfront" (1954) and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) and be the recipient of an equal number of Tony Awards for his direction of such Broadway landmarks as "Death of a Salesman." Kazan would be further lauded as a pioneer of social justice in cinema, and his daring examinations of topics like racial and religious prejudice came during a time when such things were discouraged by movie studios. Such displays of depth, daring and humanity influenced a generation of filmmakers including Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Kazan's groundbreaking work with The Actor's Studio also earned him much credit for his promotion of "The Method," and he was instrumental in launching the careers of such practitioners of that craft as Marlon Brando, James Dean and Warren Beatty.

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100% 95% A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
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97% 77% Panic in the Streets
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97% 89% A Streetcar Named Desire
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94% 91% A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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92% 84% Wild River
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89% 94% A Face in the Crowd
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86% 90% East of Eden
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83% 80% Baby Doll
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82% 78% Gentleman's Agreement
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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan BABY DOLL, cinematographer Boris Kaufman (glasses, dark shirt, sitting to the left on the camera dolly), director Elia Kazan (sitting next to the camera), foreground right: Eli Wallach, Carroll Baker, on set, 1956 ON THE WATERFRONT, director Elia Kazan, 1954 THE ARRANGEMENT, Carol Rossen, Elia Kazan, 1969 ARRANGEMENT, THE (1969), L-R: Jack L. Warner, Elia Kazan, Benjamin Kalmenson. Writer/Director/Producer, Elia Kazan, is shaking hands with the Chairman & President of Warner Bros. They agree to pay Kazan a million to make the film from his novel, 6/12/67. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, director Elia Kazan, Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty at the film's press conference, c. 1961 BLUES IN THE NIGHT, Billy Halop, Richard Whorf, Elia Kazan, Joyce Compton, Matt McHugh, 1941 BLUES IN THE NIGHT, from left, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Elia Kazan, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, 1941 ON THE WATERFRONT, director Elia Kazan on the set with Eva Marie Saint, 1954 BLUES IN THE NIGHT, from left, Billy Halop, Elia Kazan, Richard Whorf, 1941 View more photos

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A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 100% 95% 1995 Himself (archive footage) Actor Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey 1995 Actor Mist 1988 Old man in the coffee house Actor Elia Kazan: An Outsider 1982 Actor The Last Tycoon 33% 40% 1976 Director The Visitors 38% 1972 Director The Arrangement 15% 64% 1969 Director, Producer, Screenwriter America, America 67% 85% 1963 Director, Writer, Producer Splendor in the Grass 74% 90% 1961 Director, Producer Wild River 92% 84% 1960 Director, Producer A Face in the Crowd 89% 94% 1957 Director Baby Doll 83% 80% 1956 Director, Producer East of Eden 86% 90% 1955 Director, Producer On the Waterfront 99% 95% 1954 Director Man on a Tightrope 78% 1953 Director Viva Zapata! 53% 76% 1952 Director A Streetcar Named Desire 97% 89% 1951 Director Panic in the Streets 97% 77% 1950 Director Pinky 67% 72% 1949 Director Boomerang! 76% 64% 1947 Director Gentleman's Agreement 82% 78% 1947 Director The Sea of Grass 14% 36% 1947 Director A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 94% 91% 1945 Director Blues in the Night 54% 1941 Nickie Haroyen Actor The People of the Cumberland 1937 Director
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