Elia Kazan

Elias Kazantzoglou was born in Constantinople in 1909 into a Greek family from Anatolia; his father, a carpet merchant, emigrated with his family to New York in 1913. After Williams College and the Yale School of Drama, he joined the Group Theatre, co-founded the Actors Studio in 1947 and staged new works by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller on Broadway; he received the Broadway directing award three times and the Oscar for directing twice. His 1952 testimony before a congressional committee earned him lasting hostility in the profession. He died in New York in 2003.

In the catalogue 2

• CinemaOn the WaterfrontElia Kazan · 1954Cinema
• CinemaAmerica AmericaElia Kazan · 1963Cinema