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Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
«In my own view, the solution is to talk about human beings and not about abstracts, to reveal the culture and the social moment as it is reflected in the behavior and the lives of individual people. Not to be “correct” To be total. So, I do not believe in any ideology that does not permit—nor encourages—the freedom of the individual».
– Elia Kazan
Internationally proclaimed as “one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history”, Elia Kazan (born Elias Kazantzoglou September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Born in Constantinople (Istanbul), to Cappadocian Greek parents, his family immigrated to the United States in 1913. After attending Williams College and then the Yale School of Drama, he acted professionally for eight years, later joining the Group Theatre in 1932 and co-founded the famous Actors Studio in 1947.
Throughout his career, he received 35 prestigious awards including 2 Oscars. His films were concerned with personal or social issues of special concern to him. His first such “issue” film was Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), with Gregory Peck, which dealt with anti-Semitism in America. It received eight Oscar nominations and three wins, including Kazan’s first for Best Director.
Smart, hugely ambitious, star-maker, success, scoundrel – Elia Kazan defined his era, becoming a central figure in American culture. He heavily influenced the movie business of the 1950s and 1960s. In fact, Director Stanley Kubrick called him, “without question, the best director we have in America, capable of performing miracles with the actors he uses” while Martin Scorsese co-directed the documentary film A Letter to Elia as a personal tribute to Kazan.
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