Elia Kazan (1909-2003) was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) to Greek parents. He moved the the United States when he was four years old.

In 1947, Elia Kazan started the Actors Studio. He went on to work with many actors who trained there in the Stanislavsky system ("method acting"), including Marlon Brando, James Dean, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. His early films have garnered awards including two Oscars for Best Director; one in 1955 for On the Waterfront (1954), and the other in 1948 for Gentleman's Agreement (1947). Mr. Kazan fell out of favor among his peers after testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952.

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Elia Kazan

filmography

The Last Tycoon (1976)

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Tony Curtis

The Visitors (1972)

Starring: Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce

The Arrangement (1969)

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway

America, America (1963)

Starring: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Starring: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal

Baby Doll (1956)

Starring: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker

East of Eden (1955)

Starring: James Dean, Julie Harris

On the Waterfront (1954)

Starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Starring: Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Starring: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance

Pinky (1949)

Starring: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire

Sea of Grass (1947)

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy

Boomerang (1947)

Starring: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell

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