Biography: life and films
Elia Kazan was an American film director, screenwriter and producer whose birth name was Elias Kazancioglu. He was born in Constantinople, Turkey on 7th September 1909 and died in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA on 28th September 2003, aged 94.His best films as a film director include A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1955) and Wild River (1960), and whose best work as an actor include Anatole Litvak's Blues in the Night (1941), Panic in the Streets (1950) and Michael J. Sheridan's James Dean: Forever Young (2005).
Elia Kazan directed 19 films, appeared in 7 films and scripted 5 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Anatole Litvak (2 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (23 films), romance (4), crime-thriller (2), Thriller (2) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for Elia Kazan over all films is: 3.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Cafe Universal (1934) [a]
Strangers All (1935) [a]
City for Conquest (1940) [a]
Blues in the Night (1941) [a,w]
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) [d]
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) [d,w]
The Sea of Grass (1947) [d]
Pinky (1949) [d]
Panic in the Streets (1950) [a,d]
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) [d]
Man on a Tightrope (1953) [d]
Baby Doll (1956) [d]
A Face in the Crowd (1957) [d]
Splendor in the Grass (1961) [d]
America, America (1963) [d,w]
The Arrangement (1969) [d,w]
The Visitors (1972) [d]
The Last Tycoon (1976) [d]
James Dean: Forever Young (2005) [a]
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