Elia Kazan

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author film director film producer human screenwriter theatre director

Elia Kazan was a prominent 20th-century American film and theatre director known for influential works like "On the Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" and for launching the careers of several major actors.

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Label	Occurrences
Elia Kazan canonical	93
Elia Kazan: A Life	1
Elias Kazan	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
academyAwardsWonFor	Gentleman's Agreement ⓘ On the Waterfront ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Honorary Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Honorary Award Golden Globe Award for Best Director ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play ⓘ
birthDate	1909-09-07 ⓘ
birthName	Elias Kazantzoglou ⓘ
birthPlace	Istanbul ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
coFounderOf	Actors Studio ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2003-09-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York New York City ⓘ
directed	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ⓘ America America ⓘ Baby Doll ⓘ Boomerang! ⓘ East of Eden ⓘ Gentleman's Agreement ⓘ On the Waterfront ⓘ Panic in the Streets ⓘ Splendor in the Grass ⓘ The Last Tycoon ⓘ Viva Zapata! ⓘ Wild River ⓘ
directedPlay	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ Death of a Salesman ⓘ
educatedAt	Williams College ⓘ Yale School of Drama ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
familyName	Kazan ⓘ
fullName	Elia Kazan self-link ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ
givenName	Elia ⓘ
influenced	Al Pacino ⓘ James Dean ⓘ Marlon Brando ⓘ Robert De Niro ⓘ Warren Beatty ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Group Theatre ⓘ
movement	method acting ⓘ
notableWork	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ America America ⓘ East of Eden ⓘ Gentleman's Agreement ⓘ On the Waterfront ⓘ The Arrangement ⓘ Viva Zapata! ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
politicalAffiliation	Communist Party USA ⓘ
spouse	Barbara Loden ⓘ Frances Rudge ⓘ Molly Day Thacher ⓘ
testifiedBefore	House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
tonyAwardsWonFor	Death of a Salesman ⓘ J.B. ⓘ
wrote	America America ⓘ Elia Kazan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Elia Kazan: A Life The Arrangement ⓘ
yearsActive	1930s–1970s ⓘ

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Gentleman's Agreement → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Gentleman's Agreement → recipientOfBestDirectorOscar → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Elia Kazan → fullName → Elia Kazan self-link ⓘ

Elia Kazan → wrote → Elia Kazan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elia Kazan: A Life

Dorothy McGuire → workedWith → Elia Kazan ⓘ

All My Sons → producer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

All My Sons → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

After the Fall → directorOfPremiereProduction → Elia Kazan ⓘ

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director → notableRecipient → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Skin of Our Teeth → originalBroadwayDirector → Elia Kazan ⓘ

A Streetcar Named Desire → originalBroadwayDirector → Elia Kazan ⓘ

A Streetcar Named Desire → filmAdaptationDirector → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Hume Cronyn → workedWith → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre → notableTeacher → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Pinky → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Kathy Lacey in Gentleman’s Agreement → filmDirectedBy → Elia Kazan ⓘ

subject surface form: Kathy Lacey

Elias Kazantzoglou → alsoKnownAs → Elia Kazan ⓘ

subject surface form: Elia Kazan

this entity surface form: Elias Kazan

On the Waterfront → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Viva Zapata! → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Boomerang! → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Panic in the Streets → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

subject surface form: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)

Wild River → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Wild River → producer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Splendor in the Grass → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Splendor in the Grass → producer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Last Tycoon → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Group Theatre → notableMember → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Actors Studio → foundedBy → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Barbara Loden → spouse → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Arrangement → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Arrangement → authorOfSourceWork → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Arrangement → screenwriter → Elia Kazan ⓘ

The Arrangement → hasDirectorWhoIsAlsoAuthorOfSource → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Elia → hasNotableBearer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

East of Eden → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

East of Eden → producer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

America America → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

America America → writer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

America America → screenwriter → Elia Kazan ⓘ

America America → authorOfSourceWork → Elia Kazan ⓘ

America America → producer → Elia Kazan ⓘ

America America → narratedBy → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Baby Doll → director → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Elizabeth in Gentleman's Agreement → workDirector → Elia Kazan ⓘ

subject surface form: Elizabeth (Gentleman's Agreement)

Harry Stradling Sr. → workedWith → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Robin Swicord → relative → Elia Kazan ⓘ

20th Academy Awards → bestDirectorWinner → Elia Kazan ⓘ

Frances Rudge → spouse → Elia Kazan ⓘ