Elias Kazantzoglou

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Elias Kazantzoglou, better known as Elia Kazan, was a prominent 20th-century American film and theatre director renowned for works like "On the Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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film director
person
screenwriter
theatre director
alsoKnownAs Elias Kazan
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awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Honorary Academy Award
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
birthName Elias Kazantzoglou
causeOfDeath natural causes
coFounded Actors Studio
countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1909-09-07
dateOfDeath 2003-09-28
directed A Face in the Crowd
A Streetcar Named Desire
America America
Baby Doll
Boomerang!
East of Eden
Gentleman's Agreement
Man on a Tightrope
On the Waterfront
Panic in the Streets
Pinky
Splendor in the Grass
The Arrangement
The Last Tycoon
The Sea of Grass
Viva Zapata!
Wild River
educatedAt Williams College
Yale School of Drama
ethnicGroup Greek
genre drama
influenced Francis Ford Coppola
Martin Scorsese
Sidney Lumet
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
The Last Tycoon
Viva Zapata!
occupation author
film director
screenwriter
theatre director
placeOfBirth Constantinople
Istanbul
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Greek Orthodox Church
spouse Barbara Loden
Frances Rudge
Molly Day Thacher
wrote A Life
America America
The Anatolian
The Arrangement

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