![]() ![]() ![]() It received eight Oscar nominations and three wins, including Kazan's first for Best Director. Kazan writes, "I don't move unless I have some empathy with the basic theme." His first such "issue" film was Gentleman's Agreement (1947), with Gregory Peck, which dealt with antisemitism in America. His films were concerned with personal or social issues of special concern to him. Kazan acted in a few films, including City for Conquest (1940). With Robert Lewis and Cheryl Crawford, his actors' studio introduced " Method Acting" under the direction of Lee Strasberg. ![]() 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 Actors Studio in 1947. ![]() īorn in Constantinople (now Istanbul), to Cappadocian Greek parents, his family came to the United States in 1913. Elia Kazan ( / ˈ iː l i ə k ə ˈ z æ n/ born Elias Kazantzoglou ( Greek: Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου) Septem– September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". ![]()
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