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Birthday
September 7, 1909
Day of Death
2003-09-28
(94 years old)
Place of Birth
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Also Known As
Elia Kazanjoglous
엘리아 카잔
Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου
Еліа Казан
Ηλίας Καζάν
Elia Kazan ( September 7 , 1909, Kayseri – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American director and actor, described as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". He also produced, and wrote screenplays and novels.
Born in the Kayseri, Ottoman Empire to Greek parents, they emigrated to New York when he was four. After two years studying acting at Yale, he acted professionally for eight years before becoming a stage and film director. Kazan co-founded the influential Group Theater in 1932 and Actors Studio in 1947, and together with Lee Strasberg, introduced Method acting to the American stage and cinema as a new form of self-expression and psychological "realism".
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