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Elia Kazan
Director 1909 - 2003

Elia Kazan

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

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,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

19 titles
The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

Elia Kazan 1976 2h 3m 6.0

F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

The Visitors

The Visitors

Elia Kazan 1972 1h 28m 8.0

The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

Elia Kazan 1969 2h 5m 7.7

Eddie is a very rich man who has everything he wants; money, family, success. But a car crash is all that needs to make him reconsider the life he leads. Searching for the happiness he lost, he remembers his one time lover, Gwen. Meanwhile his wife conspires to take his fortune.

America America

America America

Elia Kazan 1963 2h 54m 9.7

A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

Elia Kazan 1961 2h 4m 7.9

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Wild River

Wild River

Elia Kazan 1960 1h 50m 8.2

A TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

Elia Kazan 1957 2h 5m 8.1

"A Face in the Crowd" charts the rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell

Baby Doll

Baby Doll

Elia Kazan 1956 1h 54m 7.3

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons.

East of Eden

East of Eden

Elia Kazan 1955 1h 55m 8.2

East of Eden is a film based after the novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. The film illustrates the character of a young rebellious son, played by James Dean, who only really wants his father’s love.

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

Elia Kazan 1954 1h 48m 8.4

On the Waterfront is a social criticism gangster film from director Elia Kazan, about an ex-boxer, who is part of the corruption of the trade unions for the men working on the waterfront in New York. A film about mob violence that won eight Academy Awards.

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope

Elia Kazan 1953 1h 45m

Elia Kazan's 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him. The cast also includes Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Boone and Adolphe Menjou.

Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

Elia Kazan 1952 1h 53m 7.3

Australian actor who died in January 2008 of an overdose of medication in his appartment in Manhattan, just after shooting the Batman Movie The Dark Knight, at the age of 28. Ledger gained reputation after the Gay Drama Brokeback Mountain.

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

Elia Kazan 1951 2h 2m 8.2

A Streetcar Named Desire is the film adaptation from the play by Tennessee Williams and directed by Elia Kazan. The film tells the drama story of the conflict between run down southern states and the exemplary industrial states in the north.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

Elia Kazan 1950 1h 36m 7.7

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

Pinky

Pinky

Elia Kazan 1949 1h 42m 6.5

A light-skinned black woman returns home after passing for white in nursing school.

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

Elia Kazan 1947 2h 3m 6.0

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement

Elia Kazan 1947 1h 58m 5.6
Boomerang!

Boomerang!

Elia Kazan 1947 1h 28m 7.0

The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Elia Kazan 1945 2h 8m 7.0

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism.

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