Elia Kazan, theatre and film director

Jan 01, 1984 - Hamburg, Germany - A highly successful stage director and a co-founder of The Actors Studio in New York, ELIA KAZAN brought his psychological and emotional philosophy of stage performance to Hollywood in 1945 and sparked a radical redefinition of screen acting during the 1950s while at the same time producing socially conscious films which challenged societal norms and addressed such controversial topics as anti-Semitism, racism, alcoholism, public corruption and the cult of celebrity. Over the course of his film career, nine performers earned Academy Awards under Kazan's direction, leading to his reputation as Hollywood's preeminent actors director of the period. Kazan himself earned two Oscars as Best Director and was also given an honorary award in 1999 in recognition of his long, distinguished and unparalleled career

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