Elia Kazan
Short Biography
Elia Kazan (1898-1956)
US stage and film director, a founder of the New York Actors Studio set up in 1947 to study
Stanislavsky's "Method" acting.
Plays he directed include: The Skin of our Teeth (1942), A Streetcar named Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955).
Films include: Gentlemen's Agreement (1948), East of Eden (1954) and The Visitors (1972).
Elia Kazan's quotes
Quotes on theatre and acting
- «The Method was all build up by the media into something it's
not. I started the Actors Studio. That was my idea. I got Lee
Strasberg in- a born teacher. Lee formulated The Method. But all
really good actors live by their spiritual content. It's about
when the emotion is real and not simulated. Brando - that's real
thing. He wouldn't say he worked with The Method».
(Elia Kazan, Photoplay, August 1983) - «You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive».
Links about Elia Kazan
- Elia Kazan
- Elia Kazan Filmography - Art2u
- Elia Kazan at IMDb
- Elia Kazan: Postage Paid
- Elia Kazan at Reel Classics
- Kazan and Miller (1988)
Elia Kazan at Amazon.com Books
- Elia Kazan: A life
- Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films: Interviews with Elia Kazan
- An American Odyssey
- Tennessee Williams & Elia Kazan : A collaboration in the theatre
Elia Kazan at Amazon.com Video section
