Elia Kazan
| First Name | Elia |
| Last Name | Kazan |
| Full Name at Birth | Elias Kazanjoglou |
| Age | 94 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | September 7, 1909 |
| Birthplace | Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] |
| Date of Death | September 28, 2003 |
| Location of Death | Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Cause of Death | (natural causes) |
| Height | 5' 8" (173 cm) |
| Build | Average |
| Eye Color | Brown - Light |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation Category | Director |
| Claim to Fame | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Friends | Marlon Brando, Joseph Mankiewicz, Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller, Karl Malden, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis, Francis Lederer, Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Harold Clurman, Charles Feldman |
Elia Kazan (IPA: 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". Having been an actor himself for eight years, he brought sensitivity and understanding of the acting process, and was later considered the ideal "actor's director". He himself acted in only a few films, including City for Conquest (1940), alongside James Cagney.
Filmography
Selected Elia Kazan film and TV show credits:
