Elia Kazan
1909–2003 · American director and actor
Elias Kazantzoglou, known as Elia Kazan, was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".
Elia Kazan, in order
- 1937 People of the Cumberland: directed
- 1940 City for Conquest: acted · directed by Anatole Litvak · audiences 72%
- 1941 Blues in the Night: acted · directed by Anatole Litvak · audiences 50%
- 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: directed · critics 94%, audiences 91%
- 1947 Boomerang: directed · critics 74%, audiences 64%
- 1947 Gentleman's Agreement: directed · critics 82%, audiences 78%
- 1947 The Sea of Grass: directed · critics 17%, audiences 37%
- 1950 Panic in the Streets: directed, acted · critics 96%, audiences 77%
- 1950 Pinky: directed · critics 65%, audiences 73%
- 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire: directed · critics 97%, audiences 89%
- 1952 Viva Zapata!: directed · critics 53%, audiences 75%
- 1953 Man on a Tightrope: directed · audiences 76%
- 1954 On the Waterfront: directed · critics 99%, audiences 95% · streaming on Tubi
- 1955 East of Eden: directed, produced · critics 83%, audiences 90%
- 1956 Baby Doll: directed, produced · critics 82%, audiences 80% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1957 A Face in the Crowd: directed, produced · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on Hoopla, TCM, Tubi
- 1960 Wild River: directed, produced · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1961 Splendor in the Grass: directed, produced · critics 77%, audiences 90%
- 1963 America America: directed, wrote, produced · critics 75%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1969 The Arrangement: directed, wrote, produced
- 1972 The Visitors: directed · audiences 35% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1972 Whether To Tell The Truth (short film): directed
- 1976 The Last Tycoon: directed · critics 38%, audiences 40% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1982 Elia Kazan Outsider: acted · directed by Annie Tresgot and Michel Ciment
- 1988 Mist: acted · directed by Zülfü Livaneli
- 1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies: acted · directed by Martin Scorsese and Michael Henry Wilson · critics 100%, audiences 95% · streaming on Kanopy
- 2010 A Letter to Elia: acted · directed by Kent Jones and Martin Scorsese · audiences 85%