An American Named Kazan (2019)

Elia Kazan as Self (archive footage) Died 2003 · 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 histor...

Jay Cocks as Self Age 82 John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. (born January 12, 1944) is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. Before shifting to screenplay writing, he was a critic for Time, Newswe...

James Gray as Self Age 57 · New York City, New York, USA James Gray (born April 14, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. Since his feature debut Little Odessa in 1994, he has made seven other features, including We Own the Night (2007), Two...

Bertrand Tavernier as Self Died 2021 · Lyon, Rhône, France Bertrand Tavernier was a French director, screenwriter, producer and writer, born on April 25, 1941 in Lyon, and died on March 25, 2021 in Sainte-Maxime (Var). Son of the writer and resistance fighte...

Michel Ciment as Self Died 2023 · Paris, France Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honou...

Jeanine Basinger as Self Age 90 · Ravenden, Arkansas American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives..