Provides an extensive filmography for the controversial and influential director as well as a lengthy essay detailing his career.

Explore a collection of links to resources pertaining to this often-infamous director. Includes an in-depth look at "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

Covers his career and details his involvement with the House Committee on Un-American Activities and the controversy around his honorary Oscar.

Crack open this reference tome for a look at the foreign-born director of such classic films as "East of Eden" and "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Steve Erickson discusses why he thinks the Academy was wrong in giving the director an honorary Oscar in 1999.

Read a socialist's view on Elia Kazan and the honorary Oscar given to him in 1998, in this essay that includes a discussion of his films.