Hollywood director Elia Kazan has died at the age of 94 in his Manhattan home.
Kazan won Oscars for On the Waterfrontand Gentleman's AgreementHis other film credits include A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, A Streetcar Named Desire, East Of Eden, A Face In The Crowdand The Last Tycoon.
He also staged the original Broadway productions of Death Of A Salesmanand Streetcar.In his fifties he turned to writing and produced six novels - including several best-sellers - and an autobiography.
The made his first two novels, America, Americaand The Arrangement, into films. "Even when I was a boy I wanted to live three or four lives," Kazan once said.
To some, Kazan diminished his stature when he went before the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the McCarthy era and named people he said had been members of the Communist Party with him in the mid-1930s.
He insisted years later that he bore no guilt as a result of what some saw as a betrayal. In early 1999, leaders of the motion picture academy announced it would give Kazan a special Academy Award for his life's work.
On awards night, some in the audience withheld applause, though others gave him a warm reception. Director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro presented the award.
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