Nicholas Kazan

Nicholas Kazan (born November 30, 1945 in New York City ) is an American dramaturge , screenwriter , film director and film producer .

Life

Nicholas Kazan was born to the filmmaker Elia Kazan and Molly Day Thatcher. Kazan grew up in Connecticut with his two sisters, brother and half-brother . He studied at Swarthmore College from 1964 to 1968 . He then moved to San Francisco to work as a playwright. After Kazan had already written scripts for films such as Frances , Auf short Distance and Patty , it was an adaptation of the novel for the drama The Affair of Sunny by B. with which he had his greatest success to date in 1991 with an Oscar nomination for the best adapted screenplay .

Nicholas Kazan has been married to director Robin Swicord since 1984 and has a daughter, actress Zoe Kazan .

Works (selection)

• 2011: Mlle. God

Filmography (selection)

• 1977: 1988: The Remake
• 1982: Frances
• 1984: Impulse - City of Violence (Impulse)
• 1986: At Close Range (At Close Range)
• 1988: Patty (Patty Hearst)
• 1989: The Edge
• 1990: The affair of Sunny von B. (Reversal of Fortune)
• 1991: The Real Bosses - A Fiendish Empire (Mobsters)
• 1994: Nightmare Lover (Dream Lover)
• 1996: Matilda
• 1998: Demon - Don't trust a soul (Fallen)
• 1998: Homegrown
• 1999: 8mm - Eight Millimeters (8MM)
• 1999: The Bicentennial Man
• 2002: Enough - Everyone Has a Limit (Enough)

Awards (selection)

Oscar

• 1991 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay with Die Affäre der Sunny by B.

Golden Globe Award

• 1991 : Nomination for the best film script with The Affair of Sunny by B.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

• 1990: Award for the best film script with The Affair of Sunny by B.

Web links

• Nicholas Kazan in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nicholas Kazan at sg.movies.yahoo.com (English), accessed January 19, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} Nicholas Kazan Biography ((?) -) at filmreference.com (English), accessed January 19, 2012
3. ^ The Art of Writing for the Screen. (No longer available online.) In: Vashon Allied Arts. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012 ; accessed on April 6, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Nicholas Kazan. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved April 6, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Debra Eckerling: Author Q&A: Screenwriter & Playwright Nicholas Kazan, “Mlle. God ” on writeononline.com on January 25, 2010, accessed January 19, 2012