Nicholas Kazan

Nicholas Kazan (/ˈkəˈzæn/;^[1] born September 15, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director.

Kazan was born in New York, the son of Greek-American director Elia Kazan and his first wife, playwright Molly Kazan (née Mary Day Thacher). Through his mother, Kazan is a descendant of classicist and college administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher, Yale president Jeremiah Day, and founding father Roger Sherman.

Kazan, a noted playwright, premiered his play Mlle. God (2011) in Los Angeles with the Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA. A dark comedy, it reinvents Frank Wedekind's "Lulu" character. Kazan said he was inspired "most of all by Louise Brooks' luminous cosmic performance" of the character.^[2]

Kazan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for his work on Reversal of Fortune.^[3][4][5]

Kazan graduated from Swarthmore College, with a major in English, in 1969. In 1984, Kazan married screenwriter Robin Swicord. Their daughters are actresses Zoe Kazan and Maya Kazan.

• Frances (1982) (with Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren)
• At Close Range (1986)
• Patty Hearst (1988)^[6]
• Reversal of Fortune (1990)
• Mobsters (1991) (with Michael Mahem)
• Dream Lover (1993) (also Director)
• Matilda (1996) (with Robin Swicord)
• Homegrown (1998) (with Stephen Gyllenhaal)
• Fallen (1998)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Enough (2002)
• The Whole Truth (2016)

• Nicholas Kazan at IMDb
• Nicholas Kazan at the TCM Movie Database