Elia Kazan

This is a 1949 portrait of Elia Kazan, who was awarded a Tony that year for directing Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." Kazan, the hard-driving immigrant's son whose other triumphs included the original Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," and the Academy Award-winning film "On the Waterfront," died Sept. 28, 2003. He was 94.

Irene M. Selznick, producer; Kazan, director, and Tennessee Williams, author of Broadway's smash hit "A Streetcar Named Desire," talk backstage at New York's Ethel Barrymore Theater, where the play was being performed, on Dec. 17, 1947.

Kazan poses with a plaque presented by the Screen Directors' Guild for his directorial achievement for "On the Waterfront" at the Morosco Theatre in New York, in this March 30, 1955 file photo.

Actor Rod Steiger, left, plays Marlon Brando's mob-connected brother in this image from the movie "On the Waterfront."

Oscar winners for "On the Waterfront" hold their awards at the Century Theater in New York in this March 30, 1955 file photo. The individual winners are, from left, Budd Schulberg, best story and screenplay; Elia Kazan, best direction; Boris Kaufman, best cinematography, and Richard Day, best art direction.

Arthur Miller, left, and Kazan are shown together in this 1963 handout photo. While Kazan made some of the greatest movies ever, winning Oscars for "On the Waterfront" and "Gentleman's Agreement," he also made enemies and headlines by naming names of alleged Hollywood communists in the 1950s.

Kazan, co-manager of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, stands in front of a poster at ANTA Washington Square Theater in Greenwich Village, the repertory theater company's temporary home, in New York in this July 17, 1964 file photo.

Kazan, center, poses with playwrights Tennessee Williams (left) and Arthur Miller at a book store in New York in February 1967.

Kazan with the Golden Bear of the Berlin Film festival, which he received in Berlin for his life's work, Feb. 18, 1996.

Kazan holds his Academy honorary award as director Martin Scorsese looks on during the 71st Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center, in this March 21, 1999 file photo. The Oscar honored Kazan for his indelible contributions to the art of motion picture direction.

Scorsese, left, hugs Kazan after presenting him with his honorary Oscar March 21, 1999. On awards night, some in the audience withheld applause, though others gave him a warm reception.