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Jack Garfein. Jakob Garfein [1] (July 2, 1930 – December 30, 2019) was an American film and theatre director, acting teacher, and a key figure of the Actors Studio . Growing up in Bardejov, Czechoslovakia during the rise of Nazism, [2] Garfein was deported to Auschwitz at the age of 13 and survived 11 concentration camps.
Jan 7, 2020 · Jack Garfein, a Holocaust survivor who became a noted director, producer and acting teacher, working with some of the greatest actors and playwrights of his era, died on Dec. 30 at a hospital...
Jack Garfein. Director: Something Wild. Czechoslovakian-born Jack Garfein survived imprisonment in the Auschwitz concentration camp during WW2 and came to the US at age 15. After a few years of college, he became a stage actor, then a director.
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Jan 2, 2020 · Jack Garfein was a Holocaust survivor, a co-founder of the Actors Studio and a director of films and plays. He taught and influenced many actors and directors, such as Paul Newman, Sissy Spacek and Bruce Dern.
Dec 31, 2019 · Jack Garfein, who directed Broadway plays and Hollywood films and taught acting to the likes of James Dean, Ben Gazzara and Bruce Dern, died Monday of complications from leukemia, Playbill...
Dec 31, 2019 · Jack Garfein, who directed Broadway shows and founded The Actors Studio in Los Angeles, passed away at 89. He also wrote and taught acting, and survived 11 concentration camps during World War II.
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Jan 7, 2020 · A tribute to the filmmaker, theater director, and Actors Studio instructor who discovered Steve McQueen and cast James Dean in his first play. Learn about his remarkable life, his two features, The Strange One and Something Wild, and his legacy.
