Ka ‧ zan, E ‧ lia /kəˈzɑːn, ˈiːljə/ BrE AmE
(1909–2003) a US film and theatre ↑ director , who helped to start the Actors' Studio in New York City. He is known as the director of plays such as ↑ Death of a Salesman (1949), and of films such as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and On the Waterfront (1954).