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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.
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.
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....
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. He was 89.
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.
Jack Garfein, the longtime teacher, director, writer, producer and pivotal member of the Actors Studio died on Dec. 30 due to complications from leukemia, according to Playbill....
Jack Garfein, a prolific actor, director, producer, author, and teacher who worked all around the world, passed away December 30 due to complications from leukemia. The...
The Wild One [1] is a feature documentary on the Holocaust survivor and director Jack Garfein, directed by Tessa Louise-Salomé, [2] and written by Louise-Salomé and Sarah Contou-Terquem. In 2022, the movie has won the best cinematography award in a documentary feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. [3]
Jack Garfein, who outlasted the Nazis to work with the stars of stage and screen, is in New York for a tribute at the Film Forum.
Nursed back to health by a nun in Sweden, Garfein was among the first Holocaust survivors to arrive in the U.S. in 1946. Though he spoke no English, he was so determined to become an actor that he learned the language, landed a scholarship, and studied under Erwin Piscator, a renowned German theater director who had worked with Brecht.