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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. In 1946, as an orphaned teen, he ...
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.
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...
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. He was 89.
Jan 2, 2020 · 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...
Jan 7, 2020 · 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.
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.
