Chris Kazan(1938-1991)

Son of Elia Kazan and Molly Kazan, novelist and screenwriter Chris Kazan was born on 16 December 1938, in New York. Novelist, screenwriter and assistant professor of film at Columbia University's School of the Arts, Kazan wrote two novels: "Mouth Full of Sugar" (1969) and "The Love Freak" (1971); one TV episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972); and his only film screenplay The Visitors (1972), directed by his father, a film that launched the careers of James Woods and Steve Railsback. He was married to Jeneene Harris Kazan for several years, raising a stepdaughter and a stepson from her previous marriage. He's the brother of award winning screenwriter Nicholas Kazan. Chris died on 14 December 1991, two days prior to his 53rd birthday and around the time of his death, he was working on another film screenplay.