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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 was ...
Jun 15, 2022 · Garfein, who was born in Czechoslovakia and survived the Holocaust, embodied a peculiarly 20 th century journey — from hell to Hollywood. Against all odds, he made it out of seven concentration...
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....
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.
- Director, Writer, Actor
- July 2, 1930
- Jack Garfein
- December 30, 2019
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.
- July 2, 1930
- December 30, 2019
Jun 13, 2022 · Narrated by Willem Dafoe, the enigmatic documentary takes a look at the eventful life of Jack Garfein, a Jewish actor, director, producer and Holocaust survivor. Garfein survived eleven concentration camps, including Auschwitz.
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 Playbill. He was 89.
