Jack Garfein, born July 2, 1930 in Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia (now Mukacheve, Ukraine), is an acting teacher and former motion picture and theater director. July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...

Garfein survived imprisonment at Auschwitz and came to the US at the end of World War II. He joined the Actors Studio and married his fellow student, actress Carroll Baker. Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Actors Studio is a theatrical school and workshop located in the Old Labor Stage on 44th Street in New York City. ... Carroll Baker, born on May 28, 1931, is a Golden Globe Award winning and Oscar nominated American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the sixties, a movie sex symbol. ...

Garfein`s directorial debut, The Strange One an ensemble piece set in a sadistic Southern military academy, was released without an ending – leaving audiences bewildered and critics scathing. The crucial scene involved black actors and in the racially segregated America of 1957, the studio objected on the ground that to use black actors would mean commercial failure. Garfein refused to bow down and filmed the scene anyway. It was also denounced by a U.S Congressman as an 'un-American' film, but in Paris, a critic wrote that if anyone doubted that America was a free country, then they should see the film.

Garfein directed two other films. One was an offbeat 1961 independent film Something Wild, which starred Baker as a young rape victim held as captive by the man who rescued her from suicide. The film is graced by one of Aaron Copland's best film scores. It was panned by many US critics even though he was hailed as an American Ingmar Bergman. Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. ...

Baker and Garfein had one daughter, actress Blanche Baker, and a son, Herschel Garfein. Blanche Baker (born December 20, 1956 in New York City) is an American Emmy Award winning actress. ...

Garfein has founded several institutions and became director of the Actor`s Studio in Los Angeles in 1966. He also directed numerous off-Broadway plays[1].

He is one of the most experienced teachers of Method Acting having been instructing for almost forty years now. Garfein mostly teaches acting in Paris at Le Studio Jack Garfein, and in Los Angeles. Sometimes giving exclusive trainings in different countries, he was recently leading a series of master classes for film students and industry professionals at the University of the Arts London, in January 2007. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... The University of the Arts London is a federal university and Europes largest and leading centre for education in art communication and design. ...

External links

• Jack Garfein on Internet Movie Database
• Jack Garfein on Internet Broadway Database
• Website of Le Studio Jack Garfein, Paris
• Jack Garfein Official European Website