Question: Who has been honored by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history", Miguel Contreras Torres or Elia Kazan?
Context: Edward Snyder, also known as Edward J. Snyder (1895 – July 10, 1982) was an American cameraman, cinematographer (director of photography), and visual effects/special effects artist.  Born in New York City in 1895, Snyder would break into the film industry as the Director of Photography on the 1926 silent film, "The Fighting Marine", which featured the only screen performance by boxing heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney.  He would be one of the plethora of talented cameramen to work on the Howard Hughes' 1930 aerial classic, "Hell's Angels", along with such other notable cameramen and future directors of photography, Paul Ivano, Henry Cronjager and Ernest Laszlo.  But it was as special effects artist that he would have his greatest success, working on such classic films as Otto Preminger's "Laura"; George Cukor's "Winged Victory"; "The Keys of the Kingdom", starring Gregory Peck; Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Anna and the King of Siam, starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison; and 1948's Deep Waters, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award (losing to the special effects team of Portrait of Jennie).  Snyder died in 1982. Medea de Novara (1905–2001) was a Liechtenstein-born actress who appeared in Mexican films.  She was married to the Mexican film director Miguel Contreras Torres.  She was noted for her resemblance to the Empress Carlota of Mexico who she played four times on screen. The Skin of Our Teeth is a play by Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  It opened on October 15, 1942 at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, before moving to the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway on November 18, 1942.  It was produced by Michael Myerberg and directed by Elia Kazan.  The play is a three-part allegory about the life of mankind, centering on the Antrobus family of the fictional town of Excelsior, New Jersey.  The original production starred Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, and Montgomery Clift.  Bankhead won a Variety Award for Best Actress and the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Actress of the Year for her role as Sabina.  When she left the production in March 1943, she was replaced by Miriam Hopkins.  Hopkins was in turn replaced by Gladys George.  For two performances, while George was ill, Lizabeth Scott, who had been Bankhead's understudy, was called in to play the role.  Scott then played the role for the production's run in Boston.  Originally billed in New York as "Elizabeth Scott", she dropped the "E" before taking the part in Boston, and it became her breakthrough role. Elia Kazan (born Elias Kazantzoglou September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by "The New York Times" as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller.  It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949 and ran for 328 performances.  It was directed by Elia Kazan (to whom it is dedicated), produced by Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman, and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.  It starred Ed Begley, Beth Miller, Arthur Kennedy, and Karl Malden and won both the Tony Award for Best Author and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.  The play was adapted for films in 1949 and 1987. Cafe Crown is a three-act play by Hy Kraft that premiered on Broadway on January 23, 1942, at the Cort Theatre.  The cast included Sam Jaffe and Morris Carnovsky.  Its action presented "a motley group of amiable squatters found in a Second Avenue restaurant ... members of the Yiddish theatre", 21 characters in all.  Elia Kazan directed and Boris Aronson designed the set.  Brooks Atkinson, writing in the "New York Times", called it a "hospitable comedy", "simple but warm-hearted", set in the cafe where: Mexican singer Flor Silvestre, one of the most iconic performers of Mexican and Hispanic music, is also a prolific and versatile actress of Mexican cinema's "golden age".  In her 40-year acting career, she played leading and supporting roles in more than 70 feature films of various genres.  She was one of the most sought-after actresses of the late 1950s, and, as a result, 30 of her films were released in only four years (1957-1960).  She worked with film directors Zacarías Gómez Urquiza, Vicente Oroná, Miguel M. Delgado, Jaime Salvador, Chano Urueta, Roberto Gavaldón, Gilberto Martínez Solares, Miguel Contreras Torres, Rogelio A. González, Ismael Rodríguez, Gilberto Gazcón, Benito Alazraki, Miguel Zacarías, René Cardona, and Mario Hernández. Miguel Contreras Torres (1899-1981) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. Juarez and Maximillian (Spanish:Juárez y Maximiliano) is a 1934 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and Raphael J. Sevilla.  The film is set during the French intervention in Mexico during the 1860s, and features the battle between Maximilian I of Mexico and Benito Juárez, a theme used in the later 1939 American film "Juarez".  It was one of the few major commercial successes for the Mexican film industry in the early sound era, before the beginning of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.  It was founded October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis and Anna Sokolow, who provided training for actors who were members.  Lee Strasberg joined later and took the helm in 1951 until his death on February 17, 1982.  It is currently run by Al Pacino, Ellen Burstyn, and Harvey Keitel.  The Studio is best known for its work refining and teaching method acting.  The approach was originally developed by the Group Theatre in the 1930s based on the innovations of Konstantin Stanislavski.  While at the Studio, actors work together to develop their skills in a private environment where they can take risks as performers without the pressure of commercial roles.
Answer: Elia Kazan