birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name
new york 1950 robin -rrb- swicord -lrb- 2 children , zoe , maya nicholas kazan
 nicholas kazan
nicholas kazan

nicholas kazan -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is an american screenwriter , film producer and director .
kazan was born in new york .
he is the son of director elia kazan , and his first wife , playwright molly kazan -lrb- née mary day thacher -rrb- .
he married robin swicord , a writer , producer , actress , and director , in 1984 .
his daughters are actresses zoe kazan and maya kazan .
through his mother , kazan is a direct descendant of classicist and college administrator thomas anthony thacher , yale president jeremiah day , and founding father roger sherman .
kazan , a noted playwright , premiered his newest work , `` mlle. god '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , in los angeles with the `` ensemble studio theatre-la '' .
kazan 's `` dark comedy '' re-invents `` frank wedekind '' 's seminal `` lulu '' character .
he noted his inspiration came `` most of all by `` louise brooks '' ' luminous comic performance '' of the character .
