---
title: 'A Letter to Elia (2010)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Scorsese'
released: '2010-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 60
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-letter-to-elia-2010'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808245/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Letter to Elia (2010)

2010 · 60 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

A Letter to Elia is a 2010 documentary film directed by Kent Jones and Martin Scorsese that follows the life and career of film director Elia Kazan and how he influenced Scorsese. Made from clips from films, stills, readings from Kazan's autobiography, a speech he wrote on directing read by Elias Koteas, a videotaped interview done late in Kazan's life, and Scorsese's commentary on and off screen.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Scorsese](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-scorsese), [Kent Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-jones)

## Cast

- [Elia Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-kazan)

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