Early Years
Kazanjian graduated from the University of Southern California. While there he first met a young George Lucas, and they became not only Delta Kappa Alpha cinema fraternity brothers but also long standing friends. They were members of a clique of filmmakers known to the Hollywood system and the university circuit as The Dirty Dozen. During those college years, Kazanjian and Lucas both met their respective future wives, and the couples would often double date.
Kazanjian's early credits include being an assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot and Sam Peckinpah's Wild Bunch. He later worked with director Robert Wise on his production of The Hindenberg.
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