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# Nathaniel Kahn

(1962)   Film Director

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Nathaniel Kahn is a film director, best known for *Louis I. Kahn -- Architect*.

## Quick Facts About Nathaniel Kahn

Born November 9, 1962

Profession Film Director

Notable works Louis I. Kahn -- Architect

## About Nathaniel Kahn

Nathaniel Kahn is an American filmmaker. His documentaries My Architect (2003) – about his father, the architect Louis Kahn – and Two Hands (2006) were nominated for Academy Awards. His mother is landscape architect Harriet Pattison.

##  Quotes by Nathaniel Kahn

> [As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-kahn/as-a-child-my-father-s-architecture-seemed-to-me-to-be-industrial-in/)

[Nathaniel Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-kahn/)

[Architecture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architecture/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/nathaniel-kahn-65048_architecture_as-a-child-my-father-s-architecture-seem_268016.jpg)

> [I know I should feel anger at my father for certain things. But since he died when I was 11, I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-kahn/i-know-i-should-feel-anger-at-my-father-for-certain-things-but-since/)

[Nathaniel Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-kahn/)

[Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/nathaniel-kahn-65048_anger_i-know-i-should-feel-anger-at-my-father_1341227.jpg)

> [There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-kahn/there-are-a-lot-of-bad-films-out-there-there-s-a-lot-of-bad/)

[Nathaniel Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-kahn/)

[Architecture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architecture/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/nathaniel-kahn-65048_architecture_there-are-a-lot-of-bad-films-out-there-t_2322808.jpg)

> [My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-kahn/my-father-was-my-hero-and-he-died-when-i-was-11-so-i-really-never/)

[Nathaniel Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-kahn/)

[Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/nathaniel-kahn-65048_anger_my-father-was-my-hero-and-he-died-when-i_2882966.jpg)

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