The film, starring Garfein's then wife Carroll Baker, was described by Garfein as a metaphor for his spiritual journey. The film also raises questions of race and class in America. "Something Wild" features an original score by Aaron Copland, the title sequence by Saul Bass, and photography by Eugen Schüfftan. Aside from participating in the revolutionary acting process of the Actors' Studio, Garfein also created a unique acting technique, which he described in his book "Life and Acting: Techniques for the Actor" (2010). In 1966, he, in collaboration with Paul Newman, created the second branch of the Actors' Studio in Los Angeles. Garfein was one of the co-founders of Hollywood Theatre Row, where in 1974 he created the Harold Clurman Theater and later the Samuel Beckett Theater. In 1974 he was the creator of the Harold Clurman Theater of which he was also the director, as well as the Samuel Beckett Theater and he opened the Actors and Directors Lab in New York, a new drama school where writer and scenarist Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver") and Tom Schulman ("Dead Poets Society") mingled with director Phil Alden Robinson ("Field of Dreams") and actress Sissy Spacek. He directed and produced multiple plays and paid particular attention to the recognition of his friends' work. His experience made him an exceptional director and supervisor. He directed numerous plays by Samuel Beckett, John McLiam, Richard Nash, Sean O'Casey, Eugene O'Neil, Calder Willingham and others. In 1984, the Cinémathèque Française paid tribute to Garfein's work by screening his two films, presented by Costa-Gavras upon the occasion. Following those first screenings, that were followed by a second session at the filmoteca española in Madrid, Garfein decided to open a Studio (Le Studio Jack Garfein) in Paris in 1985. Garfein lived and worked between New York and Paris where he continued to teach at the Studio Jack Garfein. Garfein was born in Mukachevo, the son of Blanka (Spiegel), a homemaker, and Hermann Garfein, an executive at the family's sawmill. His family was Jewish. He was the elder of two sons, and multiple cousins. He grew up in Bardejov in the (now former) Czechoslovakia. His entire family was killed during the Holocaust, but he survived 11 concentration camps.