Joan Micklin Silver

Joan Micklin Silver (born May 24, 1935 in Omaha , Nebraska , † December 31, 2020 in New York City , New York ) was an American film director and screenwriter .

Life

Joan Micklin Silver was born to Jewish Russians and grew up in Omaha. She studied (music and literature) at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and graduated in 1956. A short time later she married Rabbi Raphael D. Silver. They moved to Cleveland together and had three daughters.

There she worked as a music teacher for children with behavioral disorders. She came across film with the production of educational films on behalf of the Encyclopedia Britannica . With her first feature film " Hester Street ", the story of an Orthodox Jew who follows her husband from Russia to New York and encounters a completely alien world, Silver had a great success. With “Between the Lines” she was able to build on the successful debut; the later films were less well received by critics and audiences.

For the film Between the Lines she won the Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Prize at the 1977 Berlinale and won the Berliner Morgenpost readers' award .

Silver died on New Year's Eve 2020 at the age of 85 in her Manhattan home in New York City of complications from an illness of vascular dementia .

Filmography (selection)

1974: Hester Street (Hester Street)
1977: Between the Lines
1979: Head over Heels
1984: Finnegan, start again! (Finnegan, Begin Again)
1988: Sarah and Sam (Crossing Delancey)
1989: Loverboy - love to order (Loverboy)
1991: Women Behind Bars (Prison stories - Women on the Inside) - (Director of the 2nd episode)
1992: Family stress (Stepkids)
1997: In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Web links

Joan Micklin Silver in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Katie Kilkenny: Joan Micklin Silver, Director of 'Hester Street' and 'Crossing Delancey,' Dies at 85. In: hollywoodreporter.com. January 1, 2021, accessed January 2, 2021 .
↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 431.
^ Anita Gates: Joan Micklin Silver, Director of 'Crossing Delancey,' Dies at 85. In: The New York Times , January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.

personal data
SURNAME	Silver, Joan Micklin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Omaha , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 2020
Place of death	New York City , New York

[1] Katie Kilkenny: Joan Micklin Silver, Director of 'Hester Street' and 'Crossing Delancey,' Dies at 85. In: hollywoodreporter.com. January 1, 2021, accessed January 2, 2021 .

[2] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 431.

[3] Anita Gates: Joan Micklin Silver, Director of 'Crossing Delancey,' Dies at 85. In: The New York Times , January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.