Irving Saraf

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Irving Saraf (born July 7, 1932 in Poland , † December 26, 2012 in San Francisco , California ) was a film director , film producer , cameraman and film editor .

Life

Saraf grew up in Israel and immigrated to the United States in 1952. He studied film at UCLA , which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts . In the mid-1960s he began making films, often taking on directing, camera, production and editing in one person. In the 1970s he worked for Saul Zaentz's film production company , where he directed the post-production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . In 1991 he was awarded an Oscar for the documentary In the Shadow of the Stars . Three years later he received an Emmy for talking to crazy women .

Saraf was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and taught for several years as a professor at San Francisco State University .

Saraf died at the age of 80 after suffering from ALS for three years . He was married to the filmmaker Allie Light for the second time . His son is the film producer Peter Saraf .

Filmography (selection)

production

  • 1994: Dialogues with Madwomen (also editing and camera)
  • 2009: Empress Hotel

Director

  • 1965: Poland, Communism's New Look (also camera, production and editing)
  • 1971: Fear (also production and editing)
  • 1991: In the Shadow of the Stars (also production and editing)
  • 1997: Rachel's Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer (also camera, production and editing)
  • 2000: Blind Spot: Murder by Women (also camera, production and editing)
  • 2004: An Iraqi Lullaby for Children Who Are About to Die (also production and editing)
  • 2006: The Sermons of Sister Jane: Believing the Unbelievable (also production)

cut

  • 1963: Louisiana Diary, Voter Registration Drive (also camera)
  • 1971: Fidel (also camera)
  • 1980: Battle of Westlands
  • 1980: Death and Dying
  • 2001: Desert Dogs

Awards

  • 1992: Oscar for In the Shadow of the Stars
  • 1995: Emmy for Conversations with Crazy Women

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personal data
SURNAME Saraf, Irving
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, film producer, cameraman and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Poland
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 2012
Place of death San Francisco , California