Nathan Sugar
Nathan Zucker (born July 12, 1914 in Manhattan , New York City , † June 23, 1989 in Princeton , New Jersey ) was an American film producer .
Life
Nathan Zucker, who was born in Manhattan in New York, studied at Yale University and founded a small production company called Dynamic Films in 1948, with which he made educational films as a studio-independent producer, most of which were not shown in classic cinemas. He also supplied US television live with Broadway performances that could be viewed on cinema screens in Rochester .
For his 34-minute documentary Psychiatric Nursing , produced in 1958 , Zucker received an Oscar nomination in the “ Best Documentary ” category the following year . Despite this success, Zucker's further output was very sparse. Nathan Zucker was intermittently president of the New York Producers' Association. In 1975 he retired into private life. Nathan Zucker died of kidney failure at Princeton Medical Center.
Zucker was married and had two sons and daughters.
Documentaries
- 1957: All the Way Home
- 1958: Psychiatric Nursing
- 1970: Cleopatra
Web links
- Nathan sugar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary in The New York Times, June 25, 1989
Individual evidence
- ↑ exact life data on deathfigures.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sugar, Nathan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhattan , New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1989 |
| Place of death | Princeton , New Jersey , United States |