Harry From
Encyclopedia
Theater and film director, movie producer. Born 12 December 1934 in Bucharest, Romania, deceased 5 May 1996 in New York, USA. He left behind his wife of 32 years, and their daughter.
), City University of New York
(CUNY), 1974. At CUNY he studied with Stanley Milgram
, who later became his colleague.
Press 1958-60.
Chamber Theater, Tel Aviv 1962-63, artistic drector of the Comedia Theater Tel Aviv 1963-66;
Artistic advisor for Tel Aviv
Municipality 1962-66.
Member of the Jerusalem Theatre, Israel 1964.
Recipient of the Jerusalem Theatre for Youth Award.
Independent director, writer, producer for various organizations including Time Life Films, Harper & Row, NYC 1969-77.
Director and producer of the Off-Broadway
Rhinoceros (play)
, 1970.
Director, producer, and co-writer (Movies) The City and the Self(*), 1972; Psychodrama, 1973; Invitation to Social Psychology(*), 1974; Conformity and Independence(*), 1975; Human Aggression(*), Nonverbal Communication(*), 1976; Night Patrol, 1977. (TV) Dr Berger Plan, 1986; Love is (a series of three one-hour shows), and a special TV program entitled 2090, 1990.
Five Silver Awards: NY International Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival Award, Ohio Film Festival Award, American Film Festival Award.
Member of the TV Academy of independent producers, of the Israeli Film Institute and of the American Film Institute
.
Directed and shot the film Water Water Water in Venezuela
, Bangladesh
, Niger
and China
in 1994-96, but never completed it due to his untimely death.
Five of the films, marked with (*), were produced together with Stanley Milgram
, the first two while Harry From was his graduate student.
prompted him to create in 1994 the Mihail Sebastian Foundation and at the same time to obtain from Sebastian's family in Paris the nine hand-written notebooks that constituted Sebastian's diary of the fascist years, from 1935 to 1944. In the winter of 1994 he met in Paris Mr. Gabriel Liiceanu
, the owner and president of the Publishing Co. Humanitas from Romania, and convinced him to publish the Sebastian's diary. Harry From never saw the printed Sebastian diary; he died six months before its publication.
Education
MA (Cinematography and Film Direction), Ion Luca Caragiale University Bucharest, 1958; PhD (Social PsychologySocial psychology
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all...
), City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
(CUNY), 1974. At CUNY he studied with Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist most notable for his controversial study known as the Milgram Experiment. The study was conducted in the 1960s during Milgram's professorship at Yale...
, who later became his colleague.
Cinematic and dramatic achievements
Film Director at the Sahia Film Studio, Bucharest 1959-61; Movie reviewer for the BucharestBucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
Press 1958-60.
Chamber Theater, Tel Aviv 1962-63, artistic drector of the Comedia Theater Tel Aviv 1963-66;
Artistic advisor for Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
Municipality 1962-66.
Member of the Jerusalem Theatre, Israel 1964.
Recipient of the Jerusalem Theatre for Youth Award.
Independent director, writer, producer for various organizations including Time Life Films, Harper & Row, NYC 1969-77.
Director and producer of the Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
Rhinoceros (play)
Rhinoceros (play)
Rhinoceros is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play belongs to the school of drama known as the Theatre of the Absurd...
, 1970.
Director, producer, and co-writer (Movies) The City and the Self(*), 1972; Psychodrama, 1973; Invitation to Social Psychology(*), 1974; Conformity and Independence(*), 1975; Human Aggression(*), Nonverbal Communication(*), 1976; Night Patrol, 1977. (TV) Dr Berger Plan, 1986; Love is (a series of three one-hour shows), and a special TV program entitled 2090, 1990.
Five Silver Awards: NY International Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival Award, Ohio Film Festival Award, American Film Festival Award.
Member of the TV Academy of independent producers, of the Israeli Film Institute and of the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
.
Directed and shot the film Water Water Water in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
in 1994-96, but never completed it due to his untimely death.
Five of the films, marked with (*), were produced together with Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist most notable for his controversial study known as the Milgram Experiment. The study was conducted in the 1960s during Milgram's professorship at Yale...
, the first two while Harry From was his graduate student.
Harry From and Mihail Sebastian
His love for the Romanian writer Mihail SebastianMihail Sebastian
-Life:Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila. After finishing his secondary studies, Sebastian went on to study law in Bucharest, but was soon attracted to the literary life and the exciting ideas of the new generation of Romanian intellectuals, as epitomized by the literary group...
prompted him to create in 1994 the Mihail Sebastian Foundation and at the same time to obtain from Sebastian's family in Paris the nine hand-written notebooks that constituted Sebastian's diary of the fascist years, from 1935 to 1944. In the winter of 1994 he met in Paris Mr. Gabriel Liiceanu
Gabriel Liiceanu
Gabriel Liiceanu is a Romanian philosopher.He graduated from University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy in 1965, and from Faculty of Classical Languages in 1973. He earned a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Bucharest in 1976....
, the owner and president of the Publishing Co. Humanitas from Romania, and convinced him to publish the Sebastian's diary. Harry From never saw the printed Sebastian diary; he died six months before its publication.