Joan Micklin Silver
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Joan Micklin Silver is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 director.

She was born in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

  and received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...

.

Her early low budget film Hester Street received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane
Carol Kane
Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane is an American actress. Kane has worked on the stage, on the screen and in television. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as the wife of the character played by Andy Kaufman. She received two Emmy Awards for her work...

. Her 1977 film Between the Lines was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
27th Berlin International Film Festival
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 24 to July 5, 1977.-Jury:* Senta Berger * Ellen Burstyn* Helène Vager* Rainer Werner Fassbinder* Derek Malcolm* Andrej Michaolkow-Kontschalowski* Ousmane Sembène...

. She is also known for the film Crossing Delancey
Crossing Delancey
Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy film starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert released in 1988. It is directed by Joan Micklin Silver and based on a play by Susan Sandler, who also wrote the screenplay...

which was released in 1988 and stars Amy Irving
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving is an American actress, known for her roles in the films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie, and Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and has won an Obie award...

. She also conceived and directed the musical revue
Revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

 A... My Name Is Alice
A... My Name Is Alice
A… My Name Is Alice, is a musical revue conceived by Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd, first produced in 1983. It won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Revue...

with Julianne Boyd
Julianne Boyd
Julianne Boyd is an American theater director.Boyd received a BA in Theater and Education in 1966 from Beaver College in Pennsylvania...

.

Filmography (Director)

  • Hunger Point (2003 TV movie)
  • Charms for the Easy Life (2002 TV movie)
  • A Fish in the Bathtub
    A Fish in the Bathtub
    A Fish in the Bathtub is a 1999 film directed by Joan Micklin Silver. It stars Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.-Cast:*Jerry Stiller as Sam*Anne Meara as Molly*Mark Ruffalo as Joel*Jane Adams as Ruthie*Doris Roberts as Freida...

     (1999)
  • Invisible Child
    Invisible Child
    Invisible Child is a 1999 film starring Rita Wilson as a mother who imagines she has three children when she only has two. Fearing his wife may be institutionalized because of her mental illness, her husband goes along with this charade as though it is perfectly normal. The 10-year old daughter...

     (1999 TV movie)
  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies
    In the Presence of Mine Enemies
    In the Presence of Mine Enemies is an alternate history novel by American author Harry Turtledove, expanded from the eponymous short story. The novel depicts a world where the United States remained isolationist and did not participate in the Second World War, thus allowing victory to the Axis...

     (1997 TV movie)
  • Miss Sherri (1992 TV movie)
  • Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
    Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
    Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even - originally titled Stepkids in early promotional trailers - is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver.-Plot:...

     (1992)
  • Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991 TV movie) - segment 2
  • Loverboy
    Loverboy (1989 film)
    Loverboy is a 1989 American comedy film starring Patrick Dempsey, Kirstie Alley, and Carrie Fisher.-Plot:Randy Bodek is a rebellious slacker in college, living with his girlfriend Jenny . His father, furious over Randy's lack of direction or work ethic, pulls the funding for college and requires...

     (1989)
  • Crossing Delancey
    Crossing Delancey
    Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy film starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert released in 1988. It is directed by Joan Micklin Silver and based on a play by Susan Sandler, who also wrote the screenplay...

     (1988)
  • Finnegan Begin Again
    Finnegan Begin Again
    Finnegan Begin Again is a 1985 made-for-HBO original romantic comedy film starring Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston. The movie was filmed in Richmond, Virginia and premiered in February 1985 before being released on video.-Plot:...

     (1985 TV movie)
  • How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1983 TV movie)
  • Head Over Heels
    Head Over Heels (1979 film)
    Chilly Scenes of Winter is a 1979 romantic comedy film, written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver.The film is an adaptation of the 1976 novel Chilly Scenes of Winter by Ann Beattie.-Name change:...

     (1979)
  • Between the Lines (1977)
  • Bernice Bobs Her Hair
    Bernice Bobs Her Hair
    Bernice Bobs Her Hair is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1920 and first published in the Saturday Evening Post in May of that year. It appeared shortly thereafter in the collection Flappers and Philosophers.- Background :...

     (1976 TV movie)
  • Hester Street (1975)
  • The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (1972 short)

Awards

  • 1985: Locarno International Film Festival
    Locarno International Film Festival
    The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...

    - Silver Leopard's Eye for Finnegan Begin Again
  • 1977: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - New Generation Award
  • 1977: Berlin International Film Festival - Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius
    F. K. Otto Dibelius
    Friedrich Karl Otto Dibelius was a German bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg, and staunch opponent of Nazism and communism.-Early years:...

     Film Award for Between the Lines
  • 1975: International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
    International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
    Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival is an annual film festival held jointly by the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The festival was established in 1952. In Mannheim there are six cinema centres and 19 single cinemas.The festival presents arthouse films of...

    - Interfilm Award for Hester Street

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