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| Occupation(s) | Film producer, film director, film editor |
| Website | http://www.lightsaraffilms.com/index.html |
Allie Light is an American film producer, film director and film editor.
Allie Light | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film producer, film director, film editor |
| Website | http://www.lightsaraffilms.com/index.html |
Allie Light is an American film producer, film director and film editor.
Light is the winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the 1994 National Emmy Award for best interview program, has written, directed and produced documentary films with her late partner, Irving Saraf. Allie has served on the Media Advisory Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [1] [2]
| Year | Title | Credits | Notes |
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| 1977 | Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: POSSUM TROT - The Life and Work of Calvin Black | Director, Producer | |
| 1980 | Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: HUNDRED AND TWO MATURE - The Art of Harry Lieberman | Director, Producer | |
| 1982 | Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: GRANDMA'S BOTTLE VILLAGE - The Art OF Tressa Prisbrey | Director, Producer | |
| 1983 | Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: THE MONUMENT OF CHIEF ROLLING - MOUNTAIN THUNDER | Director, Producer | |
| 1983 | Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: THE ANGEL THAT STANDS BY ME - Minnie Evans' Paintings | Director, Producer | |
| 1981 | Mitsuye and Nellie, Asian American Poets | Director, Producer, Editor | |
| 1991 | In The Shadow Of The Stars | Director, Producer, Editor | 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature |
| 1993 | Dialogues With Madwomen | Director, Editor | Produced and Edited by Irving Saraf |
| 1996 | Shakespeare's Children | Director | |
| 1997 | Rachel's Daughters, Searching For The Causes of Breast Cancer | Director, Editor, Producer, additional camera operator | |
| 2000 | Blind Spot, Murder By Women | Director, Producer, Editor, additional camera operator | |
| 2001 | Desert Dogs | Editor | |
| 2002 | Children and Asthma | Director | |
| 2004 | Iraqi Lullaby | Editor | |
| 2005 | Good Food Bad Food, Childhood Obesity | Director, Producer, Editor | |
| 2006 | The Sermons of Sister Jane | Director, Producer, Editor | |
| 2009 | Empress Hotel | Director, Producer, Editor | |
| 2019 | Any Wednesday | Director, Producer, Writer |
Light married film producer Saraf, becoming his second wife. The couple formed a professional producing partnership beginning in 1971.
Light's husband of thirty-eight years, Irving Saraf, died from Lou Gehrig's disease at their home in San Francisco, California, on December 26, 2012, at the age of 80.[1][2]
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