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Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver was an American film and television writer and director.
She is best known for her pioneering efforts fighting to bring Jewish stories to light and writing and directing independent films such as Crossing Delancey (1988) and Hester Street (1975).
A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Silver butted heads with a patriarchal studio system before collaborating with United Artists on her third feature, Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979).
Joan Micklin Silver was an American film and television writer and director.
She is best known for her pioneering efforts fighting to bring Jewish stories to light and writing and directing independent films such as Crossing Delancey (1988) and Hester Street (1975).
A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Silver butted heads with a patriarchal studio system before collaborating with United Artists on her third feature, Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979).
She would go on to direct the feature films Loverboy (1989), Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even (1991), Fish in the Bathtub (1998), and a number of teleplays including Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976), Finnegan Begin Again (1985), and Hunger Point (2003).
Silver died December 31, 2020, in Manhattan, New York. She was 85.
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