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Joan Micklin Silver

Joan Micklin Silver

Joan Micklin Silver (born May 24, 1935) is an American director.

She was born in Omaha, Nebraska and received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College.

Her early low budget film Hester Street received Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane. Her 1977 film Between the Lines was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. She is also known for the film Crossing Delancey which was released in 1988 and stars Amy Irving. She also conceived and directed the musical revue A... My Name Is Alice with Julianne Boyd.

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Movies Made By Joan Micklin Silver (23)

Hunger Point (2003)

A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences. ...

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Charms for the Easy Life (2002)

The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society. ...

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Invisible Child (1999)

A nanny is hired by a troubled mother and finds herself fighting to hold together the entire family when she realizes the woman has an imaginary daughter. ...

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A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub. ...

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In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)

In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith and one final chance at redemption. ...

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A Private Matter (1992)

The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion. ...

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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)

A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other. ...

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Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991)

Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second - about a mother whose son has ceased to go to prison for visits. The third - about the experiences of women o ...

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Loverboy (1989)

Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. But, as Randy soon learn ...

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Crossing Delancey (1988)

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton ...

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Finnegan Begin Again (1985)

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman. ...

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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1984)

A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun. ...

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The Nightingale (1983)

A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship. ...

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Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman. ...

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On the Yard (1978)

Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance. ...

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Between the Lines (1977)

The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant. ...

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Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)

Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for. ...

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Hester Street (1975)

A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife final ...

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The Frontier Experience (1975)

The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler l ...

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The Case of the Elevator Duck (1974)

Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbe ...

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The Fur Coat Club (1973)

Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in. ...

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Limbo (1972)

A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam. ...

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The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (1972)

"A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has trouble fitting in at school and with his family. ...

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Movies Starring Joan Micklin Silver (2)

Calling the Shots (1988)

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts. ...

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Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director (1983)

This 1983 German documentary by Katja Raganelli features director Joan Micklin Silver; her husband, Ray Silver; and a handful of key collaborators discussing her film work, from her debut feature HESTER STREET through her romantic comedy HEAD OVER HEELS. ...

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