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- Biography: Joan Micklin Silver (born May 24, 1935) is an American director.
Filmography
- Hunger Point (2003)
- Charms for the Easy Life (2002)
- Invisible Child (1999)
- A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
- A Private Matter (1992)
- Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)
- Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991)
- Loverboy (1989)
- Crossing Delancey (1988)
- Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
- How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1983)
News
Well, maybe lost isn't exactly the right word. But there's no question that director Joan Micklin Silver 's 1977 should-be classic Between the Lines is definitely missing in action. ... Full Article
It's true, the Boston Phoenix has never won an Oscar. But our fictional equivalent, the Back Bay Mainline , did help Joan Micklin Silver win an Otto Dibelius award at the Berlin International Film Festival. ... Full Article
Director Joan Micklin Silver's follow-up to her acclaimed debut, Hester Street, is a more ambitious film that manages to be both an entertaining comedy and a pointed look at the corrupting power of money on an idealistic enterprise. ... Full Article
American director Joan Micklin Silver was educated at Sarah Lawrence College, then moved to New York for a job directing schoolroom films for the Learning Corporation of America and the Encyclopedia Brittanica. ... Full Article