Crossing Delancey
1988
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Joan Micklin Silver (May 24, 1935 – December 31, 2020) was an American director of films and plays. Born in Omaha, Silver moved to New York City in 1967 where she began writing and directing films. She is best known for Hester Street (1975), her first feature, and Crossing Delancey (1988).
- Filmmaker
- Joan Micklin, May 24, 1935, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
- 1972–2003
- 3, including Marisa
Jan 1, 2021 · Joan Micklin Silver, the filmmaker whose first feature, “Hester Street,” expanded the marketplace for American independent film and broke barriers for women in directing, died on Thursday at her...
Jan 1, 2021 · Joan Micklin Silver, the director of films like “Crossing Delancy,” “Hester Street,” and “Between the Lines” died on Thursday at the age of 85, The New York Times reports. Her daughter,...
Jan 2, 2021 · Joan Micklin Silver, who forged her own way as a female director in the 1970s and ’80s and helmed seven features including “ Crossing Delancey ” and “ Hester Street ,” died Thursday in Manhattan....
- Pat Saperstein
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Jan 2, 2021 · Joan Micklin Silver, the groundbreaking director of such films as “Hester Street” and “Crossing Delancey,” died Thursday at her home in New York City. She was 85. Her daughter Claudia Silver...
- mark.olsen@latimes.com
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Jan 2, 2021 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joan Micklin Silver, who forged a path for female directors and independent filmmakers with movies including “Hester Street” and “Crossing Delancey,” has died. She was 85.
Jan 14, 2021 · Though Silver was described in a 1983 German documentary as “one of the major figures of the new independent cinema,” her name was overlooked in most subsequent surveys of the landscape, and ...
