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Sarah Marshall Kernochan (/ ˈ k ɛər n ə k ɛ n / KAIR-nə-ken; born December 30, 1947) is an American documentarian, film director, screenwriter and novelist. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including two Academy Awards ( Documentary Feature for Marjoe in 1973 and Documentary Short Subject for Thoth in 2002)
Sarah Kernochan. Writer: 9½ Weeks. Sarah Kernochan was born in New York City. Educated at Rosemary Hall and Sarah Lawrence, she achieved early success by winning the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, at age 25, for her film "Marjoe."
- January 1, 1
- Writer, Director, Producer
- New York City, New York, USA
- Sarah Kernochan
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Sarah Kernochan. Writer: 9½ Weeks. Sarah Kernochan was born in New York City. Educated at Rosemary Hall and Sarah Lawrence, she achieved early success by winning the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, at age 27, for her film "Marjoe." Her next move was to record two RCA albums as a singer-songwriter. Two years later her novel "Dry Hustle" was published. An original musical titled ...
- December 30, 1947
96% of films are directed by men. However -- there was no stopping these women from making their debut features. Here are their stories: Director: Sarah Kernochan. Debut feature: The Hairy Bird (aka All I Wanna Do) Miramax. I used to make short 8mm films in middle school and high school but my ambition was to be a writer.
Sarah Kernochan is a dynamo — a documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, director, and novelist. At 26, she won her first Academy Award for the documentary Marjoe, and later a second Oscar for the short documentary Thoth. She has writing credits on seven feature films, beginning with 9½ Weeks.
Based on the story by Sarah Kernochan and Clark Gregg. Kernochan wrote the original script for this film for Steven Spielberg. The premise of an empty-nest couple and a female ghost was meant to resemble his "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND" -- a realistic journey about making contact with the "other side," full of awe and wonderment as well ...
