Allie Light is an American film producer, film director and film editor.

Allie Light
Occupation(s)Film producer, film director, film editor
Websitehttp://www.lightsaraffilms.com/index.html

Life and career

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Light is the winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the 1994 National Emmy Award for best interview program, has written, directed and produced documentary films with her late partner, Irving Saraf. Allie has served on the Media Advisory Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [1] [2]

Filmography

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Year Title Credits Notes
1977 Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: POSSUM TROT - The Life and Work of Calvin Black Director, Producer
1980 Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: HUNDRED AND TWO MATURE - The Art of Harry Lieberman Director, Producer
1982 Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: GRANDMA'S BOTTLE VILLAGE - The Art OF Tressa Prisbrey Director, Producer
1983 Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: THE MONUMENT OF CHIEF ROLLING - MOUNTAIN THUNDER Director, Producer
1983 Visions of Paradise, Five Films About American Folk Artists: THE ANGEL THAT STANDS BY ME - Minnie Evans' Paintings Director, Producer
1981 Mitsuye and Nellie, Asian American Poets Director, Producer, Editor
1991 In The Shadow Of The Stars Director, Producer, Editor 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
1993 Dialogues With Madwomen Director, Editor Produced and Edited by Irving Saraf
1996 Shakespeare's Children Director
1997 Rachel's Daughters, Searching For The Causes of Breast Cancer Director, Editor, Producer, additional camera operator
2000 Blind Spot, Murder By Women Director, Producer, Editor, additional camera operator
2001 Desert Dogs Editor
2002 Children and Asthma Director
2004 Iraqi Lullaby Editor
2005 Good Food Bad Food, Childhood Obesity Director, Producer, Editor
2006 The Sermons of Sister Jane Director, Producer, Editor
2009 Empress Hotel Director, Producer, Editor
2019 Any Wednesday Director, Producer, Writer

Personal life

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Light married film producer Saraf, becoming his second wife. The couple formed a professional producing partnership beginning in 1971.

Light's husband of thirty-eight years, Irving Saraf, died from Lou Gehrig's disease at their home in San Francisco, California, on December 26, 2012, at the age of 80.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Allie Light". Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. ^ "Biographies". www.lightsaraffilms.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
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