David Anthony "Tony" Silver (April 15, 1935 – February 1, 2008) was an American documentary filmmaker known for directing the film Style Wars.[1]
Tony Silver | |
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| Born | David Anthony Silver April 15, 1935 |
| Died | February 1, 2008 (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Children | Mariko Silver |
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Silver born David Anthony Silver in Manhattan on April 15, 1935. He attended Columbia University as a Ford Foundation scholar.[2][3] He was a maker of trailers and other promotional materials for movies and television, including a trailer for Oliver Stone's Platoon, which won a Clio Award in 1986.[1] He directed the 1983 documentary Style Wars, one of the earliest accounts of hip-hop culture that documented the lives of subway graffiti artists in New York City during the early 1980s. The movie won the Grand Jury Prize at the United States Film and Video Festival, a precursor to the Sundance Film Festival.[1]
Silver also made the documentary Marshall Arisman: Facing the Audience, about the artist Marshall Arisman.[4]
Silver died at his home in Los Angeles on February 1, 2008. He married film producer and later acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Joan Shigekawa.[1] Their daughter is Mariko Silver, former president of Bennington College and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Fox, Margalit (2008-03-05). "Tony Silver, 72, Documentary Director, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "Columbia Spectator 8 February 1982 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "Tony Silver (R.I.P.)". www.at149st.com. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "Tony Silver Collection". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
- ^ "Mariko Silver Named Next President and CEO of Luce Foundation | The Henry Luce Foundation". www.hluce.org. Retrieved 2022-06-05.