Joan Micklin Silver

Joan Micklin Silver

Joan Micklin Silver (May 24, 1935 – December 31, 2020) was an American director. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska and received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College. Her early low budget film Hester Street received Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane. Her 1977 film Between the Lines was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. She is also known for the film Crossing Delancey which was released in 1988 and stars Amy Irving. She also conceived and directed the musical revue A... My Name Is Alice with Julianne Boyd. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Micklin Silver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Joan Micklin Silver
  • Popularity: 1.41
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1935-05-24
  • Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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Joan Micklin Silver Movies

  • 1983
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    Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director

    Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director

    1 1983 HD

    This 1983 German documentary by Katja Raganelli features director Joan Micklin Silver; her husband, Ray Silver; and a handful of key collaborators...

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  • 1988
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    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

    1 1988 HD

    Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

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  • 1988
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    Crossing Delancey

    Crossing Delancey

    5.6 1988 HD

    Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While...

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  • 1979
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    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    6.6 1979 HD

    Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker...

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  • 1979
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    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    6.6 1979 HD

    Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker...

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  • 1975
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    Hester Street

    Hester Street

    6.2 1975 HD

    A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East...

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  • 1992
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    Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

    Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

    6 1992 HD

    A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.

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  • 1989
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    Loverboy

    Loverboy

    6.1 1989 HD

    Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for...

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  • 2002
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    Charms for the Easy Life

    Charms for the Easy Life

    7 2002 HD

    The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.

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  • 1999
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    A Fish in the Bathtub

    A Fish in the Bathtub

    6.9 1999 HD

    A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.

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  • 1997
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    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    5 1997 HD

    In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith and one final chance at...

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  • 1992
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    A Private Matter

    A Private Matter

    4.8 1992 HD

    The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s,...

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  • 1977
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    Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

    5.1 1977 HD

    The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate...

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  • 1976
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    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

    5.4 1976 HD

    Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern,...

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  • 1991
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    Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

    Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

    3.8 1991 HD

    Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second -...

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  • 2003
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    Hunger Point

    Hunger Point

    4.2 2003 HD

    A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic...

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  • 1975
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    Hester Street

    Hester Street

    6.2 1975 HD

    A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East...

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  • 1973
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    The Fur Coat Club

    The Fur Coat Club

    1 1973 HD

    Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.

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  • 1976
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    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

    5.4 1976 HD

    Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern,...

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  • 1984
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    How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

    How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

    4 1984 HD

    A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.

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  • 1999
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    Invisible Child

    Invisible Child

    7 1999 HD

    A nanny is hired by a troubled mother and finds herself fighting to hold together the entire family when she realizes the woman has an imaginary...

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  • 1975
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    The Frontier Experience

    The Frontier Experience

    5 1975 HD

    The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the...

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  • 1972
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    Limbo

    Limbo

    6 1972 HD

    A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam.

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  • 1972
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    Limbo

    Limbo

    6 1972 HD

    A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam.

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  • 1985
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    Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

    6.3 1985 HD

    A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

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  • 1983
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    The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    3.7 1983 HD

    A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.

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  • 1978
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    On the Yard

    On the Yard

    5.8 1978 HD

    Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's...

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  • 1974
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    The Case of the Elevator Duck

    The Case of the Elevator Duck

    6 1974 HD

    Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to...

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  • 1974
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    The Case of the Elevator Duck

    The Case of the Elevator Duck

    6 1974 HD

    Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to...

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  • 1973
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    The Fur Coat Club

    The Fur Coat Club

    1 1973 HD

    Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.

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  • 1972
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    The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey

    The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey

    1 1972 HD

    "A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has...

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  • 1972
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    The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey

    The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey

    1 1972 HD

    "A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has...

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  • 1970
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    8.421 1970 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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