Irving Saraf

American film director, film producer, cinematographer and film editor (1932–2012)

Irving Saraf was a Polish-born American film producer, film editor, film director and academic. Saraf won an Oscar for producing the 1991 documentary film, In the Shadow of the Stars. In total, Saraf had more than one hundred fifty film and television production credits. His resume included Poland, Communism's New Look, a 1965 television film; USA Poetry: Twelve Films About Modern Poets in 1966; and the 2009 documentary Empress Hotel following the residents of a low-income hotel in Tenderloin, San Francisco.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 10 films (1960–1977) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1977 Possum Trot Part 1 Allie Light and Irving Saraf 12:00
1970 [Tyrannus Nix?--excerpt] film by Irving Saraf and Bill Yahraus. 1 16mm Color sound
1966 Robert Duncan and John Wieners Robert Duncan John Wieners Richard Moore Irving Saraf Philip Greene Stanley Kronquest Stephanie Pincson KQED Film Unit San Francisco Brice Howard 16mm
1963 The control revolution KQED San Francisco Richard Moore Wayne Ensrud Irving Saraf Morton Subotnick Robert Katz Patricia Day Harvey Langee David Shore Imagination Inc. Philip Greene 16mm
1961 Professional photography Ansel Adams Milton Halberstadt Robert Katz Irving Saraf Denver Sutton Philip D. Greene Richard Moore William Triest KQED San Francisco 16mm
1961 The Khrushchev era Witold Sworakowski Merrill Spalding Gerald Marans Tom Borden Bob Poteat William Triest Irving Saraf KQED San Francisco 16mm
1960 Photography as an art Ansel Adams Robert Katz Philip D. Greene Irving Saraf William Triest LeRoy Miller KQED San Francisco 16mm
1960 Points of view Ansel Adams Robert Katz Irving Saraf Philip D. Greene William Triest Joseph Bacon KQED San Francisco 16mm
1960 Technique Ansel Adams KQED San Francisco Robert Katz Richard Moore Irving Saraf Denver Sutton Philip D. Greene William Triest 16mm
Working in the USA Irving Saraf 16mm sound