Sarah Erulkar
Sarah Erulkar (2 May 1923 – 29 May 2015) was a BAFTA award-winning Indian-born British filmmaker, specialising in sponsored documentary shorts.[1] Starting her career at the Shell Film Unit, she subsequently directed sponsored films at many production companies. Her best-known films include Lord Siva Danced (1947), the BAFTA-winning Picture to Post (1969) and the Central Office of Information public information film Never Go With Strangers (1971).
Erulkar was born in Kolkata, India on 2 May 1923.[1] Her family moved to London, England in 1928. She studied sociology at Bedford College. She took a job at the Shell Film Unit.[1]
Erulkar was married to science filmmaker Peter de Normanville.
Partial filmography
- Aircraft Today and Tomorrow (1946)
- Flight for Tomorrow (1947)
- Lord Siva Danced (1947)
- The History of the Helicopter (1951)
- District Nurse (1952)
- Birthright (1958)
- Spat System (1960)
- Something Nice to Eat (1967)
- Picture to Post (1969)
- The Air My Enemy (1971)
- Never Go With Strangers (1971)
References
- 1 2 3 McGahan, Katy (15 June 2015). "Sarah Erulkar obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
General references
- Cranston, Ros; McGahan, Katy (2010). "Science and society : Peter de Normanville, Sarah Erulkar". In Russell, Patrick; Piers Taylor, James. Shadows of progress: documentary film in post-war Britain. Palgrave McMillan. ISBN 9781844573226.
- McGahan, Katy. "Erulkar, Sarah (1923–)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- "Sarah Erulkar". The Times. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- Gratza, Agnieszka (5 November 2010). "Shadows of Progress: NS media partnership with the BFI". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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