Irving Saraf was a Polish-born American film producer, film editor, film director and academic.
13 Facts About Irving Saraf
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In total, Irving Saraf had more than one hundred fifty film and television production credits.
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Irving Saraf's 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.
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Irving Saraf emigrated to the United States in 1952, settling in San Francisco.
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Irving Saraf was married to his second wife, producer Allie Light, for 38 years.
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Light and Irving Saraf formed a professional production partnership beginning in 1981.
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Irving Saraf received a Bachelor of Arts in motion pictures from University of California, Los Angeles.
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Irving Saraf founded the film division of KQED, a PBS channel in San Francisco.
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Irving Saraf worked as the manager of the production company, Fantasy Films, owned by film producer, Saul Zaentz.
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Irving Saraf produced many films with Zaentz, including as the post-production supervisor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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In 1995, Light and Irving Saraf were jointly nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy for their work on the PBS show, Dialogues with Madwomen.
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Irving Saraf died of complications from three years of ALS at his home in San Francisco on December 26,2012, at the age of 80.
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Peter Irving Saraf is an Academy Award nominated producer whose credits include Adaptation, Little Miss Sunshine, and Our Idiot Brother.