Sarah Erulkar
Directing
- Born
- May 2, 1923 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
- Died
- May 29, 2015 (age 92)
Sarah Erulkar was a documentary film maker who was born on May 2nd 1923 and died on 29 May 2015. Born in Calcutta, India ( now Kolkata) she came to England and studied sociology at the University of London before starting work for the Shell Unit as a documentarist. Here she met her husband, fellow film-maker Peter De Normanville by whom she had two daughters. Her film 'Picture to Post' won a BAFTA award as best short film of 1970 and in 2010, several years after she had retired the BFI showed a retrospective of her work at the South Bank.
Known for
Behind the camera14
- 1983Into Another Dimension Director
- 1977The Living City Director
- 1973Design in Steel Director
- 1971The Air My Enemy Writer, Director
- 1969Picture to Post Director, Writer
- 1968Land of the Red Dragon Director
- 1967The Hunch Director
- 1967Something Nice to Eat Director
- 1964Smoking Machine Director
- 1958Birthright