Joan Micklin Silver

STARmeter

SEE RANK

Up 12,366 this week

View rank on IMDbPro »

As a successful director working both inside and outside the Hollywood studio system, Joan Micklin Silver has been a true lamplighter. Garnering a steady stream of awards and box office successes, she has proved herself time and again as one of the most important woman directors to come out of the United States. She has also demonstrated that ... See full bio »

Born:

May 24, 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Create a list »

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

Women Directors from A New Leaf

a list of 25 people
created 3 months ago

2017 ororama icm Forum directors

a list of 144 people
created 8 months ago

Greatest Directors--S

a list of 100 people
created 23 Feb 2015

People with Nebraska ties

a list of 106 people
created 06 Jul 2015

Women Film Directors: Active in past decade+

a list of 6632 people
created 05 May 2013

See all related lists »

6 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Between the Lines Director

(1977)

Hester Street Director

(1975)

Finnegan Begin Again Director

(1985)

Chilly Scenes of Winter Director

(1979)

Show all | | Edit

Filmography

Jump to: Director | Writer | Producer | Thanks | Self

Hide

Show

Director (20 credits)

2003 Hunger Point (TV Movie) (directed by)

2002 Charms for the Easy Life (TV Movie)

1999 Invisible Child (TV Movie)

1998 A Fish in the Bathtub

1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies (TV Movie)

1995 Sisters (TV Series) (1 episode)

- For Everything a Season: Part 1 (1995)

1992 A Private Matter (TV Movie)

1992 Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (directed by)

1991 Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (TV Movie) (segment "2")

1989 Loverboy

1988 Crossing Delancey

1985 Finnegan Begin Again (TV Movie)

1983 How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (TV Movie)

1979 Chilly Scenes of Winter

1977 Between the Lines

1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair (TV Movie)

1975 Hester Street

1974 The Case of the Elevator Duck (Short)

1973 The Fur Coat Club (Short)

1972 The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (Short)

Show

Writer (9 credits)

1983 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- The Nightingale (1983) ... (writer)

1979 Chilly Scenes of Winter (screenplay)

1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair (TV Movie) (screenplay)

1975 The Frontier Experience (Short)

1975 Hester Street (screenplay)

1974 The Case of the Elevator Duck (Short)

1973 The Fur Coat Club (Short) (writer)

1972 The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (Short)

1972 Limbo (screenplay) / (story)

Show

Producer (1 credit)

1978 On the Yard (producer)

Show

Thanks (1 credit)

1996 Mondani a mondhatatlant: Elie Wiesel üzenete (Documentary) (thanks)

Show

Self (2 credits)

1988 Calling the Shots (Documentary)
Herself

1984 Working in the Theatre (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Playwright, Director & Choreographer (1984) ... Herself

Edit

Personal Details

Other Works:

(1993 to 1994) Julianne Boyd and her play, "A...My Name is Alice," was performed at the Public Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eddie Gilbert was artistic director. See more »

Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia:

John Cassavetes recommended that Hester Street (1975) be self-distributed. His guidance and advice on this matter worked in the Silvers' favor. See more »