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Movie
Directing
Sarah Erulkar
- Born
- Died
- (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
- Credits
- 14 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
Crew credits 14
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Dying Of Thirst Film | Director |
| 1983 | Into Another Dimension Film | Director |
| 1977 | The Living City Film | Director |
| 1973 | Design in Steel Film | Director |
| 1971 | The Air My Enemy Film | Writer, Director |
| 1969 | Picture to Post Film | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | Land of the Red Dragon Film | Director |
| 1967 | The Hunch Film | Director |
| 1967 | Something Nice to Eat Film | Director |
| 1964 | Smoking Machine Film | Director |
| 1958 | Birthright Film | Director, Writer |
| 1952 | The History of the Helicopter Film | Director |
| 1952 | District Nurse Film | Director |
| 1948 | Lord Siva Danced Film | Director, Writer |