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Irving Saraf

American film director, film producer, cinematographer and film editor

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Lived 1932–2012, aged 80United States

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6 languages
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Era
1932–2012
Aged 80
Known for
In the Shadow of the S…
1991

Summary

Updated 2026-07-17

Irving Saraf was a Polish-born American film producer, film editor, film director and academic. Saraf won an Oscar for producing the 1991 documentary film, In the Shadow of the Stars. In total, Saraf had more than one hundred fifty film and television production credits. His 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.