Allie Light
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday2 May 1935
Died17 September 2025 (age 90)
Place of birthDove Creek, Colorado, USA
Known credits13
Biography
Winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the 1994 National Emmy Award for best interview program, Allie Light writes, directs and produces documentary films with her partner, Irving Saraf. Her credits include: Rachel’s Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer (HBO), Dialogues With Madwomen (Emmy Award; Freedom of Expression Award, Sundance Film Festival); In The Shadow Of The Stars (Academy Award); Mitsuye and Nellie, Asian American Poets; Visions of Paradise (five films about folk artists); Shakespeare’s Children (produced by Kate Kline May); Blind Spot: M…
The Ship That Turned Back
2024 · Director
DFW Punk
2008 · Editorial Consultant
The Sermons of Sister Jane: Believing the Unbelievable
2006 · Director
Rachel's Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer
1998 · Director
Dialogues with Madwomen
1994 · Director
In the Shadow of the Stars
1991 · Director
The Angel That Stands By Me
1983 · Producer
The Angel That Stands By Me
1983 · Editor
The Angel That Stands By Me
1983 · Director
The Angel that Stands by Me: Minnie Evans' Paintings
1983 · Director
The Monument of Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder
1983 · Director
Grandma's Bottle Village: The Art of Tressa Prisbrey
1982 · Director
Hundred and Two Mature: The Art of Harry Lieberman
1982 · Director
Mitsuye and Nellie: Asian American Poets
1981 · Director
Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972
1977 · Director
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