Gail Dolgin
Gail Dolgin | |
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Born | Great Neck, New York, U.S. | April 4, 1945
Died | October 7, 2010 Berkeley, California, U.S. | (aged 65)
Occupation | American documentary filmmaker |
Spouse | Jairo Leclaire |
Children | Amelia Leclaire Nardinelli |
Parent(s) | Diana Dolgin Israel Dolgin |
Family | Kalmon Dolgin (brother) Neil Dolgin (brother) Stuart Dolgin (brother) |
Gail Dolgin (
Life and career
Dolgin was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn[2][3] the daughter of Israel and Diana Dolgin.[2] She had three brothers: Kalmon Dolgin, Neil Dolgin,[4] and Stuart Dolgin (deceased).[5] Her grandfather Kalmon Dolgin founded a New York-based real estate brokerage firm which her father and uncle expanded into real estate development. It is now known as Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates, Inc. and run by her two brothers.[6][7] She was raised in Great Neck, New York and earned a bachelor's degree in art history from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's in education from the University of Oregon. Interested in photography, she joined Newsreel, an activist film collective in New York, where she decided to pursue filmmaking professionally. In addition to Daughter From Danang, Dolgin's notable credits include Cuba Va about Cuban youth after the revolution, and Summer of Love, about San Francisco in the summer of 1967. She also collaborated filmmaker Vicente Franco on films.[8]
Her final project, a documentary film project on one of the unsung figures of the
Dolgin was a mentor to
Dolgin died in 2010, aged 65, following a 10-year battle with breast cancer.[1][8] She was candid about her illness, speaking about it during her 2002 acceptance speech at the Sundance Film Festival for Daughter from Danang and describing how she had found the courage to continue making films.[10] She had one daughter, Amelia Nardinelli.[8]
References
- ^ a b Obituary Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2010, page AA6.
- ^ a b Jewish Women's Archive: "Gail Dolgin Documentary filmmaker 1945 – 2010 retrieved July 20, 2014
- ^ Bloom, Nate (February 15, 2012). "Jewish Stars: Oscar time". Cleveland Jewish News.
- Contra Costa Times. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ New York Times Obituary: "Paid Notice: Deaths DOLGIN, STUART M., MD." July 4, 2001
- ^ Kalmon Dolgin Associates: "About Us" retrieved July 20, 2014
- The Free Library.
- ^ a b c d Jones, Carolyn (22 October 2010). "Gail Dolgin, Oscar-nominated documentarian, dies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ "TRIBUTE TO GAIL DOLGIN". IFC Center. Thom Powers. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ Goldsmith, Rick; Laurie Coyle. "Gail Dolgin Documentary filmmaker 1945 – 2010". We Remember. Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
External links
- Gail Dolgin at IMDb