In Search of Zarathustra by Paul Kriwaczek

It is true, many other books deal with that, but they are rarely written as lucidly as Documentary for the Small Screen.' Rob van Sheers reviewed the volume for IDFA, the magazine of Amsterdam's International Documentary Film Festival, calling it 'a highly instructive volume, really-both for aspiring and well-versed filmmakers, but also for the reader who does not feel the immediate urge to pick up the home video him-or herself.… The author offers us the opportunity to look behind the camera. He covers the essentials, from choosing equipment to researching, script writing, and editing. Kriwaczek shares his experience in Documentary for the Small Screen, in which he emphasizes the importance of showing, not telling. He spent two years practicing in Kabul, after which he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), thus beginning a long career as a producer, director, and writer. The family eventually settled in England where Kriwaczek was educated and became certified as a dental surgeon. Paul Kriwaczek is a prize-winning documentary filmmaker who was born in Vienna and fled the Nazi threat with his parents at the age of two. WORK IN PROGRESS:Ī book on the Yiddish civilization of Eastern Europe. Knopf (New York, NY), 2003.ĭirector, producer, or executive producer of documentary films and television programs and episodes for the BBC, as well as for several other projects, including (as field producer and director) The Great Ships, Perpetual Motion Films, Los Angeles, CA (as director) Islam in America, IIS, Los Angeles, CA and (as producer) Tala'a al-Badru Aleina (documentary and music video), for Yusuf Islam ( Cat Stevens). In Search of Zarathustra, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (London, England), 2002, published as In Search of Zarathustra: The First Prophet and the Ideas That Changed the World, Alfred A. WRITINGS:ĭocumentary for the Small Screen, Focal Press (Boston, MA), 1997. AWARDS, HONORS:Īwards and prizes from Royal Television Society, UK Technology Press, City of Basle, International Broadcasters, Chicago International Film Festival, New York Festival of the Arts, and others. Practicing dental surgeon British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), specialist in Central and South Asian affairs, producer. Writer, director, producer, and consultant. Knopf/Random House, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Home-12 Wessex Gardens, London NW11 9RT, England.

Education: Certified dental surgeon, England, 1962.

Born 1937, in Vienna, Austria immigrated to London, England, 1939.

In Search of Zarathustra by Paul Kriwaczek