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Sarah Kernochan


 

Sarah Kernochan (born December 30, 1947 in New York City) first gained prominence as co-director of the 1972 film Marjoe (about evangelist Marjoe Gortner), which won an Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

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December 30 - 1947 - New York City - 1972 film - Marjoe Gortner - Academy Award for Documentary Feature

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During the next two years, she released two albums as a singer-songwriter, House of Pain and Beat Around the Bush, displaying an alternately ribald and sophisticated sense of humor.

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Since then, she has been primarily a screenwriter:

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  • wrote and directed The Hairy Bird (1998);
  • wrote Dancers (1987);
  • wrote Impromptu (1991);
  • helped rewrite 9½ Weeks (1986),
  • wrote the story for What Lies Beneath (2000); and
  • directed Thoth (2002).
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