Sarah Erulkar
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Female
Work field:
Birth:
2 May 1923
Death:
29 May 2015
The details
Biography
Introduction
Sarah Erulkar (2 May 1923–29 May 2015) was an award-winning Indian-born British filmmaker, specialising in sponsored documentary shorts. Starting her career at the Shell Film Unit, she subsequently directed sponsored films at many production companies. Her best-known films include Lord Siva Danced (1947), the BAFTA-winning Picture to Post (1969) and the Central Office of Information public information film Never Go With Strangers (1971).
Erulkar was born in Kolkata, India on 2 May 1923. Her family moved to London, England in 1928. She studied sociology at Bedford College. She took a job at the Shell Film Unit.
Erulkar was married to science filmmaker Peter de Normanville.
Partial filmography
- Aircraft Today and Tomorrow (1946)
- Flight for Tomorrow (1947)
- Lord Siva Danced (1947)
- The History of the Helicopter (1951)
- District Nurse (1952)
- Birthright (1958)
- Spat System (1960)
- Something Nice to Eat (1967)
- Picture to Post (1969)
- The Air My Enemy (1971)
- Never Go With Strangers (1971)