Ezra Mir
Ezra Mir | |
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Bombay, Maharashtra , India | |
Occupation(s) | Director (films, documentary) |
Years active | 1924–1993 |
Ezra Mir (26 October 1903 – 7 March 1993)[1][2] was an Indian film-maker, known for his documentary films.
Mir changed his Jewish birth name, Edwyn Meyers, to Ezra Mir on the advice of Edwine Carewe who was the producer at Dolores Del Rio unit of United Artistes for whom Mir had scripted the films 'Romana', 'Revenge' and 'Evangeline'. Also the name 'Ezra' was his childhood alias,[3] and a Kashmiri surname would have been given to him because of his handsome appeal. After working originally as a stage actor, he moved to New York in 1924 and started working in film, first as an actor and then later as an editor. During this period he also made his first short film, The Symbolesque (1929).[4]
Returning to India, Mir began directing films based on
During the 1940s, Mir joined the Film Advisory Board and began making documentary films. The three notable shorts he made for them were Making Money, The Road To Victory and the Voice of Satan in 1940.[6] The Road To Victory was about the proclamation of dictatorship and was effectively directed and narrated by Mir.[7] Voice of Satan was a two-reeler about the propaganda used by the Germans in their broadcasting methods. Both the war documentaries were a production of Wadia Movietone, a co-operative effort with the Film Advisory Board.[8]
When the Advisory Board was replaced by Information Films of India, Mir continued to work for them, producing newsreels such as
Death
He died on 7 March 1993, in Mumbai.[10]
Filmography
- As director
- The Symbolesque (1929)
- Noorjehan (1931)
- Zarina (1932)
- Premi Pagal (1933)
- Farzande Hind (1934)
References
- ^ "Ezra Mir". IMDb.
- ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Kamath, N.J (2005). The World of Ezra Mir – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c "Ezra Mir". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-230-1202-5. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ Patel, Baburao (October 1940). "The Country Wants More Short Films". Filmindia. 6 (10): 63. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Patel, Baburao (August 1940). "Bombay Calling". Filmindia. 6 (8): 7. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Patel, Baburao (December 1940). "Bombay Calling". Filmindia. 6 (12): 8. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-253-20706-7. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Ezra Mir". jewishcalcutta.in. RJC. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
External links
- Ezra Mir at IMDb