American documentary filmmaker
Arlyck in 2022
Ralph Arlyck (born December 17, 1940)[ 1] [user-generated source ] is an American documentary filmmaker . He has won many awards, including Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships[ 2] for his films and has shown at film festivals such as Sundance , New York , London , and Cannes .[ 3]
An alumnus of Colgate University ,[citation needed ] his first major film was Sean , a short film which features the story of four-year-old Sean Farrell growing up in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco in 1969.[ 2] It received wide acclaim in the United States and Europe for its frank portrayal of the 1960s counterculture . Among its fans was French director François Truffaut , whose own film, The Wild Child , played alongside Sean at the Cannes Film Festival .[ 4] Arlyck revisited Farrell in the 2005 follow-up documentary, Following Sean , which received similar praise at international film festivals.[ 2]
Arlyck's other works include An Acquired Taste , Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa , and Current Events .
With I Like It Here , a 2024 documentary about aging wistfully in the Hudson Valley, Arlyck ads a voice-over narration that foregrounds his wry humor and tenderness even as the film reflects on mortality.[ 5]
Personal life
Arlyck lives in the Mid Hudson Valley with his wife, Elisabeth Cardonne Arlyck , a Professor Emerita of French, Vassar College. They have two grown sons.
References
^ "Ralph Arlyck - Biography" . IMDb . Retrieved September 6, 2024 .
^ a b c Michel, Karen (August 27, 2024). "A Longtime documentarian finds his place and films it" . Times Union . Retrieved September 6, 2024 .
^ "Following Sean" . POV. PBS .
^ Lee, Nathan (May 3, 2006), "Following Sean (2004): 'Following Sean' Revisits a Child of the 60's" , The New York Times
^ Wilkinson, Alissa (August 23, 2024). " 'I Like It Here': Aging Wistfully in the Hudson Valley" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 6, 2024 .
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