Ralph Arlyck

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

  1. ^ "Ralph Arlyck - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Michel, Karen (August 27, 2024). "A Longtime documentarian finds his place and films it". Times Union. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Following Sean". POV. PBS.
  4. ^ Lee, Nathan (May 3, 2006), "Following Sean (2004): 'Following Sean' Revisits a Child of the 60's", The New York Times
  5. ^ 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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