An Author's Retrospective: Jay Rosenblatt

I'M CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Jay Rosenblatt
Screening time  
01.03. / Thursday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 5  
Ella is two and a half years old. She has two great loves: Charlie Chaplin and candy.

Ella is two and a half years old. She has two great loves: Charlie Chaplin and candy. What better way to have both at once than to be The Little Tramp for Halloween? This documentary comedy revisits Ella a year later, as a more mature ‘Chaplin’, and the difference a year makes is remarkable.

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Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over thirty films. His films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world. His most recent films screened for a week at MoMA, and eight of his films have been screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Jay is a recipient of a Guggenheim, USA Artists and a Rockefeller Fellowship. He is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and served on the Executive Committee for 9 years. Jay is originally from New York and has lived in San Francisco for many years. For more than 20 years he was a film and video production instructor at various film schools, including Stanford University, S.F. State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. He is currently the Program Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and, in a former life, worked as a therapist.

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I'M CHARLIE CHAPLIN

USA
2005, 8', color, video

Directed by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Cinematography:
Thomas Logoreci

Edited by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Producer:
Jay Rosenblatt

Festivals & Awards:

Taiwan Int'l Documentary Film Festival - Audience Award