Shah, Krishna
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Birth Date
- 1938
Death Date
- 2013-10-13
Birth Place
- Bombay (India)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Motion picture producers and directors
Television producers and directors
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Sources
- found: nuc87-53275: Paton, A. Sponono, 1983(hdg. on NjP rept.: Shah, Krishna; usage: Krishna Shah)
- found: LC data base, 3/14/88(hdg.: Shah, Krishna)
- found: Krishna Shah's Shalimar, 1978:prologue (Krishna Shah wrote the screenplay of Shalimar. After that, he lived with it for several years ... before he made it into a film.)
- found: IMDb, October 25, 2013(Krishna Shah (1938-2013); writer, director, producer; born: 1938 in Bombay, India; died: October 13, 2013 (age 75) in Mumbai, India; a graduate of Bombay, Yale and UCLA, Krishna Shah is the first Asian-American writer/director/producer who has won critical acclaim on Broadway and in Hollywood. On Broadway, Shah directed and co-authored, with Alan Paton, a South African play "Sponono", and on Off-Broadway he adapted and directed Nobel Prize winner Rabindraneth Tagore's "The King Of The Dark Chamber" which ran for a year and received two OBIE Awards. In Hollywood, Shah's feature length screenplays include "Island In Harlem" for MGM, "April Morning" for Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., and "Rivals" that he produced and directed for Avco; wrote and/or directed several television shows including "The Man From UNCLE", "Love American Style", "The Flying Nun", and "The Six Million Dollar Man")
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Change Notes
- 1988-03-14: new
- 2013-10-29: revised
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