In Memory

Abraham Ravett is a well respected experimental filmmaker and teacher. IN MEMORY is a memorial to his family and all those who died in the Shoah.

Abraham Ravett was born in Poland in 1947, raised in Isreal and emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1955. He holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Filmmaking and Photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past twenty years. Mr. Ravett recieved grants for his work from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Artists Foundation Inc, Boston, MA., The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, The Japan Foundation, The Hoso Bunka Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His films have been screened internationally including the Museam of Modern Art, Anthology Film Archives, The Collective For Living Cinema, N.Y.C., Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA., S.F. Cinematheque, L.A. Forum, Innis Film Society, Toronto, Canada, and Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Ravett teaches filmmaking and photography at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. A complete textual and visual filmography of Abraham Ravett is available online at the Flicker website. You can e-mail Abraham Ravett at arPF@hamp.hampshire.edu