Geri Ashur


Geri Ashur born Geraldine, was an American film editor, screenwriter, foreign language dubbing specialist, and filmmaker.

Early life and education

Ashur graduated from Barnard College in 1968 and began making films with the New York Newsreel, a political collective.

Career

From 1974 to 1982 Ashur specialized as a dubbing editor, working on such films as Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900, Francois Truffaut's The Last Metro and Lina Wertmüller's Seven Beauties.
Ashur directed the documentary Janie’s Janie , which uses a more personal approach, following one woman’s journey to self-determination, or as Janie says, “First I was my father’s Janie, then I was my Charlie’s Janie, now I’m Janie’s Janie.”
Ashur also directed Me and Stella, a portrait of the American blues and folk musician, Elizabeth Cotten.
Ashur died of lung cancer in 1984 at the age of 37.