Spent WWII in England

Arrived in the US as a teenager

Made feature-length film, "A Touch of the Times"

Worked as writer, production manager, assistant director and editor for producer Louis De Rochemont on "Cinerama Holiday," "Windjammer," and on numerous documentaries

Produced 12 films for the Ford Foundation with the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival Company

Produced and directed six films for the National Science Foundation

Produced and directed 68 films for the Heath Publishing Company, all of which were widely shown on public television

Began a partnership with Harvard classmate Robert Young

Co-wrote, co-produced (with Robert Young), and directed first fiction feature, "Nothing But a Man"

Became a Professor of American Studies at Yale University