Born in Armenia, Arshile Gorky fled the Turkish persecution and arrived in America in 1920. One of America`s most poetic and powerful painters, Gorky`s influence on his contemporaries gave birth to the New York School of abstract expressionist painting. In rare glimpses into his studio and through interviews with family and friends, this film recreates Gorky`s world, examines the progression of his painting to the later, deeply felt work, that suggests the beauty and anguish of his lost Armenian homeland.
Crew
Charlotte Zwerin
Director, Writer
Carol Hayward
Editor
Variety Moszynski
Assistant Editor
Francis Kenny
Director of Photography
Courtney Sale Ross
Producer
Ellen Weissbrod
Associate Producer
Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Co-Producer
David Eubank
Assistant Camera
Ed Mauriello
Assistant Camera
James McCalmont
Assistant Camera
Douglas Pellegrino
Assistant Camera
Gary Steele
Assistant Camera
Bruce Litecky
Sound Recordist
Larry Loewinger
Sound Recordist
Danny Michael
Sound Recordist
Morning Pastorak
Sound Recordist
Maurice Wright
Music
Tom Hurwitz
Additional Photography
Vic Losick
Additional Photography
Michael Shaw
Grip