Worth, Sol

Sol Worth was born Sol Wishnepolsky on September 19, 1922 in New York City. The son of a dressmaker by the name of Jack Wishnepolsky, very little is known of his life before he began his formal education. He attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City from 1936 to 1940. Upon graduation from High School with a major concentration in art, he went to the University of Iowa. At Iowa, he majored in painting and sculpture. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1943.

After leaving the University of Iowa, he served in the United States Navy, 1943-1945. He returned to New York and began work for the Goold Studio in still photography and motion pictures. He worked for Goold for seventeen years becoming Vice-President and Creative Director. While at Goold, he entered the New School for Social Research where he took various classes in film production, animation, and editing, 1948-1950.

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