Starr, Cecile, 1921-

Filmmaker, frlm writer, and educator Cecile Starr was born in Nashville, TN (July 14, 1921) and grew up in New Orleans, LA. She received a B.A. in Romance Languages (LSU, 1941) and a masters degree in Adult Education (Columbia University. Teachers College, 1952); after which she taught film history and criticism in Columbia's Graduate Film department (1955-1961).

Starr worked as non-thratrical writer and editor for the quarterly "Film Forum Review" (1946-1949) and the weekly "Saturday Review" (1949-1959). She also published free-lance articles in "The New York Times" and various film journals (sometimes on highly controversal subjects). Starr wrote or edited four books: "Ideas on Film" (1951); "Film Society Primer" (1956); "Discovering the Movies" (1972); "Experimental Animation", with Robert Russett (1976, revised 1988). As a scriptwriter and producer, her films include the award-winning "Fellow Citizen, A. Lincoln" and "Islamic Carpets."

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