About A. Ravett

Welcome to The Films of Abraham Ravett Web Page. Below is a short biography of Mr. Ravett as well as links to pages about some of his recent films and additional films. We also have Mr. Ravett’s complete Filmography/Videography, including lists of some of his screenings, lectures, and articles written on his work.

Abraham Ravett was born in Poland in 1947, raised in Israel and emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1955. He holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Filmmaking and Photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past thirty years. Mr. Ravett received grants for his work from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Artists Foundation Inc, Boston, MA., The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, The Japan Foundation, The Hoso Bunka Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. His films have been screened internationally including the Museam of Modern Art, Anthology Film Archives, The Collective For Living Cinema, N.Y.C., Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA., S.F. Cinematheque, L.A. Forum, Innis Film Society, Toronto, Canada, and Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. Ravett teaches filmmaking and photography at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. You can e-mail Abraham Ravett at aravett@hampshire.edu

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