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Ira Barmak

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Ira Barmak was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1936, the son of Russian immigrants Ilya and Ronia Barmak. He studied medicine at Cornell but upon completion of an MD realized he wanted to work in television, or, as he himself put it, he left the field of medicine "to get show business out of his system".

After several small parts as an actor - in the TV series Ben Casey (1965) and The Fugitive (1966), among others - Barmak turned his hand to writing, and had modest success with 'Brenda Starr' and 'The Other Side of Victory,' relocating to California in the 70s. He is best known as the producer of the 1984 slasher film 'Silent Night, Deadly Night,' which was famously ripped apart by Siskel and Ebert on their 'At The Movies' show. They 'named and shamed' the film company, the director and Ira Barmak, as the producer. Barmak went on Entertainment Tonight to rebut the critics' denouncements and called them hypocrites: if they were really so offended by the movie, why draw so much attention to it and therefore guarantee it huge and free publicity it otherwise would never have had?

Barmak ran three television corporate divisions (CBS Enterprises, Filmways, Bigstick/Colombia), wrote and/or produced four movies, three films for television, three pilots, three game shows, and three stage plays. He produced two television specials that garnered seven Emmy nominations and won him a 1975 Emmy as the Executive producer of Julie Kavner's "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose".

Ira Barmak also produced the documentary films 'Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia,' written and directed by Werner Herzog, and 'Hollywood Uncensored,' an examination of the history of decency standards for movies

Ira Barmak passed away in 1993 in his home in Manhattan. His ashes are on Martha's Vineyard

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Type

Year

Hollywood Uncensored Poster

Hollywood Uncensored Documentary1987Self

Joy in the Morning Poster

Joy in the Morning Feature Film1965Dr. Kirkson

12 O'Clock High Poster

12 O'Clock High TV Series1964G.I. Reporter

Arrest and Trial Poster

Arrest and Trial TV Series1963Manzo

The Fugitive Poster

The Fugitive TV Series1963Airline Clerk

The Interns Poster

The Interns Feature Film1962Second Intern

Ben Casey Poster

Ben Casey TV Series19611 episode, 1965

The United States Steel Hour Poster

The United States Steel Hour TV Series1953Medical Student

Producer

10

Type

Year

Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia Poster

Bells from the Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia Documentary1993

Les enfants jouent à la Russie Poster

Les enfants jouent à la Russie Feature Film1993

Hotel Colonial Poster

Hotel Colonial Feature Film1987

Ordinary Heroes Poster

Ordinary Heroes TV Movie1986

Silent Night, Deadly Night Poster

Silent Night, Deadly Night Feature Film1984

The Other Side of Victory Poster

The Other Side of Victory TV Movie1979

Mason TV Movie1977

Rosenthal and Jones TV Movie1975

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Poster

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak TV Series1972

The Game Game TV Series1969

Writer

4

Type

Year

Hotel Colonial Poster

Hotel Colonial Feature Film1987

Ordinary Heroes Poster

Ordinary Heroes TV Movie1986

The Other Side of Victory Poster

The Other Side of Victory TV Movie1979

Brenda Starr Poster

Brenda Starr TV Movie1976

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2

Type

Year

Hollywood Uncensored Poster

Hollywood Uncensored Documentary1987

Joy in the Morning Poster

Joy in the Morning Feature Film1965

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