Directing
Sarah Erulkar
Born — Died
1923-05-02 — 2015-05-29
Place of birth
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Sarah Erulkar was a documentary film maker who was born on May 2nd 1923 and died on 29 May 2015. Born in Calcutta, India ( now Kolkata) she came to England and studied sociology at the University of London before starting work for the Shell Unit as a documentarist. Here she met her husband, fellow film-maker Peter De Normanville by whom she had two daughters. Her film 'Picture to Post' won a BAFTA award as best short film of 1970 and in 2010, several years after she had retired the BFI showed a retrospective of her work at the South Bank.
Known for
NRCooking is a kind of loving, features Jean Shrimpton
Something Nice to Eat
1967
7.0The film explores the design process of postage stamps and the work of three notable designers, Arnold Machin, Jeffery Matthews and David Gentleman.
Picture to Post
1969
Birthright, which presents the work of the Family Planning Association, is a valuable record of the organisation of contraception and fertility services before the introduction of the contraceptive pill. But, more than this, in its filmmaking style it conveys much about the social attitudes of this era, and the spirit in which those services were conceived and delivered.
Birthright
1958
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at Calcutta, the most crowded and overburdened city on Earth.
The Living City
1977
A pleasure cruiser is abandoned by all aboard and Ian, Janet and Harry, children of a trawler skipper go out in their launch to claim her. They are marooned on the cruiser by accident and saved by a rival trawler skipper.
The Hunch
1967
NRSarah Erulkar revisits the world of stamp collecting, in this short narrated by Tom Baker.
Into Another Dimension
1983
Behind the camera
NRCooking is a kind of loving, features Jean Shrimpton
Something Nice to Eat
1967
7.0The film explores the design process of postage stamps and the work of three notable designers, Arnold Machin, Jeffery Matthews and David Gentleman.
Picture to Post
1969
7.0The film explores the design process of postage stamps and the work of three notable designers, Arnold Machin, Jeffery Matthews and David Gentleman.
Picture to Post
1969
Birthright, which presents the work of the Family Planning Association, is a valuable record of the organisation of contraception and fertility services before the introduction of the contraceptive pill. But, more than this, in its filmmaking style it conveys much about the social attitudes of this era, and the spirit in which those services were conceived and delivered.
Birthright
1958
Birthright, which presents the work of the Family Planning Association, is a valuable record of the organisation of contraception and fertility services before the introduction of the contraceptive pill. But, more than this, in its filmmaking style it conveys much about the social attitudes of this era, and the spirit in which those services were conceived and delivered.
Birthright
1958
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at Calcutta, the most crowded and overburdened city on Earth.
The Living City
1977
A pleasure cruiser is abandoned by all aboard and Ian, Janet and Harry, children of a trawler skipper go out in their launch to claim her. They are marooned on the cruiser by accident and saved by a rival trawler skipper.
The Hunch
1967
NRSarah Erulkar revisits the world of stamp collecting, in this short narrated by Tom Baker.
Into Another Dimension
1983
NRDistrict Nurse documents the daily work of two community nurses serving a rural district in East Sussex, following their rounds across farms, villages, and isolated homes. The film records home-based medical care, patient instruction, emergency response, and maternal health services, situating nursing practice within the rhythms of rural life. Produced in the early years of Britain’s National Health Service, the film presents community healthcare as a foundational element of postwar social welfare and public service.
District Nurse
1952
NRAn introduction to Indian classical dance, presenting regional traditions and their religious and cultural foundations.
Lord Siva Danced
1948
NRAn introduction to Indian classical dance, presenting regional traditions and their religious and cultural foundations.
Lord Siva Danced
1948
NRAn anti-smoking public information film in which children investigate adult smoking habits, framing addiction as learned behavior rather than maturity.
Smoking Machine
1964
NRDocumentary about contamination of the air and other forms of pollution, costing Britain £400 million a year, which are countered by smoke elimination programmes and the use of natural gas, fuel research and other measures.
The Air My Enemy
1971
NRDocumentary about contamination of the air and other forms of pollution, costing Britain £400 million a year, which are countered by smoke elimination programmes and the use of natural gas, fuel research and other measures.
The Air My Enemy
1971
Artists, designers and engineers extol the virtues of steel.
Design in Steel
1973
6.0Following the birth of the helicopter, from the imagination of Leonardo da Vinci through the advent of helicopter technology in the early 1952.
The History of the Helicopter
1952
An educational film aimed at teenagers to highlight the dangers of alcohol addiction.
Dying Of Thirst
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Promotional film, narrated by actor Donald Houston, about Wales, where the hard-fought battles of the past have deposited tourist-attracting remains for the present (e.g. castles) and where opportunities for modern-day leisure pursuits are provided by the geography of the country.
Land of the Red Dragon
1968
