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'''Steven Pressman''' (born 1955) is an American journalist, author of two books (''[[Outrageous Betrayal]]'' and ''[[50 Children]]''), and director/producer of the documentary film ''[[50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus]]''.
'''Steven Pressman''' (born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker, journalist, author of two books (''[[Outrageous Betrayal]]'' and ''[[50 Children]]''), and director/producer of the documentary film ''[[50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus]]'' and three subsequent documentary films.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Pressman was born in Los Angeles in 1955 and obtained an undergraduate degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of California at Berkeley]].<ref name="PressmanBio">{{cite web|last1=Pressman|first1=Steven|title=About Steven Pressman|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/members-of-the-scribe/author/spressman/|website=My Jewish Learning|publisher=Members of the Scribe|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212021818/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/members-of-the-scribe/author/spressman/|archive-date=February 12, 2015|df=}}</ref> He has two adult children and lived in San Francisco with his wife, writer [[Liz Perle]],<ref name="PressmanBio" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowe|first1=Georgia|title=Steven Pressman's '50 Children' is an account of young lives rescued from the Holocaust|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_25793208/steven-pressmans-50-children-is-an-account-young|accessdate=February 11, 2015|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> who died in August 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Slotnik|first1=Daniel E.|title=Liz Perle, Writer and Former Publishing Executive, Dies at 59|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/business/media/liz-perle-writer-and-former-publishing-executive-dies-at-59.html?ref=obituaries|accessdate=August 25, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=August 21, 2015}}</ref>
Pressman was born in Los Angeles in 1955 and obtained an undergraduate degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of California at Berkeley]].<ref name="PressmanBio">{{cite web|last1=Pressman|first1=Steven|title=About Steven Pressman|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/members-of-the-scribe/author/spressman/|website=My Jewish Learning|publisher=Members of the Scribe|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212021818/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/members-of-the-scribe/author/spressman/|archive-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> He has two adult children and lived in San Francisco with his wife, writer and former book publishing executive [[Liz Perle]],<ref name="PressmanBio" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowe|first1=Georgia|title=Steven Pressman's '50 Children' is an account of young lives rescued from the Holocaust|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_25793208/steven-pressmans-50-children-is-an-account-young|accessdate=February 11, 2015|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> who died in August 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Slotnik|first1=Daniel E.|title=Liz Perle, Writer and Former Publishing Executive, Dies at 59|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/business/media/liz-perle-writer-and-former-publishing-executive-dies-at-59.html?ref=obituaries|accessdate=August 25, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=August 21, 2015}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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;Books
;Books
* [https://www.amazon.com/Outrageous-Betrayal-Story-Werner-Erhard/dp/0312092962/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11UMSBGIB2QYF&keywords=Pressman+Outrageous+Betrayal&qid=1665866162&qu=eyJxc2MiOiItMC4wMSIsInFzYSI6IjAuMDAiLCJxc3AiOiIwLjAwIn0%3D&sprefix=pressman+outrageous+betra Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from Est to Exile]|date=August 1993|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0312092962|edition=1st}}
* [https://www.amazon.com/Outrageous-Betrayal-Story-Werner-Erhard/dp/0312092962/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11UMSBGIB2QYF&keywords=Pressman+Outrageous+Betrayal&qid=1665866162&qu=eyJxc2MiOiItMC4wMSIsInFzYSI6IjAuMDAiLCJxc3AiOiIwLjAwIn0%3D&sprefix=pressman+outrageous+betra Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from Est to Exile]
* [https://www.amazon.com/50-Children-Ordinary-American-Extraordinary/dp/0062237489/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3B1PYLIAK3M8P&keywords=book+50+children+steven+pressman&qid=1665865929&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjk2IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=Pressman+50+Chi 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany]
* [https://www.amazon.com/50-Children-Ordinary-American-Extraordinary/dp/0062237489/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3B1PYLIAK3M8P&keywords=book+50+children+steven+pressman&qid=1665865929&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjk2IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=Pressman+50+Chi 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany]


===Filmmaking===
===Filmmaking===
Pressman produced short videos for the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco, California. In 2013, he directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.amazon.com/50-Children-Rescue-Mission-Kraus/dp/B07SMQQHC7/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=50+Children&qid=1600202082&sr=8-3 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus], which premiered on [[HBO]] and tells the story of [[Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus]], a Jewish couple from [[Philadelphia]] who traveled to [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939 and, with the help of the [[B'rith Sholom]] fraternal organization, saved Jewish children in [[Vienna]] from likely death in the [[Holocaust]] by finding them new homes in Philadelphia. The heroic Krauses were the grandparents of Pressman's wife, and the film is, in part, based on the manuscript of a memoir left behind by Eleanor Kraus when she died in 1989. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Emily|title='50 Children': a story of heroism|url=http://washingtonjewishweek.com/1684/50-children-a-story-of-heroism/|website=Washington Jewish Week|accessdate=February 11, 2015|date=April 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Elkin|first1=Michael|title=Stars of David|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/21530/Stars_of_David/|website=Jewish Exponent|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015414/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/21530/Stars_of_David/|archivedate=March 14, 2012|date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> ''50 Children'' was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Historical Programming in 2014.
Pressman began his filmmaking career by producing short videos for the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco, California. In 2013, he directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.amazon.com/50-Children-Rescue-Mission-Kraus/dp/B07SMQQHC7/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=50+Children&qid=1600202082&sr=8-3 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus], which premiered on [[HBO]] and tells the story of [[Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus]], a Jewish couple from [[Philadelphia]] who traveled to [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939 and, with the help of the [[B'rith Sholom]] fraternal organization, saved Jewish children in [[Vienna]] from likely death in the [[Holocaust]] by finding them new homes in Philadelphia. The heroic Krauses were the grandparents of Pressman's wife, and the film is, in part, based on the manuscript of a memoir left behind by Eleanor Kraus when she died in 1989. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Emily|title='50 Children': a story of heroism|url=http://washingtonjewishweek.com/1684/50-children-a-story-of-heroism/|website=Washington Jewish Week|accessdate=February 11, 2015|date=April 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Elkin|first1=Michael|title=Stars of David|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/21530/Stars_of_David/|website=Jewish Exponent|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015414/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/21530/Stars_of_David/|archivedate=March 14, 2012|date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> ''50 Children'' was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Historical Programming in 2014.


In 2020, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Silence-David-Strathairn/dp/B08LN1PBYR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=holy+silence&qid=1604405862&s=instant-video&sr=1-1 Holy Silence], which tells the story of the Vatican's actions, and inactions, during the Holocaust and in the years leading up to it. The film was shown at several film festivals and had its television premiere on PBS in November 2020. The film features actor David Strathairn, who is heard as the voice of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and actor Marco Barricelli, who is heard as the voice of Pope Pius XII.
In 2020, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Silence-David-Strathairn/dp/B08LN1PBYR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=holy+silence&qid=1604405862&s=instant-video&sr=1-1 Holy Silence], which tells the story of the Vatican's actions, and inactions, during the Holocaust and in the years leading up to it. The film was shown at several film festivals and had its television premiere on PBS in November 2020. The film features actor David Strathairn, who is heard as the voice of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and actor Marco Barricelli, who is heard as the voice of Pope Pius XII.


In 2022, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.menemshafilms.com/the-levys-of-monticello The Levys of Monticello], which tells the story of a Jewish family that owned and preserved Thomas Jefferson's home for nearly 90 years in the decades that followed Jefferson's death in 1826. The film premiered at the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58WdtStl80 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival] in February 2022, where it received the Building Bridges Jury Prize award. The film also received the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival in May 2022.
In 2022, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.menemshafilms.com/the-levys-of-monticello The Levys of Monticello], which tells the story of a Jewish family that owned and preserved Thomas Jefferson's home for nearly 90 years in the decades that followed Jefferson's death in 1826. The film premiered at the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58WdtStl80 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival] in February 2022, where it received the Building Bridges Jury Prize award. The film also received the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival in May 2022.

In 2024, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film [https://www.menemshafilms.com/moses-ezekiel Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist], which tells the story of a Jewish-American sculptor who, among other works of art, created several statues that memorialize the Confederacy and the so-called "Lost Cause" of the American South.


==References==
==References==

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For the economist with the same name, see Steven Pressman (economist).
Steven Pressman
Journalist Steven Pressman
Steven Pressman (2010)
Born1955 (age 69–70)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationJournalist, filmmaker
EducationUniversity of California at Berkeley
SpouseLiz Perle

Steven Pressman (born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker, journalist, author of two books (Outrageous Betrayal and 50 Children), and director/producer of the documentary film 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus and three subsequent documentary films.

Personal life

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Pressman was born in Los Angeles in 1955 and obtained an undergraduate degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.[1] He has two adult children and lived in San Francisco with his wife, writer and former book publishing executive Liz Perle,[1][2] who died in August 2015.[3]

Career

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Writing

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Throughout his career, Pressman has written for several publications including the San Francisco Daily Journal,[4] California Lawyer,[5] Daily Journal of Los Angeles, California,[6] and the Columbia Journalism Review.[7] He contributed an article on libel law in 1994, for the United States Department of State.[8] In 1993, Pressman's Outrageous Betrayal was published by St. Martin's Press and HarperCollins published his 50 Children in 2014.

Books

Filmmaking

[edit]

Pressman began his filmmaking career by producing short videos for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California. In 2013, he directed and produced the documentary film 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, which premiered on HBO and tells the story of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, a Jewish couple from Philadelphia who traveled to Nazi Germany in 1939 and, with the help of the B'rith Sholom fraternal organization, saved Jewish children in Vienna from likely death in the Holocaust by finding them new homes in Philadelphia. The heroic Krauses were the grandparents of Pressman's wife, and the film is, in part, based on the manuscript of a memoir left behind by Eleanor Kraus when she died in 1989. [9][10] 50 Children was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Historical Programming in 2014.

In 2020, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film Holy Silence, which tells the story of the Vatican's actions, and inactions, during the Holocaust and in the years leading up to it. The film was shown at several film festivals and had its television premiere on PBS in November 2020. The film features actor David Strathairn, who is heard as the voice of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and actor Marco Barricelli, who is heard as the voice of Pope Pius XII.

In 2022, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film The Levys of Monticello, which tells the story of a Jewish family that owned and preserved Thomas Jefferson's home for nearly 90 years in the decades that followed Jefferson's death in 1826. The film premiered at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in February 2022, where it received the Building Bridges Jury Prize award. The film also received the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival in May 2022.

In 2024, Pressman directed and produced the documentary film Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist, which tells the story of a Jewish-American sculptor who, among other works of art, created several statues that memorialize the Confederacy and the so-called "Lost Cause" of the American South.

References

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  1. ^ a b Pressman, Steven (May 27, 2014). "About Steven Pressman". My Jewish Learning. Members of the Scribe. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Rowe, Georgia (May 19, 2014). "Steven Pressman's '50 Children' is an account of young lives rescued from the Holocaust". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (August 21, 2015). "Liz Perle, Writer and Former Publishing Executive, Dies at 59". The New York Times. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. ^ LaPlant, Carol (Attorney for Plaintiff, Landmark Education Corporation) (November 10, 1997). "Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Order Compelling Answers to Deposition Questions, and for Sanctions". Landmark Education Corporation vs. Steven Pressman. San Francisco, California: Superior Court of the State of California, City and County of San Francisco.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Pressman, Steven (December 1994). "Litigation noir". California Lawyer. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  6. ^ Pressman, Steven (April 21, 1994). "Church calls it quits – As Scientology backs away from critics, it may hurt in libel case". Daily Journal. Los Angeles, California.
  7. ^ Pressman, Steven (February 1994). "Fouling Up Fair Use". Columbia Journalism Review. New York City: Columbia University.
  8. ^ Pressman, Steven (1994). "An Unfettered Press: Libel Law in the United States". InfoUSA. Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  9. ^ Jacobs, Emily (April 10, 2013). "'50 Children': a story of heroism". Washington Jewish Week. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  10. ^ Elkin, Michael (July 15, 2010). "Stars of David". Jewish Exponent. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012.
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