Mira Hamermesh

Mira was born in Poland just before World War II to a Jewish family. She studied fine arts and became a painter, exhibiting in various London galleries where she lived with husband and son, she has maintained this passion till present day. Early in her career after seeing some early work of Roman Polanski she found a great interest in filmmaking, and joined the Lods film school in Poland where having lived through the disasters and troubles of the war, she decided to share some of her experiences with the public in artistic and shocking filmic ways, she made a number of documentaries featuring the diversities of religions and race between different people, and also published books about her feelings: "The River of Angry Dogs" her autobiography being one of her most acclaimed. More recently she received a letter by acclaimed film director Steven Spielberg referring to one of her film Loving the Dead; a very thoughtful letter of praise. A very dedicated woman who respects and contributes to art in a unique way, is more recently working on her writing.