Ralph Arlyck

Ralph Arlyck is an American documentary filmmaker. He has won many awards for his films and has been shown at film festivals including Sundance, New York, London, and Cannes. [ [http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/followingsean/behind_about.html Ralph Arlyck biography at PBS.org] ]

An alumnus of Colgate University, his first major film was "Sean", a short film which features the story of four year old Sean Farrell growing up in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco in 1969. It received wide acclaim in the United States and Europe for its frank portrayal of the 1960s counterculture. Among its fans was French director François Truffaut, whose own film, "The Wild Child", played alongside "Sean" at the Cannes Film Festival. [Citation
last = Lee
first = Nathan
title = Following Sean (2004): 'Following Sean' Revisits a Child of the 60's
newspaper = The New York Times
year = 2006
date = 2006-05-03
url = http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/movies/03sean.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1185483801-FlAIUl1DP2ySh8jGqN9dUg&ex=1332475200&en=709faf668585ee66&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink ] Arlyck would revisit Farrell in the 2005 follow-up documentary, "Following Sean", which received similar praise at international film festivals.

Arlyck's other works include "An Acquired Taste", "Godzilla Meets Mona Lisa", and "Current Events".

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* [http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/followingsean/special.html "Sean" on PBS.org]
* [http://www.followingsean.com/ Following Sean Official website]