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Ezra Mir (1903-1993)

Ezra Mir
(1903-1993)

Originally a stage actor, Ezra Mir came to be known for his documentary films. In 1924, he had moved to New York to first work as an actor and later, as an editor. During this period he also made his first short film, The Symbolesque. After returning to India, he directed films based on Hindi theatre. He made his first full length film in this genre, Noorjehan, in 1931, and subsequently Zarina and other films for Sagar Movietone, Madan Theatres and Ranjit Movietone. In 1939, he set up his own studio named Everest Pictures. During the 1940s, Mir joined the Film Advisory ...

Filmography

    List of films directed and produced by Ezra Mir for the Information Films of India


    • The Bride (1942-1943) 
    • School for Wives (1942-1943)
    • Salvage (1942-1943)
    • Grow More Food (1942-1943)
    • Lives in Storage (1942-1943)
    • Voice of the People (1942-1943)
    • Community Manners (1942-1943)
    • India's Prize Cattle (1942-1943)
    • White Gold (1942-1943)
    • Angles of Mercy (1942-1943)
    • Paper War (1942-1943) 
    • India's Rubber (1942-1943)
    • Land of Five Rivers (1942-1943)
    • The Outcast (1942-1943)
    • Civil Pioneers (1942-1943)
    • A Stitch in Time (1942-1943)
    • Keep'em Rolling (1942-1943)
    • The Vanishing Tree (1942-1943) 
    • Behind the Wings (1942-1943)
    • Page by Page (1942-1943)
    • Brown Out (1942-1943)
    • The Bomb (1942-1943)
    • Our Heritage (South India) (1942-1943)
    • Our Heritage (North India) (1942-1943)
    • Artisans of India (1944)
    • Handicrafts of India (Kashmir) (1944)
    • Handicrafts of India (Central Provinces) (1944)
    • Industrial India (Glass) (1944)
    • Heart of Humanity (1944) 
    • Women at War (1944)
    • Cartoons A Moral for You (1944)
    • Story of Wartime Shortages (1944)
    • Black Diamond (1944)
    • Story of Wartime Controls (1944)
    • Tale of a Shirt (1944)
    • Spare the Wheel (1944) 
    • Save for the Future (1944)
    • Invisible Power (Hydro-electric) (1944) 
    • Concrete (1944) 
    • Retribution (1944) 
    • Examiner 329 (1944) 
    • District Officer (1944) 
    • The Story of WRIN (1944) 
    • Silkworm to Parachute (1944) 
    • Food for Keeps (1944) 
    • Round the Clock (1944) 
    • All India Radio (1944
    • Egging them On (1944) 
    • Service Unlimited (1944) 
    • Dances of India (Bharatanatyam) (1944) 
    • Dances of India (Kathakali) (1944) 
    • Charcoal Does It (1944) 
    • Soil Erosion (1944
    • Food for All (1944) 
    • Adventures of Bhola Ram (1944) 
    • Gold (1944) 
    • School of Farmers (1944) 
    • The Return of Bhola Ram (1944) 
    • Musical Instruments of India (1944) 
    • Blood and Tears (1944) 
    • Hillmen Go To War (1944) 
    • Dances of India (Kathak) (1944) 
    • Bhola Ram Travels Again (1944) 
    • India Can Make It (1944) 
    • Art in Industry (1944) 
    • Aiming High (1944) 
    • Potteries (1944) 
    • India Builds Her Wagons (1944) 
    • Queue Up and Get There Quicker (1944)
    • Bhola Ram Goes Shopping (1944) 
    • Handicrafts of India (Travencore) (1944) 
    • Melody of Hindusthan (1944) 
    • India Builds Her Ships (1944) 
    • Tree of Wealth (1944) 
    • Handicrafts if South India (1944) 
    • Dances of India (Tribal Dances) (1944) 
    • Pyrethrum Whispering Legions (1944) 
    • A Match for You (1944) 
    • Pillars of Society (1944) 
    • Need of the Moment (Manure) (1944) 
    • Share and Share Alike (Hindi) (1944) 
    • Cloth at Fair Prices (1944) 
    • Precious Paper (1944) 
    • The Good Sign (1944) 
    • The Voice of Satan (1944) 
    • Road to Victory (1945) 
    • Money for Heaven (1945) 
    • Travelers' Troubles (1945) 
    • Our Northern Cousins (1945) 
    • Mute Martyrs (1945) 
    • Keep Smiling (1945) 
    • Suds (Soap Industry) (1945) 
    • Human Salvage (1945) 
    • Soldier's Wife (1945) 
    • Out of the Soil (1945) 
    • Every Little Counts (1945) 
    • India's Men of Signs (1945) 
    • India Tomorrow (1945) 
    • Village Cooperation (1945) 
    • Adventures of Ramlal (1945) 
    • Better Than Money Boxes (1945) 
    • The Prodigal's Return (1945) 
    • Number Please (Telephones) (1945) 
    • Doctors in Uniform (1945) 
    • The Kissan (1945) 
    • Over the Wires (Telegraph) (1945) 
    • At Your Service (Posts) (1945) 
    • Community Health Storm in a Tea Cup (1945)
    •  Industry Behind Surgery (1945) 
    • Bassein Fishing Village (1945)
    • Life on the Himalayas (1945)
    • India Makes New Chemicals (1945)
    • River Boats of Bengal (1945) 
    • A Day of Festival (1945) 
    • Rivers of Surat (1945)
    • Child Welfare (1945)
    • Civil Hospital (1945) 
    • Country Craft (1945) 
    • Food Preservation (1945)
    • The Golden River (1945) 
    • Victory Over Blindness (1945) 
    • The Curse (Reconstruction) (1945) 
    • Invisible World of Microbes (1945) 
    • Malaria (1945) 
    • In the Waters of the Persian Gulf (1946) 
    • India and the Persian Gulf (1946) 
    • Palmyra (1946) 
    • Save for the Future (1946) 
    • Yoga (1946)
    • Cholera (1946) 
    • Cripp's Mission to India (1946)

Did You Know?

Mir changed his Jewish birth name, Edwyn Meyers, to Ezra Mir because he felt his original name "lacked Indianness".