Sarah M. Kernochan Biography (1947-)

Full name, Sarah Marshall Kernochan; born December 30, 1947, in New York, NY;daughter of John M. (a law professor) and Adelaide (an international organization consultant; maiden name, Chatfield-Taylor) Kernochan; married James Lapine (a director); children: Phoebe. Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Endeavor, 9701Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Writer, director, songwriter, singer
Birth Details: December 30, 1947; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director and producer, Marjoe (documentary), Cinema X, 1972
Director, Strike! (also known as The Hairy Bird, All I Wanna Do, College femminile, and Les filles font la loi), Miramax, 1998
Director and producer, Thoth, New World Releasing, 2002
Film Appearances
Gallery guest, 9 1/2 Weeks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
Television Work
Specials
Executive advisor, Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children, PBS, 1998
RECORDINGS
Albums
House of Pain, RCA, 1973

Beat around the Bush, RCA, 1974
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Patricia Louisiana Knop and Zalman King) 9 1/2 Weeks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
Dancers (also known as Giselle), Cannon, 1987
Impromptu, Hemdale, 1991
(With others) Sommersby, Warner Bros., 1993
Strike! (also known as The Hairy Bird, All I Wanna Do, College femminile, and Les filles font la loi), Miramax, 1998
The Husband I Bought, Warner Bros., 2003
Also wrote Delta of Venus; The Psychic.
Film Stories
(With Clark Gregg) What Lies Beneath, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
Film Songs
Strike! (also known as The Hairy Bird, All I Wanna Do, College femminile, and Les filles font la loi), Miramax, 1998
Stage Music
Musical score, Sleeparound Town, produced at Playwrights Horizon Theatre, New York City, 1983
Novels
Dry Hustle, Morrow, 1977

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volume 73-76, Gale, 1978

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, March 15, 2002, p. 35
Ms., June, 1977
New York Times, March 31, 1977

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