Ira Wohl is an American documentary filmmaker. He is most noted for his 1979 film '' Best Boy'', which won the

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at the 52nd Academy Awards."The Documentary As Family Memoir: A Surprise Sequel"
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'', January 11, 1998. Born and raised in New York City, Wohl attended Forest Hills High School."Ira Wohl To Screen His Academy Award-winning Film “Best Boy” May 17th At The CoSA Theater"
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'', April 27, 2015. He had his first job in film working as an apprentice editor on

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's unfinished film ''

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''in Madrid, Spain He then made a number of short films, worked on the television series ''Big Blue Marble'', worked with

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on a music video, then made ''Best Boy''.'''' ''Best Boy'' premiered at the 1979 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the festival's only prize-

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before a separate People's Choice Award was instituted for the festival's documentary stream."TIFF 2015: 40 facts for the fest's 40th year"
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'', August 16, 2015. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980. Wohl later returned to school at the University of Southern California (USC)in the early 1990s, studying clinical social work He has been a psychotherapist for the students of the University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) for more than twenty years. In 1997, he released the sequel film ''Best Man: 'Best Boy' and All of Us Twenty Years Later''. In 2006, he released another follow-up film, titled ''Best Sister''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wohl, Ira American documentary film directors American film editors American social workers USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work alumni UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs faculty Living people Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)