Private Project

For the Life of Me

Blocked from knowing the true identity of his family for 50 years, while recovering from a heart attack a man learns he has been living a lie, and only then begins to discover his real heritage, hidden behind his father’s secrets, while discovering the lives of close family members he never knew, and what impact Hitler and the Holocaust had on them.

  • Robert Sallin
    Director
    The Wrath of Khan (Prod.) Picasso Summer (Dir) TV Commercials (Dir.)
  • Pete Vanlaw
    Writer
  • Robert Salin
    Writer
  • Pete Vanlaw
    Producer
    Memories of a Millennium (Doc.), Film and the Automobile (Doc.)
  • Leslie Zurla
    Producer
  • Mariette Hartley
    Key Cast
    "Voice of Lily Vanlaw"
    The Message, plus 135 other Movies/TV, and Theater
  • Kai Wulff
    Key Cast
    "Voice of Curt Vanlaw"
    Twilight Zone - the Movie, Firefox, Xmen: Apocalipse
  • Ariana Voges
    Key Cast
    "Voice of Eva Baruch"
    Arden, German TV movies
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    46 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 24, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    98,485 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • "Movie/Talk" Local TV Show
    Brooklyn, NY
    United States
    September 29, 2015
  • Temple Adas Israel
    SAG Harbor, NY
    United States
    October 1, 2015
  • Suffield Academy
    Suffield, CT
    United States
    October 5, 2015
  • Skirball Cultural Center
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    September 10, 2012
  • Brooks Institute
    Ventura, CA
    United States
    September 26, 2011
  • Leo Beck Temple
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    April 29, 2011
  • American Jewish University
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    October 24, 2010
  • International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    July 12, 2010
    American Premiere
Director Biography - Robert Sallin

Robert Sallin - Director/Co-Writer
Mr. Sallin has been active as a producer and director for over 40 years, moving between motion
pictures, television and advertising. His credits as a feature film producer include Star Trek II:
The Wrath of Khan for Paramount. As a feature film director, he directed Albert Finney and
Yvette Mimieux in Picasso Summer for Warner Brothers. Mr. Sallin has also developed
numerous feature film projects for various studios. A few of these were an Eddie Murphy project
for Paramount, a Richard Dreyfuss project for Columbia, and two John Candy films for
Paramount and Tri-Star. Among the many other notables Mr. Sallin has directed are Bill Cosby,
Jack Lemmon, Albert Finney, Tom Selleck, Cliff Robertson, Carol Burnett, Farrah Fawcett,
Rodney Dangerfield, Carrol O’Connor, Teri Garr, Cindy Williams, Penny Marshall, Joan Rivers,
James Mason, Dana Andrews, Edgar Bergen and Vincent Price.
In advertising, Mr. Sallin has directed and produced nearly 2000 commercials for national and
international clients such as MCA/Universal, RCA, Coca-Cola, General Motors, United Airlines,
H.J. Heinz, Ford, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Union Oil, and Bank of America. He has also been
a Senior Vice President of a major international advertising agency, supervising the creation and
production of over 1000 commercials for major clients. Mr. Sallin is the recipient of over 50 top
awards in national and international television advertising competitions, including the CLIO for
the Most Humorous Commercial of the Year, and the Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival for
the outstanding commercial worldwide.
He has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1966

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