Helga Keller

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Helga Keller (1921-2013) was a German-born, Israeli editor and educator. Shortly before WWII broke out, she and her family moved to the UK where Cranston studied graphic design and began editing films. In 1958, she immigrated to Israel. Highlights of her editing credits include Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955), directed by Sir Laurence Olivier, Saint Joan (1957), and Bonjour Tristesse (1958), directed by Otto Preminger. In Israel, Keller edited a host of other films, including They were Ten (1961), Joseph the Dreamer (1962), and The Simhon Family (1964). Keller was and remains one of the most influential figures in Israel in the field of film and media education. In 1974, she published Olam-Badim: An Anthology of the Cinema, a book studied by generations of filmmakers that followed. Later, between 1985-1992, she worked at the Israeli Ministry of Education as Head of Film and Media Studies in schools.