Biography
Paul Aratow was an American film producer, writer and director. Born on 8 June 1937 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he died on 15 November 2015 in Los Angeles.
Before entering film, Aratow was a professor of literature at the University of California, Berkeley, and the first chef de cuisine at Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, which he co-founded with Alice Waters. He later obtained the film rights to comic characters created by Will Eisner.
Aratow produced the feature film Sheena (1984) for Columbia Pictures and the television movie The Spirit (1987). His other credits include writing and directing Lucifer's Women (1974) and co-directing Doctor Dracula (1978).
