---
name: "Paul Aratow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-aratow"
fi1m_id: "paul-aratow"
imdb_id: "nm0033179"
tmdb_id: 1108292
wikidata_id: "Q76359381"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 June 1937"
died: "15 November 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:17.088076+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Aratow

## Identity

Paul Aratow

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-aratow
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-aratow
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033179
- **TMDB ID:** 1108292
- **Wikidata ID:** Q76359381
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76359381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1108292

Producer. Born 8 June 1937 in Elizabeth. Died 15 November 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 June 1937, Elizabeth
- **Died:** 15 November 2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76359381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1108292

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Sheena*](https://film.one/film/sheena.md) (40)

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## 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).

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sheena* (1984), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sheena.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Purgatory* (1988), Writer
- *The Spirit* (1987), Producer
- *Sheena* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/sheena.md)
- *Doctor Dracula* (1978), Director
- *Lucifer's Women* (1974), Director, Writer
- *China Girl* (1974), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1985: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Sheena*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/paul-aratow