Ephraim Katz (March 11, 1932 - August 8, 1992 in Manhattan) a writer, journalist, and film maker who devoted his life to gathering the information in The Film Encyclopedia. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...

Living in Israel, Ephraim became a film reporter and critic, then moved to the United States in 1959. In New York City he made television documentaries for CBS, including "The Taste of Sunday," one of its first in color, and later for NBC. His 1960 book "Minister of Death," co-written with Quentin Reynolds and Zwy Aldouby, told of the capture of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi war criminal. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Quentin James Reynolds (1902–1965), born in New York City, was a journalist and World War II war correspondent. ... Otto Adolf Eichmann (known as Adolf Eichmann; March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking Nazi and SS Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel). ... National Socialism redirects here. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...

Efraim Katz directed many documentaries, educational and industrial films, but his greatest contribution to cinema was his single volume The Film Encyclopedia (1979). One of the most comprehensive critical and historical works on film in print, he wrote the first volume alone. The Film Encyclopedia contains biographical and critical information about many major and minor figures in films including actors, directors, producers, and production people. It also chronicles the history of cinema around the world and contains definitions and descriptions of technical processes and film terminology. Katz studied law and economics at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He later studied political science at Hunter College, New York and cinema at New York University. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... See also: Hunter College High School Hunter College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as simply Hunter College) is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), located on Manhattans Upper East Side. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ...

Ephraim Katz had two daughters who live in the USA. He died of emphysema.[1]