Edward Chan Sieg (November 8, 1928 – March 7, 2007) was an American director, writer, poet and photographer.
Edward Chan Sieg | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 8, 1928 |
| Died | March 7, 2007 (aged 78) |
Early life
editSieg was born in 1928 to Edward Augustus Sieg and Gladys Geraldine Chan Sieg. "Gerald" was a member of one of the oldest Chinese families in Savannah, Georgia.[1]
At the age of 12, Sieg published an article on Mozart's "Requiem" in The Etude magazine.[1]
He graduated from Savannah High School, then from Savannah's Armstrong Junior College and the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He earned a Master of Fine Arts and a doctoral degree at the latter institution.[1]
Sieg fought in the Korean War.[2]
Career
editIn 1952, a year after moving to Hollywood, Sieg played Benny in a boxing movie titled The Ring.[2]
He returned to Athens, Georgia, in the 1960s after being appointed the resident director at the Town and Gown Theatre.[2] While in Athens, he wrote the original play An Existentialist in the House of Death.[2]
His photograph of Mark Spitz at the 1972 Summer Olympics, shortly after winning the gold medal, also won Sieg a gold medal at the International Photographic Competition.[1]
In the 1970s, Sieg worked at the Oatland Island Wildlife Center.[1]
In 1984, Sieg published The Squares: An Introduction to Savannah.[2][3] He followed it up the next year with Eden on the Marsh: An Illustrated History of Savannah.[4] The proceeds from The Squares go toward benefiting Chatham Academy, a Savannah school for children with learning disabilities.[2]
Personal life
editSieg married Elizabeth, with whom he had a son and a daughter.[2] His father died in 1969, aged 61; his mother died in 2005, aged 95. They are both interred in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery.
Death
editSieg died in 2007, aged 78. He was survived by his wife and children.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Edward Sieg Obituary (2007) - Savannah, GA - Savannah Morning News". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g Stoehr, John. "Respected Savannah artist was true to himself". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ Sieg, Edward Chan (1984). The Squares: An Introduction to Savannah. Donning Company.
- ^ Sieg, Edward Chan (1985). Eden on the marsh : an illustrated history of Savannah. Internet Archive. Nothridge, Calif. : Windsor Publications. ISBN 978-0-89781-115-6.