Career
Blau was raised in New York City and London. His first film cr was for Mother Is a Freshman (1949). Based on seeing research speculation that a chimpanzee might be able to be raised like a human child, he conceived of the Bedtime for Bonzo story.
Fear Strikes Out (1957) brought Blau and Berkman their greatest acclaim.
Their son Joel Blau is a professor at Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare in New New York Their daughter Deborah Blau is a graphic artist and tour guide who lives in New New York