Schneider was born in
Manhattan, NY and raised in
Brooklyn and
Long Island. Ira Schneider was president of
Raindance Foundation (1972 to 1994), director of the TV show
Night Light TV (1980–1992), and associate professor at the
Cooper Union School of Art, New York (1980 to 92). In 1976, he worked on
Video Art - an Anthology together with
Beryl Korot. ==References==