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Tal Lazar (born 20 May, 1979) is an Israeli-American filmmaker, educator and entrepreneur. He has served on the faculty of academic institutions such as The American Film Institute Conservatory.[1], Columbia University School of the Arts[2] and Berklee College of Music[3].

Filmmaking Career

Lazar began making films in the early 2000s, upon graduating from The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television in Tel Aviv. His early work included camera assisting and operating for Israeli television and films[4]. In 2007 he relocated to Los Angeles to attend the American Film Institute Conservatory’s cinematography program [5]. Following his graduation, Lazar worked with notable filmmakers such as Nicole Conn[6], Richard Speight Jr[7]. and Isaac Florentine[8]. In Vietnam, Lazar collaborated with Vietnamese-American writer and director Charlie Nguyễn, filming local box office hits[9][10] Tèo em[11] and De Mai tinh 2.

In 2016, Lazar founded[12] New York based production studio MiLa Media with entrepreneur Dr. David M. Milch[13]. MiLa Media's films include Past Life, directed by Avi Nesher, telling the story of Lazar’s grandfather[14]. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival[15]. Other films produced by MiLa Media include Nesher's The Other Story[16], and The New Group Theater’s Waiting For Godot[17][18], starring Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo, filmed at the actors' homes[19] during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, MiLa Media expanded its business to include film distribution and sales[20]. As a sales agent, Lazar sold Every Time I Die, a film in which he served also as a lead-producer and cinematographer[21], and The Unborn, a film which he directed[22].

Filmography

Year Title Credited Director
2010 Elena Undone Cinematographer Nicole Conn
2011 Three Blind Sanits Cinematographer John Eschenbaum
2012 A Perfect Ending Cinematographer Nicole Conn
2012 Matter of Family Cinematographer Tibor Takács
2012 A Wife Alone Cinematographer Justin Reichman
2013 America 101 Cinematographer Richard Speight Jr.
2013 Someone I Used to Know Cinematographer Nadine Truong
2013 Cho Lon Cinematographer Charlie Nguyen
2013 Tèo em Cinematographer Charlie Nguyen
2013 The Perfect House Cinematographer Kris Hulbert and Randy Kent
2014 De Mai Tinh II Cinematographer Charlie Nguyen
2015 Raven's Touch Cinematographer Marina Rice Bader and Dreya Weber
2015 Close Range Cinematographer Isaac Florentine
2018 The Other Story Co-Producer Avi Nesher
2019 Every Time I Die Cinematographer, Producer Robi Michael
2020 The Unborn Producer, Director Tal Lazar
2022 The Altman Method Cinematographer Nadav Aronowicz

Teaching Career

Tal Lazar’s teaching career began during his 3 year compulsory service in the Israeli Defense Forces. Following training and operational activity as an infantry soldier, Lazar was trained in teaching and curriculum design. For his innovations in training methods at the IDF, Lazar received the highest honor for non-combat achievements, awarded by president of Israel, Ezer Wiezman in the year 2000.

In 2011, two years after earning his MFA[5] at the American Film Institute Conservatory, Lazar was invited by cinematography discipline chair Stephen Lighthill, ASC to join its faculty[23]. In the following 7 years, Lazar taught The Art & Craft of Cinematography course[24], covering all technical aspects of cinematographic techniques. He developed and taught The Language of Cinematography course[25], a course bringing both cinematographers and directors together which is still offered today.

While teaching at AFI, Lazar developed Digital Cinematography Fundamentals[26] for Berklee College of Music, a course offered on Berklee College of Music's online platform.

In 2018, Lazar relocated to New York City where he joined the faculties of Columbia University’s School of the Arts[27] and The City College of New York’s Media Communication Arts programs[28]. Lazar's courses are offered online by Sundance Institute’s Collab platform[29][30], as well as other online platforms such as MZed.com[31], Cinecours.com[32] in French and Xinpianchang[33] in Chinese. Lazar visits various other schools as a guest speaker, including Yanjing Institute of Technology Media College in Beijing[34], and speaks at conventions, such as the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Resource Conference[35]. As a writer, Lazar's texts can be read on cinema technology news website CineD.com[36], as well as on Substack[37].

Technology Career

Lazar is a self-taught programmer and technology entrepreneur. The first programming language he learned was C++, and his first employment in the technology sector was for internet service provider Shani Technologies[38], one out the five ISPs operating in Israel in the 1990s. He was the youngest member of NetKing[39], one of the largest Israeli websites of the period [40]. In 1995, following prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, NetKing launched[41] an online memorial page which allowed people from around the world to light a digital candle[42] in Rabin's memory, a function Lazar implemented. Following his service at the IDF, Lazar joined Israeli IT firm Ness Technologies as a web developer. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Lazar combined his activities in filmmaking, education and technology by launching Quonder[43], an education technology startup utilizing the benefits of visual storytelling[44]. Quonder's learning platform was used by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges University Commission to train its evaluators[45]

References

  1. ^ Jim Hemphill (10 Feb 2017). "The ASC Rising Stars of Cinematography 2017". The American Society of Cinematographers.
  2. ^ "Tal Lazar". Columbia University School of the Arts Faculty and Staff Directory.
  3. ^ "Tal Lazar". Berklee College of Music Faculty and Staff Directory.
  4. ^ "טל לזר". ספר הקולנוע הישראלי.
  5. ^ a b "Tal Lazar, Cinematography 2009". The American Film Institute Conservatory.
  6. ^ Harvey, Denis (30 Jun 2010). "Elena Undone". Variety.
  7. ^ "Exclusive Interview with Richard Speight, Jr on his new movie and Supernatural". WinchesterBros. 5 Dec 2011.
  8. ^ Lowe, Justin (11 Dec 2011). "'Close Range': Film Review". Hollywood Reporter.
  9. ^ Kil, Sonia (6 Jan 2015). "Korean Co-Production 'Let Hoi Decide' Sets Vietnam Box Office Record". Variety.
  10. ^ "Vietnamese Cinema in 2013". Far East Film.
  11. ^ "Teo Em Viet Film Fest US Premiere, 2014". Viet Film Fest.
  12. ^ Hartshorn, Tori (30 Jul 2019). "Independent Media Studio MiLa Media Announces Open Script Submission". Broadway World.
  13. ^ "About Dr. David M. Milch". The Dr. David M. Milch Foundation.
  14. ^ Glenn Kenny (2 Jun 2017). "Past Life". Roger Ebert.com.
  15. ^ "Contemporary World Cinema Program". Toronto International Film Festival 2016.
  16. ^ Hunter, Allan (7 Sep 2018). "The Other Story: Toronto Review". Screen Daily.
  17. ^ "Waiting For Godot". The New Group.
  18. ^ Evans, Greg (12 April 2021). "Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo Set For 'Waiting For Godot' Off Broadway Streaming Production". Deadline.
  19. ^ Stewart, Zachary (7 May 2021). "Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett's Endless Zoom Call". Theater Mania.
  20. ^ "Freestyle Digital Media Acquires THE UNBORN". Nightmarishconjurings. 4 Apr 2020.
  21. ^ Scheck, Frank (8 Aug 2019). "'Every Time I Die': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  22. ^ Jim Morazzini (4 May 2020). "Review: THE UNBORN (2020)". Voices From The Balcony.
  23. ^ Rogers, Pauline (5 Feb 2015). "Film School Confidential". ICG Magazine.
  24. ^ "Low Light Workshop with Tal Lazar". The Art & Craft of Cinematography. 17 Jul 2015.
  25. ^ "Cinematography first year curriculum". The American Film Institute Conservatory.
  26. ^ "Digital Cinematography Fundamentals". Berklee College of Music Online.
  27. ^ "Faculty Voices". Columbia University Center of Teaching and Learning.
  28. ^ "Meet Our Faculty". The City College of New York MFA in Film.
  29. ^ "Directing: Visual Storytelling". Sundance Collab.
  30. ^ "How to Effectively Collaborate with Your Cinematographer". Sundance Collab.
  31. ^ "Tal Lazar: Cinematographer, Producer, Educator". MZed.
  32. ^ "Initiation à la cinématographie avec M. Tal Lazar". Cinecours.
  33. ^ "好莱坞电影视觉语言大师课". Xinipianchang.
  34. ^ "用世界的方法，讲述中国的故事——美国电影大师课燕理传媒专场圆满结束". School of Media, Yanjing Institute of Technology Blog. 6 Jan 2023.
  35. ^ "WSCUC ARC 2023 Program Guide". WASC Senior College and University Commission.
  36. ^ "Tal Lazar, Author". CineD.
  37. ^ "Tal Lazar Subtack". Latent Images.
  38. ^ Hank Nussbacher (1 Dec 2019). "The Early History of the Israeli Internet" (PDF). Interall.
  39. ^ "NetKing Staff". Way Back Machine.
  40. ^ Weissfeld, Zachi (15 Jul 2017). "הישראלי שממציא את מיקרוסופט מחדש". Calcalist.
  41. ^ "New York Times: Mourning Rabin On Line". New York Times. 6 Nov 1995.
  42. ^ "NetKing's Rabin Memorial Page". Digital Archive.
  43. ^ "Tal Lazar / Founder, Quonder". Blender Workspace.
  44. ^ "Quonder, a new kind of training" (PDF). Quonder.
  45. ^ "Final Analysis and Recommendations for WSCUC" (PDF). Department of Education. 28 Feb 2023.
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