Amir Bar-Lev
Amir Bar-Lev | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | American |
Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is an American film director, producer and writer from Berkeley, California.[1]
Bar-Lev is noted for his work in directing documentary films. He has directed such films as Fighter, a documentary film released August 24, 2001. The film received a Special Jury Citation in the 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2] The 2007 documentary film My Kid Could Paint That was directed by Bar-Lev, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was bought by Sony Pictures Classics in 2007.[3] He also served as co-producer of the 2009 Oscar nominated documentary Trouble the Water. Bar-Lev also directed The Tillman Story, which premiered as a Domestic Documentary Finalist at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Bar-Lev directed Happy Valley, a film about the Penn State Jerry Sandusky Scandal. His most recent film, Long Strange Trip, explored the Grateful Dead.
Bar-Lev has taught documentary filmmaking at New York University.[citation needed] He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.[4]
Director/Producer
According to IMDb[better source needed] Bar-Lev has directed or produced the following works:[5]
- Fighter (2000) (director)[6]
- VH1: All Access (2003) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
- Sundance Film Festival Dailies (2003) TV series (segment producer)
- Katrina (2006) (TV) (producer)
- It Could Happen Tomorrow (2006) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
- My Kid Could Paint That (2007) (director)
- Trouble the Water (2008) (co-producer)
- The Tillman Story (2010) (director)[7]
- Happy Valley (2014) (director)
- Long Strange Trip (2017) (director) – documentary about the Grateful Dead, executive produced by Martin Scorsese[8][9]
References
- ^ indieWIRE - people: Amir Bar-Lev[permanent dead link]
- ^ Official site of Fighter Archived 2007-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "My Kid Could Paint That" - company credits Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine — on IMDb
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (26 November 2014). "With Paterno-Sandusky doc 'Happy Valley,' unsettling cultural questions". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015 – via LA Times.
- ^ "Amir Bar-Lev". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05.
- ^ MediaRights: Amir Bar-Lev's Shortlist Archived June 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Tillman Story (2010)".
- ^ Abramovitch, Seth (October 23, 2014). "Martin Scorsese to Exec Produce Grateful Dead Doc". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Bernstein, Scott (December 14, 2016). "Sundance to Host Premiere of Long Awaited Grateful Dead Documentary". JamBase. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
External links
- Axis Films
- Amir Bar-Lev at IMDb
- Amir discusses Long Strange Trip with Ira Haberman of The Sound Podcast
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