Amir Bar-Lev
Amir Bar-Lev (born in 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 is currently directing Happy Valley, a film about the Penn State Jerry Sandusky Scandal.
Bar-Lev has taught documentary filmmaking at New York University. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.[4]
Director/Producer
According to IMDB Bar-Lev has directed or produced the following works:[5]
- Happy Valley (2014) (director)
- The Tillman Story (2010) (director)[6]
- Trouble the Water (2008) (co-producer)
- My Kid Could Paint That (2007) (director)
- It Could Happen Tomorrow (2006) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
- Katrina (2006) (TV) (producer)
- Sundance Film Festival Dailies (2003) TV series (segment producer)
- VH1: All Access (2003) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
- Fighter (2000) (director)[7]
- Yet-to-be-named 50th Anniversary documentary about the Grateful Dead produced by Martin Scorsese (2015) [8]
External links
- Axis Films
- Amir Bar-Lev at IMDb
- interview with My Kid Could Paint That director Amir Bar-Lev at Filmmaker Magazine
- IONCINEMA.com interview with Amir Bar-Lev for My Kid Can Paint That
- IONCINEMA.com interview with Amir Bar-Lev for The Tillman Story
- Film makers profiles Amir Bar-Lev Yahoo Video
References
- ^ indieWIRE - people: Amir Bar-Lev[permanent dead link]
- ^ Official site of Fighter
- ^ "My Kid Could Paint That" - company credits — on IMDB
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-joe-paterno-jerry-sandusky-happy-valley-movie-20141126-story.html
- ^ Bar-Lev on IMDB
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568334/
- ^ MediaRights: Amir Bar-Lev's Shortlist Archived June 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-scorsese-exec-produce-grateful-743519
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