Amir Bar-Lev

Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is an American film director, producer and writer from Berkeley, California.[1]

Amir Bar-Lev
Born1972 (age 48–49)
NationalityAmerican

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. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.[4]

Director/Producer

According to IMDb Bar-Lev has directed or produced the following works:[5]

References
  1. indieWIRE - people: Amir Bar-Lev
  2. Official site of Fighter Archived 2007-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "My Kid Could Paint That" - company credits Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine — on IMDb
  4. 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.
  5. "Amir Bar-Lev". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05.
  6. MediaRights: Amir Bar-Lev's Shortlist Archived June 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "The Tillman Story (2010)".
  8. 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.
  9. 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.


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