Alon Bar
| Alon Bar | |
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 Alon Bar accepts the Banff Rockie Award[1] | |
| Born |
April 2, 1966 Kibbutz Reshafim, Israel |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Filmmaker screenwriter, producer, director, author |
| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Sigal Meyuhas (m. 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
Alon Bar (Hebrew: אַלּוֹן בָּר; born April 2, 1966 in Kibbutz Reshafim, Israel) is an Israeli-American filmmaker.
He wrote[2] the award winning[3] feature film "Aaron Cohen's Debt,".[4] which he later adapted to the award winning American screenplay "Under Arrest".
He directed, wrote and produced the award winning documentary film "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God," which was the first Israeli film ever to participate a film festival in an Arab country.
He is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory with a Master Degree in screenwriting. He holds a Bachelor Degree in film and television from Tel Aviv University. He participated in SOURCES 2, the screenwriting laboratory of the European Union' Media II initiative and taught documentary filmmaking at UCLA extension.
In 1993, while still a student in Tel Aviv, he became the protégé of director David Perlov, a laureate of the Israel Prize. Following their first project, "Tel Katzir 1993," he collaborated as researcher, writer and assistant director on four of Perlov's films.
In 1994, he produced "Video Dance Premiers 1994," a collection of videodance made for the Batsheva Dance Company.
In the early 2000s he collaborated on the un-produced screenplay "Whiteout" with Carl Gottlieb, and wrote the un-produced screenplay "Plastic Bridges," through improvisations with a group of actors including Enrico Colantoni and Amy Pietz.
Since 2006, he is the president and co-owner with Nancy Sexton of 4881 LLC, a multifaceted platform, serving as a launch pad for creativity. Amongst others, the collaboration between Bar and Sexton created the award winning screenplay "Type O," and the screenplays to the romantic comedy "Bonus Day" and the animation feature "Ruby", both currently (2013) in pre-production.
In 2011, he co-authored with Nancy Sexton the book "Write Your Film," a screenwriting manual exploring the two unique writing system and collaboration.
Films in Production
- Ruby (working title) (2013), Producer Lumiq Studios, Turin, Italy
Selected Films
- Aaron Cohen's Debt (1999) Director Amalia Margolin
- Video Dance Premiers 1994 (1994) for Batsheva Dance Company
- Tel Katzir 1993 (1993) Director David Perlov
- Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God (1992) Directors Eitan Bin-Noun & Alon Bar
- For The Sake of Appearance (1991) Director Eitan Bin-Noun
Awards
- 2013 Quarterfinalist at the ScreenCraft Comedy Script Contest, USA, for "Sweethearts"
- 2011 Silver Award[5] at the California Film Awards, USA, for "Under Arrest" the American adaptation of "Aaron Cohen's Debt"
- 2010 Quarterfinalist at the Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition, USA, for "Type O"
- 1999 Rockie Award for Best Made-For-TV Movie[6] at the Banff World Television Festival, Canada, for "Aaron Cohen's Debt"
- 1999 Best Foreign Language Film nominee at the SXSW Film Festival, Austin, Texas, USA, for "Aaron Cohen's Debt"
- 1995 Best Documentary Award at the MedFilm Festival, Italy, for "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God"
- 1993 Grand Prix Coronne D'Or at the Casablanca international film festival, Morocco, for "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God"
- 1993 Best Production Award by the Israeli Film Institute, Israel, for "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God"
- 1992 Grand Jury Award at the Algarve International Film Festival, Portugal, "For the Sake of Appearance"
- 1992 Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, USA, "For the Sake of Appearance"
- 1992 The President Award at the Mons International Film Festival, Belgium, "For the Sake of Appearance"
- 1992 Silver Medal Award at the Hiroshima Film Festival, Japan, "For the Sake of Appearance"
Other work
- Write Your Film (book) (2011)
References
- ↑ Tamsen Tillson, "Banff Rockie Awards salute peaks in TV," The Daily Variety (June 14, 1999) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ Liz Braun, "Israeli star carries quite a Debt," The Sun (May 11, 2000) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ Tamsen Tillson, "Banff Rockie Awards salute peaks in TV," The Daily Variety (June 14, 1999) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ Scott Von Doviak, "Aaron Cohen's Debt Review," Film Threat (May 23, 2001) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ James Nicholas, "California Film Awards, 2010 Silver Award Winners," Official Website (January 22, 2011) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ Tamsen Tillson, "Banff Rockie Awards salute peaks in TV," The Daily Variety (June 14, 1999) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
Gallery
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Alon Bar and Nancy Sexton at the Cannes Film Festival
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Alon Bar and Nancy Sexton at Comic-Con International
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Writer Alon Bar and Moshe Ivgy, star of "Aaron Cohen's Debt"