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]

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