Amir Bar-Lev
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| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is an American documentary film director. He has directed films such as his debut Fighter and The Tillman Story.
Career
[edit]His 2000 debut film Fighter, about two Holocaust survivors, was named one of the top documentaries of the year by Rolling Stone and was praised by The Village Voice.[1][2] The London Telegraph named Bar-Lev’s second film, My Kid Could Paint That, one of the top 100 films of all time.[3]
Bar-Lev's 2013 film Happy Valley premiered at Sundance 2014 and was released theatrically in November of that year.[4] Variety called it "nuanced but quietly excoriating,"[4] while Kenneth Turan at the LA Times called the film "explosive."[5] Bar-Lev’s film, Long Strange Trip, about the Grateful Dead was called "one of the most engrossing rock docs ever made" by the LA Times, and was shortlisted for the Oscar.[6]
Director/Producer
[edit]According to IMDb[better source needed] Bar-Lev has directed or produced the following works:[7]
- Fighter (2000) (director)[8]
- 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)[9]
- Happy Valley (2014) (director)
- Long Strange Trip (2017) (director) – documentary about the Grateful Dead, executive produced by Martin Scorsese[10][11]
- The Last First: Winter K2 (2026) (director, executive producer)
References
[edit]- ↑ Travers, Peter (2001-09-17). "Fighter". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ Taubin, Amy (2001-08-21). "The War That Never Ended". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ "Marla Olmstead: Show and tell". www.telegraph.co.uk. December 2007. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- 1 2 Chang, Justin (2014-01-21). "Sundance Film Review: 'Happy Valley'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ "Heartbreaking truths form foundation of 'Happy Valley'". Los Angeles Times. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ Linden, Sheri (2017-05-25). "Review: A long 'Long Strange Trip' about the Grateful Dead is ultimately worth the journey". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ "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)". IMDb.
- ↑ 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
[edit]- amirbarlev
- Amir Bar-Lev at IMDb
- Amir discusses Long Strange Trip with Ira Haberman of The Sound Podcast
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