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
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
According to IMDb 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
- ↑ 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.