Alon Bar
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He wrote[1] the feature film "Aaron Cohen's Debt,"[2] which he later adapted to the award-winning American screenplay "Under Arrest".[3]
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory with a Master Degree in screenwriting.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He holds a Bachelor Degree in film and television from Tel Aviv University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He participated in SOURCES 2, the screenwriting laboratory of the European Union's 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Following their first project, "Tel Katzir 1993," he collaborated as a researcher, writer and assistant director on four of Perlov's films.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1994, he produced "Video Dance Premiers 1994," a collection of videodance made for the Batsheva Dance Company.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2011, he co-authored with Nancy Sexton the book Write Your Film, a screenwriting manual exploring the two unique writing system and collaboration.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2018, he co-wrote with Nancy Sexton the PixL TV feature film "The Wedding Do Over", a romantic comedy starring Nicole Gale Anderson and Parker Young that originally aired on Valentine's Day, Feb. 3, 2018.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Films in production
Selected films
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- The Wedding Do Over (2018) Director W.D. Hogan
- 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"[5]
- 2011 Silver Award[6] 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[7] 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"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 1995 Best Documentary Award at the MedFilm Festival, Italy, for Exodus: A journey to the mountain of GodScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 1993 Grand Prix Coronne D'Or at the Casablanca international film festival, Morocco, for Exodus: A journey to the mountain of GodScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 1993 Best Production Award by the Israeli Film Institute, Israel, for Exodus: A journey to the mountain of GodScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 1992 Grand Jury Award at the Algarve International Film Festival, Portugal, "For the Sake of Appearance"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 1992 Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, United States, "For the Sake of Appearance"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 1992 The President Award at the Mons International Film Festival, Belgium, "For the Sake of Appearance"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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- ↑ Liz Braun, "Israeli star carries quite a Debt," The Sun (May 11, 2000)Template:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ Scott Von Doviak, "Aaron Cohen's Debt Review," Film Threat (May 23, 2001) Retrieved July 4, 2011.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ Tamsen Tillson, "Banff Rockie Awards salute peaks in TV," The Daily Variety (June 14, 1999) Retrieved July 4, 2011.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- ↑ James Nicholas, "California Film Awards, 2010 Silver Award Winners," Official Website (January 22, 2011) Template:Webarchive Retrieved July 4, 2011.
- ↑ Tamsen Tillson, "Banff Rockie Awards salute peaks in TV," The Daily Variety (June 14, 1999) Retrieved July 4, 2011.
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External links
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- 4881 LLC official website
- Write Your Film official website