Alon Bar | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 2, 1966 |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker screenwriter, producer, director, author |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse |
Sigal Meyuhas (m. 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
Alon Bar (Hebrew: אַלּוֹן בָּר; born April 2, 1966) is an Israeli-American filmmaker.
He wrote[2] the feature film "Aaron Cohen's Debt,"[3] which he later adapted to the award-winning American screenplay "Under Arrest".[4]
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.[citation needed]
He is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory with a Master Degree in screenwriting.[citation needed] He holds a Bachelor Degree in film and television from Tel Aviv University.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] Following their first project, "Tel Katzir 1993," he collaborated as a researcher, writer and assistant director on four of Perlov's films.[citation needed]
In 1994, he produced "Video Dance Premiers 1994," a collection of videodance made for the Batsheva Dance Company.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
In 2011, he co-authored with Nancy Sexton the book Write Your Film, a screenwriting manual exploring the two unique writing system and collaboration.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]