Alon Bar

Infobox person
name = ALON BAR

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caption = Alon Bar accepts the Banff Rockie Award
birth_date = birth date and age|1966|4|2
birth_place = Kibbutz Reshafim, Israel
residence = Los Angeles, California, USA
yearsactive = 1991 - present
occupation = Filmmaker screenwriter, producer, director, author
spouse = Sigal Meyuhas (1999-present)
children = 2

Alon Bar (Hebrew: אַלּוֹן בָּר, born April 2, 1966 in Kibbutz Reshafim, Israel) is an Israeli/American filmmaker.

He wrote the award winning feature film "Aaron Cohen's Debt."

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.

He is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory with a Master Degree in screenwriting. He holds a Bachelor Degree in film and television from Tel Aviv University. He participated in [http://www.sources2.de/index.html SOURCES 2] , the screenwriting laboratory of the European Union' [http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/overview/media2/index_en.htm Media II] initiative and taught documentary filmmaking at UCLA extension.

While still a student in Tel Aviv, he became the protégé of director David Perlov, a laureate of the Israel Prize. Following their first project, "Tel Katzir 1993," he collaborated as researcher, writer and assistant director on four of Perlov's films.

In 1994 he produced "Video Dance Premiers 1994," a collection of videodance made for the Batsheva Dance Company.

He is the president and co-owner with Nancy Sexton of 4881 LLC, a multifaceted platform, serving as a launch pad for creativity.

He is the co-author with Nancy Sexton of "Write Your Film," a screenwriting manual exploring their unique writing system and collaboration.

elected Films

*"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

*1999 Rockie Award for Best Made-For-TV Movie 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"
*1995 Best Documentary Award at the [http://www.medfilmfestival.org/medfilm2008/intro.html MedFilm Festival] , Italy, for "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God"
*1993 Grand Prix Coronne D'Or at the Casablanca international film festival, Morocco, for "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God"
*1993 Best Production Award by the Israeli Film Institute, Israel, for "Exodus - A journey to the mountain of God"
*1992 Grand Jury Award at the Algarve International Film Festival, Portugal, for "For the Sake of Appearance"
*1992 Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, USA, for "For the Sake of Appearance"
*1992 The President Award at the Mons International Film Festival, Belgium, for "For the Sake of Appearance"
*1992 Silver Medal Award at the Hiroshima Film Festival, Japan, for "For the Sake of Appearance"

Other Work

*"Write Your Film (book) (2008)

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003000/ Alon Bar] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.foureighteightone.com 4881 LLC official website]
* [http://www.foureighteightone.com/book.htm Write Your Film official website]

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