Alma Har'el

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Alma Har'el (2013)

Alma Har'el ( Hebrew עלמה הראל, * 1976 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa ) is an Israeli-American music video and film director and producer, best known for her documentary Bombay Beach , but also for her debut feature film Honey Boy .

Life

Alma Har'el was born in Tel Aviv-Jaffa in 1976 and grew up in a Jewish family. There she began her career as a photographer and video artist, especially at concerts with live music. She continued this work in New York and London.

One of Har'el's best-known projects as a music video producer was a collaboration with Balkan Beat Box , including an eleven-minute video released in 2005. Her frequent collaborations with the band Beirut's Zach Condon have earned her numerous awards and nominations at film and music video festivals around the world. For example, Beirut's 2009 music video for Elephant Gun was nominated for Best Directing Debut at the MTV Video Music Awards and the Music Video Production Association Awards, and was voted 30th among the music videos of the decade by Paste Magazine .

For her documentary film Bombay Beach she received the main prize at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival .

The music video for the song Fjögur píanó by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós from 2012 was staged by Har'el together with dancer Denna Thomsen. The video was part of the Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, in which Sigur Rós asked a dozen filmmakers to each choose a song from the album and shoot a music-inspired video. For this, all those involved had received the same budget of 10,000 US dollars from the band, but no guidelines.

From 2014 to 2016 she was Global Creative Director at the immersive media company RYOT. In 2016, Har'el was named one of IndieWire's “Top 12 female filmmakers ready to direct a blockbuster”. In January 2019 she presented her debut feature film Honey Boy at the Sundance Film Festival . The film drama based on a script by Shia LaBeouf tells of the actor's childhood and youth.

In late June 2020, Har'el became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Music videos (selection)

Filmography (selection)

  • 2011: Bombay Beach (documentary)
  • 2016: LoveTrue (documentary)
  • 2017: Jellywolf (short film)
  • 2017: 11/8/16 (documentary)
  • 2019: Honey Boy

Awards

Directors Guild of America Award

  • 2020: Award for the best directorial debut ( Honey Boy )

Independent Spirit Awards

London Film Festival

  • 2019: Nomination in the competition (Honey Boy)

Sundance Film Festival

  • 2019 : Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize in the US Dramatic Competition (Honey Boy)
  • 2019: Received the US Dramatic Special Jury Award - Vision & Craft (Honey Boy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.anthemmagazine.com/berlinale-exclusive-qa-with-alma-harel/
  2. ↑ https://heavy.com/news/2019/11/alma-harel/
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121114042739/http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/features/Awards_Announced_2011_Tribeca_Film_Festival.html
  4. ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/2016/05/12-more-female-filmmakers-who-are-ready-to-direct-a-blockbuster-510414/
  5. ↑ Clarisse Loughrey: Sundance Film Festival line up: Highlights from Ted Bundy to documentaries about Harvey Weinstein and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In: independent.co.uk, November 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Ryan Lattanzio: Sam Mendes Wins DGA Award for '1917': Full Winners List. In: indiewire.com, January 26, 2020.
  8. ↑ Joey Nolfi: Uncut Gems, Lighthouse lead 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. In: Entertainment Weekly, November 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ Sundance Film Festival 2019 - US Dramatic Competition. In: sundance.org. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Har'el, Alma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES הראל עלמה (Hebrew spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli-US music video and film director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv-Jaffa , Israel