Introduction
Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972) is an American film director, producer and writer from Berkeley, California.
Bar-Lev is noted for his work in directing documentary films. He has directed such films as Fighter, a documentary film released August 24, 2001. The film received a Special Jury Citation in the 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The 2007 documentary film My Kid Could Paint That was directed by Bar-Lev, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was bought by Sony Pictures Classics in 2007.He also served as co-producer of the 2009 Oscar nominated documentary Trouble the Water.Bar-Lev also directed The Tillman Story, which premiered as a Domestic Documentary Finalist at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Bar-Lev directed Happy Valley, a film about the Penn State Jerry Sandusky Scandal. His most recent film, Long Strange Trip, explored the Grateful Dead.
Bar-Lev has taught documentary filmmaking at New York University. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.
Director/Producer
According to IMDb Bar-Lev has directed or produced the following works:
- Fighter (2000) (director)
- 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)
- Happy Valley (2014) (director)
- Long Strange Trip (2017) (director) – documentary about the Grateful Dead, executive produced by Martin Scorsese