Alma Har'el

Alma Har'el
Har'el in January 2013
Born (1975-07-02) July 2, 1975 (age 49)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationDirector
Spouse(s)Boaz Yakin
(m. 2004; div. 2012)

Alma Har'el (Hebrew: עלמה הראל) (born July 2, 1975) is an Israeli-American music video and film director. She is best known for her 2019 feature film debut Honey Boy, for which she won a Directors Guild of America Award.[1][2]

Her 2011 documentary Bombay Beach, which took the top prize at Tribeca Film Festival,[3] received a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award.[4] In 2016, her documentary LoveTrue won the Grand Prix Best Documentary Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[5] The same year, Har'el was named one of the "Top 12 female filmmakers ready to direct a blockbuster" by IndieWire.[6]

Har'el is noted for her ability to artistically blur the lines between documentary and fiction. Stephan Holden of The New York Times wrote about Har'el's film Bombay Beach: "[it] looks and feels like a fever dream about an alternate universe. Suffused with a sense of wonder, it hovers, dancing inside its own ethereal bubble".[7]

  1. ^ Valentini, Valentina (2019-12-05). "How 'Honey Boy' Director Alma Har'el Found Love In Shia LaBeouf's Pain". Esquire. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  2. ^ "'1917' Director Takes Home Top Prize At DGA Awards". www.patch.com. Patch. January 26, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  3. ^ McCracken, Kristin (2011-04-28). "Awards Announced: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  4. ^ Staff writers. "Nokia Truer Than Fiction Award". IFC.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  5. ^ Tizard, Will (2016-07-09). "Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2016: Full List of Winners". Variety. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  6. ^ Erbland, Kate (2016-05-27). "12 More Female Filmmakers Who Are Ready To Direct A Blockbuster". IndieWire. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  7. ^ Holden, Stephen (2011-10-13). "Last Resort Remains an Oasis of Dreams". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2019-07-14.