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Alma Har'el

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Alma Har'el at an event for 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)
This IMDbrief breaks down how this year's fest wants to stand out from all the rest. Let's spotlight the women directors of Sundance 2019.
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Alma Har'el is an award-winning director who brought to life visionary work in documentary, music videos, TV commercials and scripted narrative. She is also the first woman in DGA Awards history to be nominated for both commercial directing (2018) and narrative directing (2020).

Her most recent film, Honey Boy, written by, and starring, Shia LaBeouf, made her the first woman to win the DGA Award for First-Time Feature Film. The film was distributed by Amazon Studios.

In 2016, Har'el founded her non-profit, Free The Bid, which transformed the global hiring practices of female directors in advertising, and then grew beyond measurable success into FREE THE WORK. FTW advocates for, and showcases, over 2,000 underrepresented filmmakers in 21 countries worldwide.

Har'el's passion for encouraging equality across entertainment, along with her directing work, landed her in Fast Company's "Most Creative People of 2018", Adweek's "Disruptors of 2018" and on Indiewire's list of leading "Women Who Made the World of Filmmaking a Better Place in 2018."
BornJuly 2, 1975
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 29 nominations total

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    Known for

    Noah Jupe in Honey Boy (2019)
    Honey Boy
    7.2
    • Producer
    • 2019
    Bombay Beach (2011)
    Bombay Beach
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2011
    LoveTrue (2016)
    LoveTrue
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2016
    Mockingbird
    • Producer

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      Producer



      • Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in Lady in the Lake (2024)
        Lady in the Lake
        6.0
        TV Mini Series
        • executive producer
        • 2024
      • Thomas Mann in Positive Reinforcement (2024)
        Positive Reinforcement
        6.9
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2024
      • The Toymaker (2023)
        The Toymaker
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2023
      • The Musicians (2023)
        The Musicians
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2023
      • The Permaculturist (2023)
        The Permaculturist
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2023
      • Byron Bowers in Byron Bowers - Spiritual N**ga (2022)
        Byron Bowers - Spiritual N**ga
        6.5
        TV Special
        • executive producer
        • 2022
      • You Resemble Me (2021)
        You Resemble Me
        6.9
        • executive producer
        • 2021
      • Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom (2021)
        Shadow Kingdom
        8.2
        • producer
        • 2021
      • Imogen (2020)
        Imogen
        Short
        • producer
        • 2020
      • Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
        Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
        7.1
        • producer
        • 2020
      • Noah Jupe in Honey Boy (2019)
        Honey Boy
        7.2
        • producer
        • 2019
      • Oh Bird (2018)
        Oh Bird
        6.8
        Short
        • producer
        • 2018
      • Death in the Terminal (2016)
        Death in the Terminal
        7.5
        • producer
        • 2016
      • LoveTrue (2016)
        LoveTrue
        6.6
        • producer
        • 2016
      • Bombay Beach (2011)
        Bombay Beach
        7.0
        • producer
        • 2011

      Director



      • Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in Lady in the Lake (2024)
        Lady in the Lake
        6.0
        TV Mini Series
        • Director
        • 2024
      • Byron Bowers in Byron Bowers - Spiritual N**ga (2022)
        Byron Bowers - Spiritual N**ga
        6.5
        TV Special
        • Director
        • 2022
      • Dave Burd in Dave (2020)
        Dave
        8.2
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2021
      • Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom (2021)
        Shadow Kingdom
        8.2
        • Director
        • 2021
      • Noah Jupe in Honey Boy (2019)
        Honey Boy
        7.2
        • Director
        • 2019
      • 11/8/16 (2017)
        11/8/16
        5.7
        • Director
        • 2017
      • Jellywolf (2017)
        Jellywolf
        6.9
        Short
        • Director
        • 2017
      • LoveTrue (2016)
        LoveTrue
        6.6
        • Director
        • 2016
      • Sigur Rós: Fjögur píanó (2012)
        Sigur Rós: Fjögur píanó
        7.8
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2012
      • Bombay Beach (2011)
        Bombay Beach
        7.0
        • Director
        • 2011
      • Jack Peñate: Tonight's Today (2009)
        Jack Peñate: Tonight's Today
        5.7
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2009
      • Paul L. Smith in Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring (2008)
        Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring
        7.2
        Video
        • Director
        • 2008
      • Beirut: Elephant Gun (2007)
        Beirut: Elephant Gun
        7.8
        Short
        • Director
        • 2007

      Writer



      • Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in Lady in the Lake (2024)
        Lady in the Lake
        6.0
        TV Mini Series
        • created by
        • written for television by (creator)
        • 2024

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      Spotlighting Sundance 2019's Women Directors
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      Spotlighting Sundance 2019's Women Directors

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        • July 2, 1975
        • Israel
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        • Boaz Yakin2004 - 2015 (divorced)
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