Tal Lazar

Tal Lazar (born 20 May, 1979) is an Israeli-American filmmaker and educator. He has served on the faculty of institutions such as The American Film Institute Conservatory., Columbia University School of the Arts, Berklee College of Music and Sundance Institute's online platform. 
Lazar is an advisor to authors on the subject of filmmaking and his expertise in cinematography technology and visual storytelling is highlighted in interviews online. 
==Filmmaking Career==
Lazar is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory’s cinematography program . Following his graduation, Lazar worked with notable filmmakers such as Nicole Conn on romantic drama Elena Undone and Isaac Florentine on his action thriller Close Range. In Vietnam, Lazar collaborated with Vietnamese-American writer and director Charlie Nguyễn, filming local box office hit De Mai tinh 2 and action thriller Bụi đời Chợ Lớn.
In 2016, Lazar founded New York based production studio MiLa Media. MiLa Media's films include The Other Story, directed by Avi Nesher, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and The New Group Theater’s Waiting For Godot, starring Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo. As a sales agent, Lazar sold Every Time I Die, a film in which he served also as a lead-producer and cinematographer, and The Unborn, a film which he directed.
===Filmography===
Year	Title 	Credited 	Director
2010	Elena Undone 	Cinematographer 	Nicole Conn
2011	Three Blind Sanits 	Cinematographer 	John Eschenbaum
2012	A Perfect Ending 	Cinematographer 	Nicole Conn
2012	Matter of Family 	Cinematographer 	Tibor Takács
2012	A Wife Alone 	Cinematographer 	Justin Reichman
2013	America 101 	Cinematographer 	Richard Speight Jr.
2013	Someone I Used to Know	Cinematographer 	Nadine Truong
2013	Cho Lon 	Cinematographer 	Charlie Nguyen
2013	Tèo em 	Cinematographer 	Charlie Nguyen
2013	The Perfect House 	Cinematographer 	Kris Hulbert and Randy Kent
2014	De Mai Tinh II 	Cinematographer 	Charlie Nguyen
2015	Raven's Touch 	Cinematographer 	Marina Rice Bader and Dreya Weber
2015	Close Range 	Cinematographer 	Isaac Florentine
2018	The Other Story 	Co-Producer 	Avi Nesher
2019	Every Time I Die 	Cinematographer, Producer	Robi Michael
2020	The Unborn 	Producer, Director 	Tal Lazar
2022	The Altman Method 	Cinematographer 	Nadav Aronowicz
==Teaching Career==
After earning his MFA at the American Film Institute Conservatory, Lazar was invited to join its faculty. While teaching at AFI, Lazar developed Digital Cinematography Fundamentals for Berklee College of Music, a course offered on its online platform.
In 2018, Lazar joined the faculties of Columbia University’s School of the Arts and The City College of New York’s Media Communication Arts programs. Lazar's courses are also offered online in English, French and Chinese].
Lazar visits various other schools as a guest speaker, including Yanjing Institute of Technology Media College in Beijing, and speaks at conventions, such as the Western Association of Schools and Colleges|Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Resource Conference
Category:1979 births
Category:Israeli film directors
Category:Educators
Category:American people