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alon bar accepts the banff rockie award 2 kibbutz reshafim , israel 1991 - present 2 april 1966 sigal meyuhas 1999 los angeles , california , usa alon banff solo.jpg alon bar
 alon bar filmmaker screenwriter , producer , director , author
alon bar

alon bar -lrb- hebrew : אַלּוֹן בָּר ; born april 2 , 1966 in kibbutz reshafim , israel -rrb- is an israeli-american filmmaker .
he wrote the award winning feature film `` aaron cohen 's debt , '' .
which he later adapted to the award winning american screenplay `` under arrest '' .
he directed , wrote and produced the award winning documentary film `` exodus - a journey to the mountain of god , '' which was the first israeli film ever to participate a film festival in an arab country .
he is a graduate of the american film institute conservatory with a master degree in screenwriting .
he holds a bachelor degree in film and television from tel aviv university .
he participated in sources 2 , the screenwriting laboratory of the european union ' media ii initiative and taught documentary filmmaking at ucla extension .
in 1993 , while still a student in tel aviv , he became the protégé of director david perlov , a laureate of the israel prize .
following their first project , `` tel katzir 1993 , '' he collaborated as researcher , writer and assistant director on four of perlov 's films .
in 1994 , he produced `` video dance premiers 1994 , '' a collection of videodance made for the batsheva dance company .
in the early 2000s he collaborated on the un-produced screenplay `` whiteout '' with carl gottlieb , and wrote the un-produced screenplay `` plastic bridges , '' through improvisations with a group of actors including enrico colantoni and amy pietz .
since 2006 , he is the president and co-owner with nancy sexton of 4881 llc , a multifaceted platform , serving as a launch pad for creativity .
amongst others , the collaboration between bar and sexton created the award winning screenplay `` type o , '' and the screenplays to the romantic comedy `` bonus day '' and the animation feature `` ruby '' , both currently -lrb- 2013 -rrb- in pre-production .
in 2011 , he co-authored with nancy sexton the book `` write your film , '' a screenwriting manual exploring the two unique writing system and collaboration .
