Ruben Amar
French screenwriter, director and producer
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Ruben Amar (born in 1974[1]) is a French screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for the independent feature film Swim Little Fish Swim and his two last short films Checkpoint and A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me.
Ruben Amar | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 51–52) Montpellier, France |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter and producer |
Career
Early career and short films
Amar attended business school and worked for startups and television production companies[2] before deciding to pursue cinema and attending filmmaking workshops in London.
Between 2007 and 2011, Amar directed several short films,[3] shot in Paris, London and New York and on the Israeli-Palestinian border. These films appeared in many international festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and South by Southwest (SXSW).[4][unreliable source?]
Checkpoint, one of his last short films, premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[5] in 2011 where it won the Youth Critics' Award.[6] The film tells the story of a young Palestinian boy living in the Gaza Strip who accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village.[7] Checkpoint was exhibited worldwide in international film festivals including Slamdance,[8] the Palm Springs International Film Festival,[9] Raindance,[7] and the Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier.[10] Checkpoint was broadcast by international TV channels (TPS, BeTV,[11] Canal+ Poland, RTBF[12]). Reviewers praised the film's story and cinematography.[13][14]
Feature films
A year later, following the success of Checkpoint, Ruben Amar started co-writing, co-directing and co-producing with Lola Bessis their first feature film, Swim Little Fish Swim (2013).
Ruben Amar also produced Nathan Silver's feature film, Thirst Street[15] (2017) with his new production company PaperMoon Films.
Filmography
Feature films
- Swim Little Fish Swim (2014) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Thirst Street (2017) - Producer
Short films
- Objet perdu(e) (2007) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Des Mots Silencieux (2007) - Writer, Director & Producer
- L'Absente (2008) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Mauvaise Route (2008) - Writer & Producer
- A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me (2010) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Checkpoint (2011) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Don't Let the Sun Blast Your Shadow (2011) - Writer, Director & Producer