17 Facts About Alma Har'el

Alma Har'el was born on July 2,1975 and is an Israeli-American music video and film director.

Alma Har'el is best known for her 2019 feature film debut Honey Boy, for which she won a Directors Guild of America Award.

Alma Har'el is noted for her ability to artistically blur the lines between documentary and fiction.

Har'el was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family, Alma Har'el began her work as a photographer and VJing at live music concerts.

From 2014 to 2016, Alma Har'el was the Global Creative Director at immersive media company RYOT.

Alma Har'el was joined by Zach Condon of the band Beirut, whom she worked with on music videos earlier in her career, to prepare the music for the film.

Alma Har'el has shot and directed commercials for tech companies, including Airbnb's first campaign, for which she won the 2014 Clio Award for Best Cinematography and the 2015 Wood Pencil Award for Best Cinematography.

Alma Har'el was the first female filmmaker to direct a commercial for Stella Artois with 2016's ad "Isabella", which was shot by cinematographer Benoit Debie.

In 2017, Alma Har'el directed a short film for Chanel called "Jellywolf" which stars Kiersey Clemons and Lisa Bonet.

In 2016, Alma Har'el founded Free the Bid, an initiative designed to fight gender bias in the advertisement industry.

Alma Har'el made her narrative feature film debut with Honey Boy, written by and starring Shia LaBeouf in a semi-autobiographical story about his upbringing.

Alma Har'el directed Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan, a Bob Dylan concert film, which debuted on Veeps.

The film earned rave reviews for its "stunning" visuals and Alma Har'el referred to it as her "most cherished work" in an Instagram post six days after the premiere.

In 2020, Time announced the "100 Women of the Year" project and special issue, conceived by Alma Har'el, which launched for International Women's Day 2020.

In 2022, Alma Har'el created, wrote and directed Lady in the Lake, a miniseries based on the novel by Laura Lippman.

Alma Har'el becomes obsessed with unraveling the mystery of two separate killings: eleven-year-old Tessie Fine and a bartender named Cleo Sherwood.

Since 2015 Alma Har'el has been in a relationship with actor and comedian Byron Bowers, and gave birth to her first child during the production of Lady in the Lake.