Ari Sandel
{{short description|American filmmaker}}
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| birth_name = Ari Devon Sandel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|09|05|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Calabasas, California, U.S.
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| education = MFA USC School of Cinematic Arts
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 2005–present
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Ari Devon Sandel (born September 5, 1974){{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/ari_d_sandel_born_1974_12401077|title=Ari D Sandel, Born 09/05/1974 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|publisher=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1847738/bio?ref_=nmmi_bio_sm|title = Ari Sandel| website=IMDb }} is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the short film West Bank Story (2005), which won the 2006 Academy Award in the category Best Live Action Short Film.Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2008. 745.
Life and career
Sandel was born and raised in Calabasas, California, the son of Kathy (Hale) and Dan Sandel.{{cite web|url=http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_c71cb4df-e297-54b0-897b-5b8c26d5b754.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130906183248/http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_c71cb4df-e297-54b0-897b-5b8c26d5b754.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2013|title=In the winner's circle|work=Malibu Times}} His father is Israeli and his mother is American. He is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/14444/|title = Director Ari Sandel 'Banks' on Oscar buzz with short 'Story'|date = 23 February 2007}} He studied Media Arts at the University of Arizona in Tucson where he also received a special certificate in Middle Eastern Studies. He went on to earn his Directing MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema–Television. West Bank Story premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and has screened at over one hundred fifty film festivals worldwide, winning prizes from 30.
Sandel also directed a 2006 documentary, Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2015, Sandel's feature film directorial debut, teen comedy The DUFF, was released in theaters.
Sandel directed the horror comedy sequel Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, which began filming in February 2018, and which was released in October of that year.{{cite magazine|last=Lang|first=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/goosebumps-2-jack-black-1202637463/|title=Ari Sandel Will Direct Goosebumps 2|date=December 12, 2017|magazine=Variety|access-date=December 12, 2017}}
In 2024, Sandel and fiancé Sabine Moestrup welcomed a baby girl together.
Filmography
Short films
- West Bank Story (2005)
Documentary
Television
- Aim High (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/crackle-aim-high-season2-1074175/|title=Exclusive: Crackle Acquires McG-Produced Comedy Aim High, Greenlights Second Season|work=TV Guide|author=Michael Schneider|date=December 4, 2013|access-date=September 3, 2021}}
- Shadowhunters (2018)
Feature films
- The DUFF (2015)
- When We First Met (2018)
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
References
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External links
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Category:American people of Israeli descent
Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
Category:People from Calabasas, California
Category:University of Arizona alumni
Category:USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni