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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
Born	1974 (age 47–48) Montpellier, France
Occupation	Film director, Screenwriter & Producer

Career

Early career and short films

Amar attended business school and spent time working for startups and television production companies,[2] then decided to pursue cinema and attended filmmaking workshops in London.

Between 2007 and 2011, he directed several short films,[3] shot in Paris, London, New York and on the Israeli-Palestinian border. These films appeared in many international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and South by Southwest (SXSW).[4]^{[unreliable source?]}

Checkpoint, one of his last short film has premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[5] in 2011 where it won the Youth Critic 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 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[5] Slamdance,[8] Palm Springs International Film Festival,[9] Raindance,[7] and 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

References

External links

• Ruben Amar at IMDb
• Ruben Amar at AlloCiné (French)
• Official Website

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