Ari Gold
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Contact Information*:
New York New York USA |
Contact Type: Artist |
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Bio:
ARI GOLD, an actor-writer-director (and ukulele player but that's another story) was born in San Francisco, and currently lives in New York. He was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 Faces to Watch" in independent film. Ari won a Student Academy Award (Oscar) Gold Medal and a dozen other international best-short-film prizes for "Helicopter," a narrative retelling of the aftermath of his mother's death in a helicopter crash with Bill Graham. Helicopter was called "the year's best short film" by Film Threat. His other shorts include "Culture," a one-minute distillation of world civilization which he wrote, directed, and starred in, which was called “the best 60 seconds of film at Sundance” (Reel.com), and inspired the production of Low-Fi wartime films in Yugoslavia; and "Frog Crossing" (co-directed by Jamie Babbit), which was also a Sundance hit. As an actor, Ari beat out Billy Crudup and Marlon Wayans to win "Stoner of the Year" from High Times Magazine for his performance in the Sony Classics release "Groove”. Ari has several feature scripts in various stages of development and financing, including "War Movie" (production is spearheaded by Cinema Capital). Meanwhile, Ari has produced an album for his band, "the infamous The Honey Brothers, masters of Hawaiian-Appalachian glam rock" (Village Voice). The band plays in rock clubs in New York. Filmography/Awards Info: filmography as director: "HELICOPTER": GOLD MEDAL WINNER STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS GRAND PRIX DU JURY AIX-EN-PROVNECE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BEST SHORT FILM SOUTH-BY-SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL BEST SHORT FILM BELO HORIZONTE FILM FESTIVAL BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR & AUDIENCE AWARD NYU FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT USA FILM FESTIVAL BEST STUDENT SHORT WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL JURY PRIZE NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL JURY PRIZE MOAB FILM FESTIVAL BEST SHORT VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL over 80 festival screenings screenplay published in Scenario Magazine CULTURE Sundance Film Festival South-by-Southwest Film Festival - Grand Prize (Narrative Short) Sao Paolo Short Film Festival - Audience Award Texas Film Festival - Best Short Film Belgrade Lo-Fi Film Festival Croatian Film Festival Une Nouvelle Veine Des Cinéastes Jeunes, Paris Hamburg Film Festival Hamptons Film Festival - Student Short winner Cuba Film Festival Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and other screenings FROG CROSSING lead actor, writer, co-director. 12 minutes. Telluride Film Festival Sundance Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival San Antonio Underground Film Festival - Grand Prize Sundance/Tokyo Festival Seattle International Film Festival Nantucket Film Festival and others LOOT writer, director. 5 minutes. San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Gate Award National Poetry Film Festival - First Prize Also a musician, with band: http://www.thehoneybrothers.com This Contact appears in this database if Microcinema International has screened a film directed by the Contact, a film directed by the contact is featured in a DVD distributed by the Blackchair Collection Shop, or featured an organization or activity linked with the Contact. This database is used for commercial as well as informational, non-commercial purposes. It is a historical archive of Microcinema International's activities. Inclusion in this database and archive in no way implies a continuing formal relationship or affiliation with Microcinema International or the Blackchair Label nor an endorsement of its activities by the Contact. Contact details are not displayed in order to protect privacy. If you wish to contact this artist please see their website as listed above or write Microcinema International and we will be happy to forward your e-mail.
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