Ariel Kleiman (born 1985 in

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) is an Australian director and filmmaker based in London.

Biography

Kleiman was born to a

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family in

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; his parents emigrated from

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in the 1970s. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010 where he studied Film & TV. He is currently in development on his first feature film, with production company Warp Films.

Works

Kleiman's second year film school film, ''Young Love'', premiered at the

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in 2010 where it was awarded an Honorable Mention in Short Film Making. That same year it was showcased in Issue 11 of Mcsweeny's DVD quarterly Wholphin. In May 2010 Kleiman's graduating film, ''Deeper Than Yesterday,'' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's, Semaine de la Critique, where it was awarded the Kodak Discovery Award For Best Short Film. ''Deeper Than Yesterday'' was awarded best film prizes at over 20 film festivals, from Leeds to Beijing, including 2011 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize in International Filmmaking."Partisan director Ariel Kleiman’s brave new worlds"
''The Saturday Paper'', 6 June 2015. In 2010 Kleiman also won SOYA Qantas Spirit of Youth award & Inside Film Rising Talent award. In 2012 Kleiman's first feature film script won the Sundance Mahindra Global Filmmaking award and was selected for the Sundance Directors & Writers Labs. The film was expected to begin production in 2013. In 2015, Kleiman released a full-length film, ''

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'', a thriller about child assassins, which was meant to star Oscar Isaac but instead starred Vincent Cassell. Kleiman also directed the eighth episode of the

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drama series ''

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'', titled "Flight of the Bumblebee". Cast member

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said "Flight of the Bumblebee" was her favorite episode to film because Kleiman allowed the cast to "play around" and improvise several scenes.

References

External links

*Ariel Kleiman's official sit

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleiman, Ariel 1985 births Living people Australian Jews Australian film directors