Biography
Alma Har'el is an Israeli-American music video and film director. She is best known for her 2019 feature film debut Honey Boy, for which she won a Directors Guild of America Award. Her 2011 documentary Bombay Beach, which took the top prize at Tribeca Film Festival, received a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. In 2016, her documentary LoveTrue won the Grand Prix Best Documentary Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The same year, Har'el was named one of the "Top 12 fe...
Known For
Complete Filmography
You Resemble Me
2022
Executive Producer
Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
2022
as Self (uncredited)
After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Box...
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
2022
Director, Executive Producer
After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Box...
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
2021
Director, Editor, Producer
Witness Bob Dylan in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work.
Honey Boy
2019
Director, Producer
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based...
11/8/16
2017
Director
U.S. citizens in more than 25 states are followed as they set out on the morning of the presidential election, throughout the course of the day, until...
Jellywolf
2017
Director, Writer
Set in a magical realist vision of Downtown LA, a young woman sets out on a journey to discover her inner queendom with the help of a mysterious shama...
LoveTrue
2016
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
From an Alaskan strip club, a Hawaiian island, and the streets of NYC—revelatory stories emerge about a deeper definition of love.
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2013
Director
Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from...
Bombay Beach
2011
Producer, Editor, Director
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle o...
Beirut: Elephant Gun
2007
Director
A music video made for the track “Elephant Gun.”
Mockingbird
N/A
Director, Producer
In a world without art, children, or books, humanity’s future hinges on a love triangle between an android, a man and a woman.