Amir Bar-Lev's directorial debut, FIGHTER, was released theatrically by First Run Features in the Fall of 2001 and aired on IFC. The film was named one of the top documentaries of the year by Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice. His second film, MY KID COULD PAINT THAT, was released internationally by Sony Pictures Classics in 2007, with broadcast on Starz, A&E and BBC. The London Telegraph named it one of the top 100 films of all time. Bar-Lev traveled to New Orleans nine days after Hurricane Katrina and began filming a young married couple, both crack dealers, with a heroic story of survival during the storm. Bar-Lev served as co-producer on the resulting film, TROUBLE THE WATER, which was a 2009 Academy Award Nominee. Bar-Lev also directed THE TILLMAN STORY, a feature documentary about NFL safety Pat Tillman, who joined the Army Rangers in 2002 and was killed in a friendly fire incident two years later. Bar-Lev recently completed HAPPY VALLEY, a feature documentary about the Penn State Scandal, for A&E Indie Films.