In order to bring these visions to life, OneVoice is selecting ten foremost directors – International, Israeli, Palestinian, and Hollywood – to turn the most compelling essays into short films.
The panel of directors will choose from the pool of winners, selecting 10 of the best to use as their inspiration. These directors will have creative license to craft 1-5 minute videos portraying the visions of the children for imagine: 2018.
The process will be overseen and facilitated by the Lead Producer, Nina Jacobson - Executive Producer at DreamWorks Studios. She will help in selecting and matching the directors, producers, screen writers, and student essayists, and will liaise with the teams.
Director's Cut Filmmakers:
- Davis Guggenheim, Director of "An Inconvenient Truth"
- Danny DeVito, Producer of such films as "Erin Brokovitch" and "Garden State"
- Emmanuel Lubetzki, Cinematographer of "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and "Great Expectations"
- Brad Silberling, Director of "Lemony Snicket" and "City of Angels"
- Doug Liman, Producer of the "Bourne" films
- Scott Frank, Writer of "Get Shorty" & "Minority Report," and Director of "The Lookout "
- Rani Blair, Head of the Israeli Directors' Guild
- Eran Riklis, Dirctor of "The Syrian Bride" and "The Lemon Tree"
- Mohammed Bakri, Producer/Director of "Jenin, Jenin"
- Elia Suleiman, Director of "Divine Intervention" and "Chronicle of a Disappearance"
Many other members of the entertainment community have also signed on to help:
- Moshe Danon, prominent Israeli producer, will be producing the Israeli short films;
- Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal, Heads of Sony Studios, offered to make their facilities available to help production of the short films where necessary;
- Lawrence Bender, producer of "Goodwill Hunting" and "Pulp Fiction," has committed to advise on the ‘final cuts’ to help edit the compilation of the TV special;
- Roger Jackson and Amy Waddell of the Annenberg Foundation will team up to produce a film short.
An Advisory Committee of entertainment community leaders is also in formation to help guide this process. Members include Laura Ziskin from Sony Studios, Nina Jacobson, Jason Alexander, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Mike Medavoy, David Lonner, Jehane Noujaim, Michael Lynton, Amy Pascal, Davis Guggenheim, Lawrence Bender, Roger Jackson, and Marc Platt. Other members of OneVoice’s Entertainment Council are in the process of being briefed.
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