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Director

Oren Peli

Bio

Oren Peli is a native of Israel who came to the U.S. at the age of 19. Back home, he had dropped out of high school at age 16 to write a highly commercial painting program, then became a full-time software designer, using his skills to create animation programs and, ultimately, game software. “Paranormal Activityâ€� is his first film.

His next project, “Area 51,â€� which he also wrote, is produced by Jason Blum and executive-produced by Steven Schneider and begins production this fall in Utah.

Director- Job Description

The principal creative artist on a movie set. A director is usually (but not always) the driving artistic source behind the filming process, and communicates to actors the way that he/she would like a particular scene played. A director's duties might also include casting, script editing, shot selection, shot composition, and editing. Typically, a director has complete artistic control over all aspects of the movie, but it is not uncommon for the director to be bound by agreements with either a producer or a studio. In some large productions, a director will delegate less important scenes to a second unit director 2UD.