Arie Posin | |
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| Born | Early 1970s |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Arie Posin is anIsraeli-bornAmericanfilm director andscreenwriter best known for his 2005 filmThe Chumscrubber.
Posin was born inIsrael in the early 1970s, a month after hisanti-communist parents leftRussia. His father was a filmmaker and a member of a dissident underground intellectual society.[1] He lived in Israel for the first years of his life before moving toCanada for eight years and ultimately relocating to theUnited States.[2] Though Posin's father took filmmaking "very, very seriously", Posin was not allowed to watch television when growing because his father believed that "Just like there is good food and there is junk food ... he didn't want us growing up on junk images."[3]
Posin graduated from theUniversity of Southern California (USC) in 1993, which he says was the "epilogue" offilm school after growing up with his father as a mentor.[2][3] While at USC he met filmmakerBilly Wilder, who encouraged Posin to travel, and subsequently lived inIreland, Israel,France andSpain.
When Posin returned toLos Angeles,California, he began to work at atalent agency where he made connections with agents, writers and producers.[2] He had been writing scripts "trying to break in[to]" the film industry for ten years when he decided that he would rather be a director than a screenwriter.[3] He met writer Zac Stanford, whom he asked to write the screenplay forThe Chumscrubber, and the two planned to shoot the film with their own money. Posin's girlfriend suggested that he send the script to five producers;Lawrence Bender was one to respond and passed the script on to his partnerBonnie Curtis. Posin and the producers brought the project to around sixtyproduction companies, each of whom declined, before funds were raised and production began.[3]The Chumscrubber, starringJamie Bell,Glenn Close andRalph Fiennes, was filmed in April 2004 with financing fromBob Yari's production companyEl Camino Pictures.[4] Posin was nominated for the Golden St. George award when the film was screened at the27th Moscow International Film Festival.[5][6]
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