Polyphony

Polyphony

Director and Producer Michèle Ohayon, Producer Haim Mecklberg, Executive Producer David Lonner

In a land divided by religion, politics, and painful history, young Jewish and Arab music students dare to do the unthinkable: unite through the power of classical music at Polyphony, a conservatory in Nazareth. Relationships form and conflicts arise as they work towards a performance that will challenge them to play as one on a global stage: Carnegie Hall.


Michèle Ohayon

Michèle Ohayon

Director, Producer

Michèle Ohayon is an award-winning director, writer, and producer as well as a co-chair of the Academy Of Motion Pictures’ Executive Committee for International Feature Film. She is best known for her Academy Award-nominated documentary Colors Straight Up, as well as Steal a Pencil for Me (Audience Award, Sonoma Film Festival, Yad Vashem Award), Cowboy del Amor (Winner Jury and Audience Awards, SXSW), and It Was a Wonderful Life. Her films have been featured at festivals all over the world and on television through Netflix, PBS, Showtime, HBO, and CNN as well as screened at the UN. Michèle’s latest documentary Strip Down, Rise Up, is now streaming on Netflix. Most recently, Michèle produced the HBO MAX documentary The Unbreakable Tatiana Suarez and is producing the documentary features Women Are Sacred and The Diamond Approach. Michèle created Kavana (“intention”) Entertainment Inc in order to make films that open hearts and minds.

Haim Mecklberg

Haim Mecklberg

Producer

International award-winning Israeli film and TV producer Haim Mecklberg founded 2-Team Productions in 2004. Haim’s career began as a director and writer of commercials and PSAs. He moved into feature films as an assistant director and line producer for both Israeli and American productions. In 1992 he produced his first feature film All I Know Is and has since produced mainly feature films and documentaries. His films have participated in many international film festivals and have won numerous prizes including the Israeli Academy Award for Best Film, Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Award, and Audience Awards in Venice and Locarno.

David Lonner

David Lonner

Executive Producer

David Lonner is a talent representative and producer in the motion picture and television industry with 30+ years of experience. He was a Senior Executive and Partner at most of the major talent agencies in Hollywood including William Morris, CAA, and Endeavor. He is currently an Executive Producer on America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation. He was also the Executive Producer of the show Devious Maids and the film Dope.He has discovered many of the leading filmmakers and creators of this generation including J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Wars), Matt Reeves (Planet of the Apes, The Batman), Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Holdovers), Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles), Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, The Meg), Michael Tolkin (The Player, The Offer, Escape From Dannemora) and Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood, Dope and, The Mandalorian) among many others. David also composes music.

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