Carl Haber


Carl Haber is an American filmmaker and professor of film.
Haber has had a career as a writer, director and producer in independent film. An American who has spent a good part of his life out of America, and married to a European, he is also a professor of film courses and has recently founded the Rome International Film School.

Background

Carl Haber was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1956. In 1968, his family went to live in Shiraz, Iran and the experience, though lasting under a year, had a profound impact on him. After earning a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate degree from the London International Film School, Haber moved to New York City, and began working with Maysles Films and Max Mambru Films.
Haber has directed, written, and produced feature films, documentaries and commercials in New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Vienna, Rome, Los Angeles and Prague. His most notable credits include "The Wrong Mr. Johnson", a romantic comedy feature film, "L’amico di Wang" an Italian feature film, the PBS WonderWorks film "Gryphon" starring Amanda Plummer and the Lions Gate production "Prisoner of Love". A member of the Writers Guild of America since 1988, he has several new films in development with international producers.
In 1994, Haber married Romanian actress and writer Carmen Burcea.
From 2005 to 2008, Haber was faculty chair and taught direction and acting for directors at PCFE Film School in Prague, the Czech Republic. He taught courses in screenwriting, film direction and related film courses at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of the Arts and Drexel University. In 2013 he and his wife moved back to Rome, where he taught film courses at the American University of Rome. From January through June 2016 he served as a professor in the Film and TV Department at Savannah College of Art and Design supervising selected senior films in the Featured Films Initiative. Returning to Rome, he has founded and launched the Rome International Film School.

Filmography

Genre: Drama

Screenwriter, Director, Producer

Vertical format short film about sexism, corruption and abuse of power

Starring: Luigi Di Fiori, Ada Nistico', Yaz Yuceil, Piero Nicosia
Genre: Mystery

Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Series Co-Creator

TV pilot for "Gray Areas" based on original story by Carmen Burcea-Haber

Starring: Luke Mullinger, Beatrice Fedi
Genre: Romantic Comedy

Writer, director, producer: Carl Haber

Starring: Klara Issova, Nick Mancuso, Jeffrey Joseph, Lucie Vondrackova, Hynek Cermak, Daniela Choderova

Fifty-One/Fifty Films
Genre: Documentary

Director: Carl Haber

Writer: Carmen Burcea-Haber

Starring: Carmen Burcea-Haber

Independent Production
Genre: Documentary

Writer, director: Carl Haber

Independent Production
Genre: Thriller

Writer : Carl Haber

Writer : Carl Haber, Lauren McLaughlin

Director: Steve DiMarco

Starring: Naomi Campbell, Eric Thal

Lions Gate Films
Genre: Comedy

Starring: Stephania Rocca, Stephen Gevedon, Antonino Juorio

Writer, director, producer: Carl Haber

Screened at Naples Film Festival/Vieste Film Festival

Lucky Red, Rossellini & Associati
Genre: Documentary

Writer, director: Carl Haber

RAI, “Mixer” series
Genre: Documentary

Writer, director: Carl Haber

RAI, “Mixer” series
Genre: History

Editor: Carl Haber

“Enemy Mine” series

Rossellini & Associates
Genre: Documentary

Line Producer: Carl Haber

Director: Curt Faudon

Produced by Faudon Films for ORF-TV
Genre: Drama

Writer : Carl Haber

For Italian Mediaset television network
Genre: Comedy

Writer, director: Carl Haber

Television pilot for RAI-SAT
Genre: Comedy

Director: Carl Haber

Starring: Angela Finocchiaro, Ruggero Cara

Television series for RAI
Genre: Documentary

Line producer: Carl Haber

Director: Curt Faudon

Produced by Faudon Films for ORF-TV
Genre: Family/Inspirational

Writer: Manuel Arce, Carl Haber

Producer: Manuel Arce, Carl Haber

Starring: Amanda Plummer

PBS WonderWorks Series
Genre: Adventure/Crime

Writer: Manuel Arce, Carl Haber

Dois Irmaos Films
Genre: Music/Drama

Associate Producer: Carl Haber

Director: Leon Ichaso

Assistant Director: Carl Haber

Max Mambru Films/Miramax Films
Genre: Short Comedy

Writer, director: Carl Haber

Featured at Montreal World Film Festival
Genre: Silent Film

Writer, director: Carl Haber

Featured at Montreal World Film Festival
Genre: Short Drama

Writer, director: Carl Haber
Genre: Fake documentary

Producer: Carl Haber

Director: Pedro Rojas
Genre: Short Documentary

Director: Carl Haber

Featured at Philadelphia Film Festival