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Ari Sandel

Ari Sandel

Actor, Director, Producer

Born September 5, 1974 in Calabasas, California, USA

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Ari Devon Sandel was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Calabasas and Tarzana, California. He went to Taft High School for a year and then graduated from Calabasas High. He studied media arts at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he also received a special certificate in Middle Eastern studies.

Ari started his professional career in entertainment in 1999, creating and hosting the comedic TV segment "The Traveler," for the FX Channel's The X Show (1999), in which he traveled the globe, offering a tongue-in-cheek view of the world's unknown hot spots for the young and hip.

Earning a master's degree in film from the University of Southern California in 2005, Ari directed and co-wrote the short film West Bank Story (2005), which won the 2007 Academy Award for best short film, live action. His documentary Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006) was his feature documentary directorial debut, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released nationwide in theaters in 2008. Ari then went on to direct episodes of Aim High (2011), an action comedy series that starred Jackson Rathbone and Aimee Teegarden for Warner Bros. Digital. In 2015, he directed the hit high school comedy The DUFF (2015) for CBS Films, which was nominated for a People's Choice Award and five Teen Choice Awards. Ari recently completed a romantic comedy for Netflix starring Adam Devine, titled When We First Met (2018), which premiered in 2018, and he is attached to direct a franchise launch of Universal's Monster High: The Movie (2022), based on the billion-dollar toy line from Mattel.

Ari is represented by WME and Principatto Young and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences. Ari is also represented by the Harry Walker Agency as a public speaker, and speaks globally about filmmaking and how to tackle controversial subjects through comedy.

Between projects, Ari is an adjunct professor at U.S.C's School of Cinematic Arts, where he teaches a graduate-level course on how to navigate the film business.

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7 wins and 2 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

3

Type

Year

West Side Story: A Place for Us - West Side Story's Legacy Poster

West Side Story: A Place for Us - West Side Story's Legacy Short Film2011Self

The 79th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 79th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2007Self - Winner

The X Show Poster

The X Show TV Series1999Host 'The Traveler'

Director

9

Type

Year

Goosebumps 2: Slappy's Revenge Poster

Goosebumps 2: Slappy's Revenge Feature Film2018

When We First Met Poster

When We First Met Feature Film2018

Shadowhunters Poster

Shadowhunters TV Series2016

The DUFF Poster

The DUFF Feature Film2015

Aim High Poster

Aim High TV Series2011

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Poster

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Short Film2011

The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action Poster

The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action Video2007

Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland Poster

Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland Documentary2006

West Bank Story Poster

West Bank Story Short Film2005

Producer

3

Type

Year

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Poster

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Short Film2011

West Bank Story Poster

West Bank Story Short Film2005

The X Show Poster

The X Show TV Series1999

Thanks

4

Type

Year

Step-Dog-Father Poster

Step-Dog-Father Short Film2024

Bite Size Halloween Poster

Bite Size Halloween TV Series2020

Marriage Material Poster

Marriage Material Short Film2018

Graffiti Poster

Graffiti Short Film2017

Writer

2

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Poster

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Short Film2011

West Bank Story Poster

West Bank Story Short Film2005

Editor

1

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Poster

Kadaffi Goes Hollywood Short Film2011

Music Department

1

West Bank Story Poster

West Bank Story Short Film2005

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