Professor Alan Rosenthal

Alan Rosenthal, a professor emeritus of communications at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is a documentary filmmaker with more than fifty films to his credit as writer, director, or producer. His books include Succeeding as a Documentary Filmmaker: A Guide to the Professional World and From "Chariots of Fire" to "The King's Speech" Writing Biopics and Docudramas . His docudrama The First Fagin , about the transportation of convicts to Australia in the nineteenth century, was invited for special...See more

Alan Rosenthal, a professor emeritus of communications at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is a documentary filmmaker with more than fifty films to his credit as writer, director, or producer. His books include Succeeding as a Documentary Filmmaker: A Guide to the Professional World and From "Chariots of Fire" to "The King's Speech" Writing Biopics and Docudramas . His docudrama The First Fagin , about the transportation of convicts to Australia in the nineteenth century, was invited for special feature presentation at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2012. See less