Carl Haber

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Carl Haber

Born 1956
Occupation Filmmaker

Carl Haber, born in 1956, is an American writer and filmmaker.

Carl Haber’s eclectic life and career has made him a distinctive voice in independent film, driven by stories set in different cultures. An American who has spent a good part of his life out of America, and married to a European, Carl Haber combines in his work influences of his family traditions with those of the places he has adopted and lived in over the years.

[edit] 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 diploma from the London International Film School, Haber moved to New York City, and began working with Maysles Films and Max Mambru Films.

Carl 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 "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 (WGA) since 1988, he has several new films in development with international producers.

In 1994, Carl Haber married Romanian actress and writer Carmen Burcea.

Since 2005, Carl Haber teaches at PCFE Film School in Prague, the Czech Republic.


A second Carl Haber is a particle physicists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who has discovered a way to adapt technology they're using for atom smashing to "read" old records. This will make it possible to transfer tens of thousands of old, scratchy recordings from the Library of Congress into crisp, clean digital format. Haber and Fedayev were building extremely precise detectors to be used in particle accelerators. http://www.acfnewsource.org/science/digitizing_vinyl.html

[edit] Filmography

  • THE WRONG MR. JOHNSON (2007)

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

  • LAST BUS TO BAGHDAD (2003)

Genre: Documentary
Director: Carl Haber
Writer: Carmen Burcea-Haber
Starring: Carmen Burcea-Haber
Independent Production

  • MARS, PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE (2002)

Genre: Documentary
Writer, director: Carl Haber
Independent Production

  • PRISONER OF LOVE (1999)

Genre: Thriller
Writer (story): Carl Haber
Writer (screenplay): Carl Haber, Lauren McLaughlin
Director: Steve DiMarco
Starring: Naomi Campbell, Eric Thal
Lions Gate Films

  • L’AMICO DI WANG (1997)

Genre: Comedy
Starring: Stephania Rocca, Stephen Gevedon, Antonino Juorio
Writer, director, producer: Carl Haber
Comedy Award Winner at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (1997)
Screened at Naples Film Festival/Vieste Film Festival (1997)
Lucky Red, Rossellini & Associati

  • STARWATCHERS (1997)

Genre: Documentary
Writer, director: Carl Haber
RAI, “Mixer” series

  • MISSIONE SU MARTE (1997)

Genre: Documentary
Writer, director: Carl Haber
RAI, “Mixer” series

  • THE KICKHAMS (1993)

Genre: History
Editor: Carl Haber
“Enemy Mine” series (aired by RAI, Channel 4 and other key European broadcasters)
Rossellini & Associates

  • MELTING POT OF ILLUSIONS (1992)

Genre: Documentary
Line Producer: Carl Haber
Director: Curt Faudon
Produced by Faudon Films for ORF-TV (Austria)

  • HEART BE STILL (1992)

Genre: Drama
Writer (screenplay): Carl Haber
For Italian Mediaset television network

  • THE DR. FRITZ SHOW (1991)

Genre: Comedy
Writer, director: Carl Haber
Television pilot for RAI-SAT (Italy)

  • IL CALCIO E’… (1990)

Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Haber
Starring: Angela Finocchiaro, Ruggero Cara
Television series for RAI (Italy)

  • THE LAUGHING GOD (1989)

Genre: Documentary
Line producer: Carl Haber
Director: Curt Faudon
Produced by Faudon Films for ORF-TV (Austria)

  • GRYPHON (1988)

Genre: Family/Inspirational
Writer: Manuel Arce, Carl Haber
Producer: Manuel Arce, Carl Haber
Starring: Amanda Plummer
PBS WonderWorks Series

  • COCHABAMBA (1988)

Genre: Adventure/Crime
Writer: Manuel Arce, Carl Haber
Dois Irmaos Films (Brazil)

  • CROSSOVER DREAMS (1985)

Genre: Music/Drama
Associate Producer: Carl Haber
Director: Leon Ichaso
Assistant Director: Carl Haber
Max Mambru Films/Miramax Films

  • FAST HEARTS (1984)

Genre: Short Comedy
Writer, director: Carl Haber
Featured at Montreal World Film Festival (1984)

  • MEO VOTO (1982)

Genre: Silent Film
Writer, director: Carl Haber
Featured at Montreal World Film Festival (1983)

  • SUMMER’S TALE (1980)

Genre: Short Drama
Writer, director: Carl Haber

  • PUNK KEBAB (1978)

Genre: Fake documentary
Producer: Carl Haber
Director: Pedro Rojas
Award of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) (1978)

  • THE TAVERN (1976)

Genre: Short Documentary
Director: Carl Haber
Featured at Philadelphia Film Festival (1976)

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