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Dror Soref is a Director, Writer and Co-Producer American
Dror Soref (Hebrew: דרור סורף) is a filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the I Love Rocky Road music video for a then unknown "Weird Al" Yankovic in 1983, shortly after attending USC Film School. Soref later directed the Best Short Film nominated “Platinum Blonde”, which drew the attention of Paramount Studios President. Consequently, Soref was retained under contract to develop projects at Paramount Studios for him to write and direct. With the help of Paramount, “The Seventh Coin” became Soref’s debut as a feature film writer/director. Starring Peter O’Toole, “The Seventh Coin” won two festival awards in 1993, including Best Picture. Throughout the following decade Soref directed or executive produced over a hundred commercials and music videos.
In 2003, Soref returned to feature films, co-producing Basic for Columbia Pictures, starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. In 2009 Soref wrote, directed and produced the critically acclaimed thriller Not Forgotten starring Simon Baker, Paz Vega and Chloë Grace Moretz.
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Dror Soref (Hebrew: דרור סורף) is a filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the I Love Rocky Road music video for a then unknown "Weird Al" Yankovic in 1983, shortly after attending USC Film School. Soref later directed the Best Short Film nominated “Platinum Blonde”, which drew the attention of Paramount Studios President. Consequently, Soref was retained under contract to develop projects at Paramount Studios for him to write and direct. With the help of Paramount, “The Seventh Coin” became Soref’s debut as a feature film writer/director. Starring Peter O’Toole, “The Seventh Coin” won two festival awards in 1993, including Best Picture. Throughout the following decade Soref directed or executive produced over a hundred commercials and music videos.
In 2003, Soref returned to feature films, co-producing Basic for Columbia Pictures, starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. In 2009 Soref wrote, directed and produced the critically acclaimed thriller Not Forgotten starring Simon Baker, Paz Vega and Chloë Grace Moretz.
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Not Forgotten (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Dror Soref
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Chloë Grace Moretz, Claire Forlani, Michael DeLorenzo, Ken Davitian
Rating47%
Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) works as a loan officer in Del Rio, Texas and is remarried to Amaya Bishop (Paz Vega), living with her and his daughter Toby Bishop (Chloë Grace Moretz) from his first marriage. Toby is kidnapped by an unknown perpetrator leading to the involvement of the local police and eventually the FBI. The FBI begins inquiring in Jack's past only to find out he has no official records dating back farther than ten years, and there is no evidence showing how his first wife had died or where she was buried.
Directed by Mark Osborne, Janet Greek, Dror Soref, Robert K. Weiss
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Rating82%
The Seventh Coin (1993)
, 1h32Directed by Dror Soref
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Peter O'Toole, Navin Chowdhry, Alexandra Powers, John Rhys-Davies, Ally Walker, Jill Novick
Rating46%
Peter O'Toole is Emil Saber, a retired British soldier and collector of ancient coins and Biblical artifacts. To complete his collection of king Herod's coins, Emil travels to Jerusalem to seek out the seventh and final one. In his search for the coin, Emil begins to lose his mind and eventually believes that he is the reincarnated Herod himself.
Directed by Mark Osborne, Janet Greek, Dror Soref, Weird Al Yankovic, Robert K. Weiss
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Weird Al Yankovic
Scriptwriter
Not Forgotten (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Dror Soref
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Chloë Grace Moretz, Claire Forlani, Michael DeLorenzo, Ken Davitian
Roles Writer
Rating47%
Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) works as a loan officer in Del Rio, Texas and is remarried to Amaya Bishop (Paz Vega), living with her and his daughter Toby Bishop (Chloë Grace Moretz) from his first marriage. Toby is kidnapped by an unknown perpetrator leading to the involvement of the local police and eventually the FBI. The FBI begins inquiring in Jack's past only to find out he has no official records dating back farther than ten years, and there is no evidence showing how his first wife had died or where she was buried.
The Seventh Coin (1993)
, 1h32Directed by Dror Soref
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Peter O'Toole, Navin Chowdhry, Alexandra Powers, John Rhys-Davies, Ally Walker, Jill Novick
Roles Writer
Rating46%
Peter O'Toole is Emil Saber, a retired British soldier and collector of ancient coins and Biblical artifacts. To complete his collection of king Herod's coins, Emil travels to Jerusalem to seek out the seventh and final one. In his search for the coin, Emil begins to lose his mind and eventually believes that he is the reincarnated Herod himself.
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Not Forgotten (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Dror Soref
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Chloë Grace Moretz, Claire Forlani, Michael DeLorenzo, Ken Davitian
Roles Producer
Rating47%
Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) works as a loan officer in Del Rio, Texas and is remarried to Amaya Bishop (Paz Vega), living with her and his daughter Toby Bishop (Chloë Grace Moretz) from his first marriage. Toby is kidnapped by an unknown perpetrator leading to the involvement of the local police and eventually the FBI. The FBI begins inquiring in Jack's past only to find out he has no official records dating back farther than ten years, and there is no evidence showing how his first wife had died or where she was buried.
Basic (2003)
, 1h38Directed by John McTiernan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Timothy Daly, Giovanni Ribisi, Roselyn Sánchez
Roles Co-Producer
Rating64%
In Panama, a team of Army Ranger trainees and their instructor, Master Sergeant Nathan West (Samuel L. Jackson), engage in a training exercise: navigate the jungle in hurricane conditions using live fire to hit targets before rendezvousing at a bunker.
Hollywood Zap (1986)
, 1h28Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Films about video games, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ben Frank, Chuck Mitchell, Tony Cox, Walter Stocker, Shirley Prestia
Roles Executive Producer
Rating44%
Two young men hit the road to Hollywood, CA to look for money, fame, and the wild life in this youthful comedy. Tucker "Downer" Downs tires of his boring job as a clerk in a women's fashion outlet and heads West. He also hopes that he will find his father, who disappeared 24 years before. En route, Downs hooks up with wasted video addict/hustler Ben Frank. Together they have many adventures during their trek to Tinsel Town.