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David Gelb | |
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| Born | October 16, 1983 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
David Gelb (born October 16, 1983) is an American director of film and television.
He is most known for his documentary work on the subject of food and cuisine, including the 2011 film Jiro Dreams of Sushi , [1] [2] [3] the Netflix series Chef's Table and Street Food , and the 2021 film Wolfgang .
Gelb was born in Manhattan, New York City. He attended the Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and graduated from the University of Southern California. [4] His father is Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera; his paternal grandfather was Arthur Gelb, a former managing editor of The New York Times . [4] In 2016, he married Christine D'Souza Gelb, who is the principal of the A24-backed production and talent management firm, 2AM.
David Gelb released Jiro Dreams of Sushi in 2012. [5] He created a food documentary series for Netflix called Chef's Table , which he considers a follow-up to Jiro Dreams of Sushi. [6] [7]
Gelb's 2015 documentary, A Faster Horse, examines the development of the 2015 Ford Mustang, a film timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Mustang. [8]
Gelb, Brian McGinn and Jason Sterman produced Marvel's 616 , a documentary series about the impact of Marvel Comics on culture. [9]
| Year | Title | Genre | Notes |
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| 2002 | Lethargy | Short | Director |
| 2011 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Documentary | Director |
| 2015 | The Lazarus Effect | Horror | Director |
| Chef's Table | Series | Creator | |
| A Faster Horse | Documentary | Director | |
| 2019 | Street Food | Series | Creator |
| 2020 | Marvel's 616 | Series | Creator |
| 2021 | Wolfgang | Documentary | Director |
| 2021 | A Spark Story | Documentary | Producer |
| 2022 | Poached [10] | Documentary | Director |
| The Menu | Dark comedy | Second-unit director |
| Year | Title | Award | Work |
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| 2015 | Best Episodic Series | International Documentary Association | Chef's Table |
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Daisuke Nakazawa is head chef of the eponymous Sushi Nakazawa in New York City. Nakazawa apprenticed at Sukiyabashi Jiro under Jiro Ono, and appeared in the David Gelb documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Nakazawa lived and worked in Seattle, at Sushi Kashiba under chef Shiro Kashiba, another Jiro Ono mentored chef, for several years before coming to New York to open Sushi Nakazawa, where he remains.
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A Faster Horse is a 2015 American documentary film directed by David Gelb about the Ford Mustang. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Yoshikazu Ono is a Japanese chef who works at Sukiyabashi Jiro under his father, Jiro Ono. He was featured in the 2011 film Jiro Dreams of Sushi. He has a younger brother, Takashi, who owns a second establishment in Roppongi Hills.
Street Food is an American documentary that premiered on Netflix on April 26, 2019, created by David Gelb and Brian McGinn, exploring street food around the world. Archival footage is combined with face-to-face interviews and follows street food chefs and their history, which is intertwined with the big picture of how influential street food is on their native country.
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