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'''Habib Azar''' (born October 19, 1979 in [[Pennsylvania]], [[USA]]United States) is an American film, theater and television director based in New York City. He married his wife, Carla Azar, in 2011, and has two children.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/fashion/weddings/06STUART.html|title=Carla Stuart, Habib Azar: Weddings|last=Mallozzi|first=Vincent M.|date=2011-02-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
==Career==
Eight-time Emmy winner Habib Azar's directing work spans contemporary opera, film and TV. Azar specializes in directing and producing multi-camera live performing arts events for broadcast. Trained as a composer, he combines musical knowledge, narrative storytelling and the technical capacity to manage live broadcasts. He has directed nearly 500 hours of network television. Azar has filmed ensembles and performers including Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Wynton Marsalis, the New York Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra''.'' Azar is also a producer and director for ''The All-Star Orchestra'' on PBS.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/habib-azar|title=New York Philharmonic|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>
He began his television directing career at the daytime soap opera ''[[As the World Turns]]'' after graduating from [[Carnegie Mellon University]] at the age of 22.<ref>http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/4669</ref>
 
===Film===
In 2007, Habib Azar won an Emmy Award for directing ''[[As the World Turns]]''.<ref>http://www.cbs.com/daytime/specials/emmys_2007/nominees.shtml</ref>
Azar directed the 2018 cinemacast of Marnie for the [[Metropolitan Opera Live in HD|Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD]] series. Azar directed the ''[[Live from Lincoln Center|Live From Lincoln Center]]'' film production of ''Pipeline,'' a play by [[Dominique Morisseau|Dominque Morisseau]], during its 2017 Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/dominique-morisseaus-pipeline-arrives-on-broadwayhd-october-9|title=Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline Arrives on BroadwayHD October 9 {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|date=9 October 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref> He is the director of the New York Philharmonic’s facebook live series.
 
His first feature film ''Armless'' for which he both directed and wrote the score was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win awards at festivals around the world. ''Armless'' is an off-kilter comedy about a man who suffers from [[body integrity identity disorder]].<ref>^ {{cite web|url=http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/2010_sundance_film_festival_announces_films_in_premieres/|title=2010 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILMS IN PREMIERES &#124; Sundance Festival 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409063514/http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/2010_sundance_film_festival_announces_films_in_premieres/|archive-date=2010-04-09|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-08-03}}</ref> His second feature film ''Saint Janet'' stars Kelly Bishop and was released by Indie Rights.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="broadwayworld.com">{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Movies News|title=Kelly Bishop to Star in Indie Film SAINT JANET|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Kelly-Bishop-to-Star-in-Indie-Film-SAINT-JANET-20130701|access-date=2020-08-09|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}</ref>
Azar has directed numerous plays including Kyle Jarrow’s Gorilla Man at PS122 for which the Village Voice said his direction “snaps, crackles, and rocks.” His directing credits feature contemporary operas in the US and abroad, including Lewis Nielson’s USW which will premiere in February 2010. Azar has worked as a 3-camera rehearsal director for the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series and has directed webcasts for Live From Lincoln Center including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Wynton Marsalis. Also an accomplished composer and conductor, his most notable commission was for his second opera Heliopause, which premiered at the Wats:on? Festival in Pittsburgh. Armless is his first feature film.<ref>http://www.armlessthemovie.com/bios.html</ref>
 
===Stage===
His first feature film [[Armless (2009 film)|Armless]] was an official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, as part of the new category 'NEXT' which selects films for their innovative and original work in low- and no-budget filmmaking. Armless is an off-kilter comedy about a man who suffers from a strange psychologicial condition.<ref>^ http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/2010_sundance_film_festival_announces_films_in_premieres/</ref>
Azar's stage work focuses on world premiere and rarely performed contemporary operas.
 
He directed the world premiere of the original chamber version of Du Yun's ''Angel's Bone'' with the International Contemporary Ensemble commissioned by the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. ''Angel's Bone'' went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2017/04/10/523304153/du-yun-wins-music-pulitzer-for-angels-bone|title=Du Yun Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Angel's Bone'|website=NPR.org|date=10 April 2017|language=en|access-date=2019-06-06|last1=Huizenga|first1=Tom}}</ref>
==Directing Credits==
 
He directed the American stage premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas' ''ATTHIS'' in a well-received production that had the heroine bound in duct tape. In the climactic scene she stripped naked by violently ripping the duct tape from her body in what the New York Times said 'must be one of the most searingly painful and revealing operatic performances of recent times.'<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fonseca-Wollheim|first1=Corinna|title=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/arts/music/ariadne-greifs-searing-moment-in-opera-cabals-atthis.html}}</ref>
'' [[All My Children]]''
* Director (2013–Present)
''[[As the World Turns]]''
* Occasional Director (2002–2004)
* Director (2005–2010)
'' [[One Life to Live]]''▼
* Director (2013–Present)
''[[The Young and the Restless]]''▼
* Occasional Director (May 20, 2010–Present)
''[[Armless (2010 film)|Armless]]''
* Feature Film (2010), official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival 'Next' Category
 
His other productions include the world premiere of [[Lewis Nielson]]'s ''USW'' with Opera Cabal of Chicago<ref>{{Cite web|title=Opera Cabal at Galapagos: The revolution will be multimedia {{!}} Music, Blogs, The Volume blog {{!}} reviews, guides, things to do, film|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/the-volume-blog/opera-cabal-at-galapagos-the-revolution-will-be-multimedia|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Time Out New York|language=en}}</ref> and the 2007 production of [[Luigi Nono]]'s rarely performed ''A Floresta e Jovem e Cheja de Vida'' with the [[International Contemporary Ensemble]] toured the US and Mexico and was the subject of an extended analysis in ''[[The Drama Review]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lochhead|first=Judith Irene|date=2008-03-20|title=On Recent Performances of Luigi Nono's The Forest Is Young and Full of Life|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/233849|journal=TDR: The Drama Review|language=en|volume=52|issue=1|pages=182–189|doi=10.1162/dram.2008.52.1.182|s2cid=57564443|issn=1531-4715}}</ref>
 
Azar has directed numerous plays including ''Gorilla Man'' at PS122.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-03-15/theater/growing-pains/ |title=Growing Pains - Page 1 - Theater - New York - Village Voice |website=www.villagevoice.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128090149/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-03-15/theater/growing-pains/ |archive-date=2010-01-28}} </ref>
 
===Television===
In 2013 Azar directed all 8 episodes of the groundbreaking series ''[[All-Star Orchestra|The All Star Orchestra]]'' for PBS. The program gathered principal musicians from major American orchestras to film concert works especially for television.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wakin|first=Daniel J.|date=2012-08-31|title=Pickup Orchestra of Stars, Made for TV|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/arts/music/all-star-orchestra-records-series-for-wnet.html|access-date=2020-08-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Other live multi-camera arts specials directed by Azar include [[Yo-Yo Ma]] for ''[[Live from Lincoln Center]]'', The [[New York Philharmonic]], [[Kronos Quartet]], [[Lang Lang]], [[Mariinsky Orchestra]], [[Merce Cunningham]] Dance Company, the [[National Symphony Orchestra]], [[NHK Symphony Orchestra]], and the [[Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center]].<ref name="broadwayworld.com"/>
 
Azar has worked extensively in soap operas, having directed multiple episodes of ''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'', and ''[[One Life to Live]]''.
 
He has won 8 Emmy Awards for his work in TV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Habib Azar|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656173/awards|access-date=2020-08-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations==
[[Daytime Emmy Award]]
*Win, 2007, Directing, ''As the World Turns''
▲*Nominated, 2012, Directing, ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
▲*Win, 2014, Directing, '' [[One Life to Live]]''
 
Northwest Regional Emmy Award
 
* Win, 2016, Directing, ''The All Star Orchestra''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations & Recipients |url=https://www.natasnw.org/nominations-recipients |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=NATAS Northwest |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
New York Emmy Award
*Win, 2014, Directing, ''The All Star Orchestra''
*Win, 2015, Directing, ''The All Star Orchestra''
*Win, 2017, Directing, ''The All Star Orchestra''
*Win, 2019, Directing, ''US Marine Band with The All Star Orchestra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/US-Marine-Band-With-The-All-Star-Orchestra-Wins-Emmy-20190507|title=US Marine Band With The All-Star Orchestra Wins Emmy|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref>''
*Win, 2021, Director, ''The All Star Orchestra''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Habib Azar |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656173/awards |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1656173}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656173/ Habib Azar at IMDB]
 
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