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==Career==
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Azar specializes in directing and producing multi-camera live performing arts events for broadcast. Trained as a composer, he is one of the few directors in the world who combines deep musical knowledge, a distinguished background in narrative storytelling and the technical capacity to manage 10+ camera live broadcasts. He has directed nearly 500 hours of network television and works regularly at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He is the director of the NY Philharmonic’s facebook live series. Azar has filmed ensembles including Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Itzhak Perlman, Wynton Marsalis, the 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" />
 
===Film===
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'' 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|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. His second feature film ''Saint Janet'' stars Kelly Bishop and was released by Indie Rights.<ref name=":0" />
 
Azar's first feature film ''[[Armless (2009 film)|Armless]]'' was an official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and went on to screen and win awards in 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=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409063514/http://festival.sundance.org/2010/press_industry/releases/2010_sundance_film_festival_announces_films_in_premieres/ |archivedate=2010-04-09 |df= }}</ref> His second feature film [[Saint Janet (film)|''Saint Janet'']] starred Kelly Bishop.<ref>http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/Kelly-Bishop-to-Star-in-Indie-Film-SAINT-JANET-20130701</ref>
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