Jonathan Gruber
is an American director of
documentary films,
commercials
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, and
videos.
Projects that Gruber directed and produced have screened at festivals and in theaters nationwide and around the world,
and have aired on
PBS,
The
History Channel,
National Geographic
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Discovery Network
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s, and more.
His film, ''Follow Me: The
Yoni Netanyahu Story'', was an in depth look into the private life of the man who became the hero and pivotal strategist in the Israeli rescue of the Israeli hostages
from
Entebbe, Uganda following the
hijacking
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of an
Air France plane by
Palestinian militants, which
Idi Amin permitted to land in his country.
After the Jewish and Israeli passengers were separated and threatened, the Israeli government quickly devised
Operation Entebbe, which ended with the rescue of the passengers, but the death of Netanyahu. The film won awards at several national film festivals.
Gruber also directed a film about the American Civil War, ''Jewish Soldiers in Blue & Gray'',
and two other notable films. Jonathan currently has one film in development, another in pre-production, and runs a successful film and video production company, Black Eye Productions, which is hired for corporate, PSA, and non-profit work. He was a co-creator and director on the 2018 MSNBC series, The Story of Cool.
References
Other Resources
Successful Kickstarter Campaign for Deal with the Devil* Gruber'
IMDBJonathan Gruber's Website
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American documentary filmmakers
Living people
1968 births
Film directors from New York City
Syracuse University alumni