David Gelb

David Gelb, who was born in Manhattan, New York City, the USA, is the son of Peter Gelb and Grandson of Arthur Gelb. David’s father, Peter Gelb, was the general manager of Metropolitan Opera. David attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in NYC. He stood second in New York City-wide English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Monologue Competition. David Gelb is an American Director and Producer. Film called “Lethargy” was David’s first release in 2002. Gelb was the co-writer, Co-Director of “Lethargy” and he also starred in it with Edward Burns Edward Fitzgerald Burns was born on January 29, 19 >> Read More... and Robert Downey Jr One of the Hollywood’s elite and utmost paid actor >> Read More... . With his first success of “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” which was released in 2011, David mainly focused on the Japanese culture and in one of the interviews, he mentioned that “the story of ‘Jiro’ says so much about the value of hard work and doing the work for the “Sake of work” not just for the rewards of it. The journey itself is the destination, and that is the importance of journey. Do what you love to do though it seems dangerous.”

David also related Philip Glass’s music with Jiro’s work-ethic in Jiro Dreams of Sushi. He was nominated for Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize and International Jury Award for “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”. The show (documentary) called Chef’s Table (2015) is the one, in which each episode is an hour long version of Jiro Dreams of Sushi but related to different chefs and each with a different kind of personal story. David is the director of this show. He won IDA award for “Chef’s Table” Next hit release of David Gelb was “ The Lazarus Effect Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2015), starring Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde was born on March 10th, 1984 in NewYo >> Read More... and Mark Duplass. This was the first time he chose another creative path as it was his narrative feature debut.