Dan Wohlfeiler
Independent Filmmaker
Areas of Focus: Documentaries
Biography
I was a documentary filmmaker in the 1980s, and was lucky enough to work for Bill Jersey, Judy Montell, and others. I then went to work in HIV/STD policy and prevention for the next 35 years. I’ve now retired, and have been translating and also making a documentary, “Looking for Mr. Israeli.” Yossi Israeli (his real name) was featured in a special issue of Life Magazine in 1973. He was portrayed as the symbol of the optimistic, modern, ambitious Israel of the time. The movie documents my tracking him down fifty years later, and how his life forever changed just months after the article was published.
I also served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival for 20 years, and Frameline for two.
Films
Water Wars - The Battle of Mono Lake. (2000)
Role: Independent Filmmaker
Documentary on Mono Lake and California Water Politics. First Prize Winner, Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences 1983 Eric Sevareid Award (Student Emmy). Honorable
Mention, National Educational Film Festival, 1983, and Water Educational Film Festival,
1983.
Faces of War (2000)
Role: Other
Associate Producer
Faces of War.
Direct Response Television Documentary on US Involvement in Central America. Bill
Jersey, Producer. 1985/re-edit, 1986.
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (2025)
Role: Other
Hour documentary on the 50th Reunion of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln
International Brigade in Spain. Judy Montell, producer. Nominated for Oscar for Best
Documentary, 1991.
Line producer, translator
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