Doing Time Doing Vipassana - Full official version
Early life
Ariel was born in 1958 in Israel.
Career
In 1978 she moved to New York City and spent nine years studying and working as a musician and a photographer.
In 1980 she received a diploma from the Germain School of Photography in New York City. From 1983 to 1984 she was the Managing Director of the International Production Manual - The Producer’s Masterguide.
Between the years of 1987 and 1995 she lived and worked in Asia.
In 1995, Ms. Ariel returned to Israel where she established the production company Karuna Films Ltd., together with Ayelet Menahemi. Since then she has produced and co-directed several documentaries, among them the award winning Doing Time, Doing Vipassana (1997), which made a great impact on prison systems all over the world, and won the Pass Award of The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (USA). In 2005, Doing Time, Doing Vipassana was re-released for screenings all over the USA. Ms. Ariel’s film, It’s About Time won the Best Documentary and Best Script prizes at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, the 2002 Japan Prize for Best Documentary, and participated in INPUT 2002, IDFA, and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Her films have been broadcast on PBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, the National Geographic Channel, and the Discovery Channel.
Between 2012 -2013 she worked as the COO of Hostr, a web platform that curated talent for live performances in home venues. Since 2014 she is the Director of Communication of Prof. Yuval Noah Harari.
Filmography
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana; written and directed by Eilona Ariel and Ayelet Menahemi
Israel, 1997, 70 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English Subtitles
It's About Time; by Ayelet Menahemi and Eilona Ariel
Israel, 2001, 54 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English Subtitles
The Compass
Pilgrimage to the Sacred Land
Global Pagoda
Beyond the Gardens (a film about Baron de Rothschild)
