Ari Sandel - was born September 5, 1974 in Calabasas California, in the family of Kathy (Hale) and Dan Sandel. His father is Israeli and his mother is American. He is Jewish. He studied Media Arts at the University of Arizona in Tucson where he also received a special certificate in Middle Eastern Studies. He went on to earn his Directing MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema–Television. West Bank Story premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and has screened at over one hundred fifty film festivals worldwide, winning prizes from 30. Sandel also directed a 2006 documentary, Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015, Sandel's feature film directorial debut, teen comedy The DUFF, was released in theaters.
In December 2017, Sandel was announced as the director of Goosebumps: Haunted Halloween, which began filming in February 2018. He is also slated to direct the upcoming live-action Monster High film adaptation.

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