Project:

Moriah Films

// Los Angeles, United States
“Our documentaries focus on the 3,500 year old Jewish experience as well as contemporary human rights and ethical issues”
Moriah’s goal is to produce theatrical documentaries on a regular basis that both enlighten and educate while at the same time reach national and international audiences. Two of Moriahs’ films have been recipients of Academy Awards™ for Best Feature Documentary, Genocide (1981) and The Long Way Home (1997).

The Moriah Films’ Studio houses its own in-house production facility with state-of-the-art equipment. It is also the repository of the film and video archives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, totaling millions of feet of film and tens of thousands of hours of materials.


Moriah Films is the Jack and Pearl Resnick Film Division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Our documentaries focus on the 3,500 year old Jewish experience as well as contemporary human rights and ethical issues.

Many noted actors have narrated Moriah’s productions including the late Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Douglas, Sir Ben Kingsley, Nicole Kidman, Kevin Costner, Brooke Shields, Morgan Freeman, Anne Bancroft, Martin Landau, Richard Dreyfuss, Sean Astin, Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ed Asner.

Moriah’s films have been screened theatrically and broadcast around the world on HBO, Showtime, Starz/Encore, Channel 4 in the UK, ORF in Austria, RAI in Italy, as well as on German, French, Russian, Chinese, and Israeli television outlets.


The Wiesenthal Center has had a strong interest in films since its inception and benefits from the ongoing advice and counsel of some of the leaders in the film industry who serve on its Board of Trustees.

2013 Best Documentary – 'The Prime Ministers'Gold Coast International Film Festival
2007 Audience Award – 'Beautiful Music'San Diego Jewish Film Festival
2007 Best Documentary – 'Beautiful Music'Hollywood Film Festival
1997 Best Documentary – 'The Long Way Home'Acadamy Award
1997 Best Documentary – 'The Long Way Home'Chicago International Film Festival
1995 Selection – 'Liberation'Deauville Film Festival of American Cinema, France
1981 Accolade – 'Genocide'Acadamy Award
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