[2] His first summer back from Yale, he worked part-time as an intern for the conceptual artist John Baldessari, and for Ann Goldstein, who was a curator at MOCA at the time.
The diverse group of subjects includes Rachel Zoe, Oliver Stone, Perez Hilton, Michael Chow, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Marilyn Manson.
In between screenings of video portraits, Israel created three additional interviews with surprise guests Laird Hamilton, Molly Ringwald and Melanie Griffith, in front of the live audience.
[12] The first of his video series, produced in 2010, invites viewers to "watch and follow the lives of jaded young adults as they navigate the golden light and melancholic shadows of life in the magical dreamscape of Los Angeles.
Israel directed SPF-18, a feature-length teen surf film and multi-platform project, which was written by Michael Berk[14] and released on both Netflix and the ITunes Store on September 29, 2017.
It featured Noah Centineo in a starring role in addition to Molly Ringwald,[15] as well as cameos by Keanu Reeves and Pamela Anderson.