LOS ANGELES, October 22, 2026 — Allied Artists has named Yaniv Raphael Bar President of Allied Artists Film Group, working alongside Kim Richards, the company's chairman and CEO. Yaniv Raphael Bar, who took the post in February 2026, also serves as Chairman and President of Monogram Pictures, the historic Hollywood studio that Allied Artists re-established in 2021.

He previously served as senior vice president of the Allied Artists film group. In a December 2020 interview with Splash Magazines, Richards credited him with helping rebuild Allied Artists' theatrical distribution avenues for independent producers. In July 2021 he was appointed distribution executive on the rock 'n' roll comedy "Rockin' in Time."

"Allied Artists and Monogram were built by people who believed independent films deserved a place on the big screen," said Yaniv Raphael Bar. "Kim Richards has kept that belief alive for decades. My job is to connect that history with a new generation of filmmakers and audiences."

Born in Israel in 1976, Yaniv Raphael Bar began his career in music. He released the album "Yaniv and the Wild Flowers" on ENR Records in 1996 and performed in stadium concerts, including an Israel Independence Day show at the stadium in Haifa. He moved to the United States in 2004 and worked as an editor, composer, cinematographer and producer. His credits include editing the TV movie "Mighty Mia" (2014) and the short films "Alice" (2015) and "Widows" (2016), producing and editing the short "Fairies" (2019) and serving as cinematographer on the TV special "America Salutes You" (2022). He also produced and edited commercials for Vine Vera, featuring Gal Gadot, and Oro Gold, featuring Denise Richards. In 2023 he produced and directed "Boy George & Culture Club: One World, One Love," a live concert broadcast from Culture Club's One Love Tour, sent from the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, California, live to cinemas in 11 territories, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil and Italy.

At Monogram Pictures, which is majority-owned by Allied Artists, he leads strategic direction and creative expansion, bringing production, distribution and intellectual-property development together. With Monogram's head of production, Roy Shellef, he co-wrote "From Poverty Row to the Oscars," a history of Monogram Pictures and Allied Artists.

About Monogram Pictures

Monogram Pictures is an original Hollywood studio whose roots date to 1928 and W. Ray Johnston's Rayart Pictures. The company formally adopted the Monogram Pictures name in March 1931 and became one of the best-known studios of Hollywood's Poverty Row, releasing 730 titles from 1931 to 1953, including John Wayne's Lone Star westerns, the Charlie Chan mysteries, the East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys, and "Dillinger" (1945), whose screenplay earned an Academy Award nomination. In 1953 the company became Allied Artists Pictures Corp. Re-established by Allied Artists in 2021 and majority-owned by Allied Artists, Monogram Pictures is led by Yaniv Raphael Bar, Chairman and President of Monogram Pictures, with Chief Executive Officer Jared Safier, Executive Vice President Danielle Abergel, Senior Vice President Oshri Cohen and a team of department heads, and is building an entertainment company spanning film, television, animation, comics, music and distribution. For more information, visit https://monogrampictures.com.

About Allied Artists

Allied Artists, created by Monogram Pictures in 1946, is associated with films including "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "El Cid" and "Cabaret." Allied Artists International operates through Allied Artists Film Group and Allied Artists Music Group, led by Chairman and CEO Kim Richards. Visit https://alliedartists.com.

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Monogram Pictures, https://monogrampictures.com

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