Proclaimed by the LA Times as the "Trailer Titan" and placed on Entertainment Weekly's Top Creative People in Hollywood "It" List, Bob Israel has had an extraordinary career in entertainment. His achievements include producing blockbuster films that launched major careers, creating the longest running movie advertising agency in Hollywood, and overseeing the prestigious star-studded Key Art Award shows.

Along with Ron Moler, Bob is the Co-Founder and former CEO-Creative Director of Aspect Ratio. Included among the many award-winning campaigns created by the agency are Men In Black, GoldenEye, Spiderman, Groundhog Day, Forest Gump and Philadelphia. When they sold the company in 1999, Aspect had grown into the largest entertainment advertising agency in Hollywood. Bob left the company in 2004 and helped launch another prestigious agency, Workshop Creative.

Bob's feature film producing credits include the box office smash Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, which helped launch Jim Carrey's movie career. With Ron Moler, he produced the cult classic, Bachelor Party, which starred 27-year-old Tom Hanks.

Live shows include a run as Lead Producer of The Hollywood Reporter's Key Art Awards Show from 2000-2008. Featured hosts and presenters included Sarah Silverman, Clint Eastwood and Sharon Stone. Bob proudly produced a live musical for Sony Pictures at Showest starring Robert Goulet, Leslie Nielsen and an ensemble of 20 singer dancers.

In 2013, Bob returned full-time to his first love. He created The Broadway & Vine Fund to option the underlying rights to existing properties and develop them for the stage. In Spring 2019 he produced the regional premiere of The Flamingo Kid, a musical adaptation of the heartwarming movie, at the prestigious Hartford Stage. He continues to develop the show for Broadway with the Tony award-winning team of book writer/lyricist Robert Freedman, director Darko Tresnjak and composer Scott Frankel. He is also lead producing an adaptation of the movie, Mad Hot Ballroom, with the "dream team" of Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) and Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots).

Bob is a member of the motion picture academy (AMPAS) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA). He is a former officer and board member of three non-profits: A Place Called Home (since 2001), Skylight Theater Company and University Synagogue.

Bob has won several CLIO and Key Art awards as well as other accolades. He was honored with the Sepharad Cinema Lifetime Achievement Award and A Place Called Home’s Humanitarian Award. In 2012 the L.A. City Council commended him for "for improving the lives of thousands of children and families living under great duress."

He is extremely grateful to have in his life two incredible children, Jesse and Rachel, and his supportive life-partner and wife, Gail. He resides in Los Angeles.