Uri Rosenwaks

Background

Uri Rosenwaks was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Beersheba, and currently resides in Ramat Gan.

Career

He is a graduate of the School of Film and and has a Master"s degree in Near Eastern Studies both from Tel Aviv University. Rosenwaks embarked on his creative career in 1991 and since then he has directed, written and produced a large number of projects for cinema and television, including documentary, fictional and current affairs He served as the chairperson of The Israeli Filmmakers Forum between 2010-2013.

The film"s debut will take place at the Copenhagen International Festival in November 2015.

Achievements

• His recent works include. "The Nobelists" 2015, "Leibowitz: Faith, Country and Manitoba" (in collaboration with Rinat Klein) Honorable Mention at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2012, and the award winning series "Lod Between Hope and Despair" (in collaboration with Eyal Blachson), winner of Best Series, The Israeli Awards 2013 and The Israeli Awards 2013. What began as an afternoon course for teaching the use of a video–camera evolved into a full scale documentary workshop that has already produced two films: "The Film-Class" which premiered in the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2006 and won the Israeli television Film of the Year Award for 2007 was the first project, followed by "Back and Forth" which Rosenwaks produced and is made up of four short stories, all directed by Bedouin directors on their professional debut. His graduation film "Saturday of the Groom" (fictional 1991) won the Israeli Film Institute Award for film of the year 1992 and The Israeli Directors Guild Award for Best Director.