Duki Dror / Director and producer
Zygote Films Ltd
Educated in film and theater at UCLA and in Columbia College Chicago, Duki Dror is an award-winning filmmaker of documentaries. Among his critically-acclaimed documentaries: My Fantasia (2000) tells the story of his father who was a political prisoner in Iraq; Raging Dove (2002) – the story of Arab-Israeli world boxing champion Johar Abu-Lashin – premiered at SXSW festival, aired on The Sundance Channel and won many awards; The Journey of Vaan Nguyen (2005) – a feature documentary about the Vietnamese “boat people” – won Remi Award at Houston Worldfest, and showcased in more than 30 festivals. His latest award winning film Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions a documentary about the modernist architect Erich Mendelsohn is touring in dozens of film festivals around the world.
Paul Saadoun / Co-producer
Seconde Vague Production, France
After having written and directed documentaries films, he created Seconde Vague Production last year after leaving the
company 13 Production. He producesdocumentaries and fictions. Many of them were selected and awarded by great festivals.
He is member of the Council of the Documentary Film Festival «Vues sur les Docs » and of the « Festival de la Fiction de La
Rochelle ».
Yael Shavit / Co-Producer
A highly experienced producer in cinema and television. In the last 25 years Yael Shavit was involved in the development and the production of feature films, TV dramas and documentaries. Among them: Sisay by David Gavro, that won Best Documentary Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Shavit has also produced films directed by Duki Dror- The Journey of Vaan Nguyen and Side Walk. In addition, she was the managing director of the prestigious “Doc Seminar” and a publisher of “Ain Be’ain” a journal for film essays and critiques. Yael was the producer of the Jerusalem International Film Festival for 7 consecutive years.
Philippe Bellaiche / Cinematographer
Philippe Bellaiche is a French cinematographer educated at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis Lumiere. His credits include: academy award winner One day in September by Kevin MacDonald, Raging Dove by Duki Dror, Route 181 by Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi, Orange by Amos Gitai, Forget Baghdad by Samir and Gypsy Davy by Rachel Jones.
Chen Shelach / Editor
An experienced documentary editor and filmmaker, he teamed up with Duki Dror on several future projects. In production are two feature documentaries: Photonovela (directed by Shelach' produced by Dror) and Revolution Girls (co-directed by Shelach and Dror).
Galia Engelmayer-Dror/Script
Galia writes and edits scripts for documentary films and has teamed up with Duki Dror on several projects such as: Side Walk, Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions, and Photonovella.
Zygote Films Ltd
Educated in film and theater at UCLA and in Columbia College Chicago, Duki Dror is an award-winning filmmaker of documentaries. Among his critically-acclaimed documentaries: My Fantasia (2000) tells the story of his father who was a political prisoner in Iraq; Raging Dove (2002) – the story of Arab-Israeli world boxing champion Johar Abu-Lashin – premiered at SXSW festival, aired on The Sundance Channel and won many awards; The Journey of Vaan Nguyen (2005) – a feature documentary about the Vietnamese “boat people” – won Remi Award at Houston Worldfest, and showcased in more than 30 festivals. His latest award winning film Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions a documentary about the modernist architect Erich Mendelsohn is touring in dozens of film festivals around the world.
Paul Saadoun / Co-producer
Seconde Vague Production, France
After having written and directed documentaries films, he created Seconde Vague Production last year after leaving the
company 13 Production. He producesdocumentaries and fictions. Many of them were selected and awarded by great festivals.
He is member of the Council of the Documentary Film Festival «Vues sur les Docs » and of the « Festival de la Fiction de La
Rochelle ».
Yael Shavit / Co-Producer
A highly experienced producer in cinema and television. In the last 25 years Yael Shavit was involved in the development and the production of feature films, TV dramas and documentaries. Among them: Sisay by David Gavro, that won Best Documentary Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Shavit has also produced films directed by Duki Dror- The Journey of Vaan Nguyen and Side Walk. In addition, she was the managing director of the prestigious “Doc Seminar” and a publisher of “Ain Be’ain” a journal for film essays and critiques. Yael was the producer of the Jerusalem International Film Festival for 7 consecutive years.
Philippe Bellaiche / Cinematographer
Philippe Bellaiche is a French cinematographer educated at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis Lumiere. His credits include: academy award winner One day in September by Kevin MacDonald, Raging Dove by Duki Dror, Route 181 by Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi, Orange by Amos Gitai, Forget Baghdad by Samir and Gypsy Davy by Rachel Jones.
Chen Shelach / Editor
An experienced documentary editor and filmmaker, he teamed up with Duki Dror on several future projects. In production are two feature documentaries: Photonovela (directed by Shelach' produced by Dror) and Revolution Girls (co-directed by Shelach and Dror).
Galia Engelmayer-Dror/Script
Galia writes and edits scripts for documentary films and has teamed up with Duki Dror on several projects such as: Side Walk, Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions, and Photonovella.
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