David Ofek

דוד אופק

Graduated from “Sam Spiegel” film & television school in Jerusalem

2019 Director and creator of the TV series “Chained”
Co-Director of feature film “Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive” Best First Feature – Jerusalem film festival
Director of the short “My name was Zvi” as part of the compilation “The Voice of Ahmad” DocAviv (Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival)
2018 Director of the documentary “Toklomati”
Documentary competition – Jerusalem film festival

Director of the documentary series “collaborators”.
The chapter “Around the bed of a dying collaborator” present at Haifa Film festival competition Best medium length film – Krakow Film Festival
The chapter “Israeli Hero” present at South Film Festival
The chapter “Call me Ovadia” present at the Jewish Film Festival in Jerusalem
Director of the documentary “Song of Ascents” Third at the Audience Award -DocAviv Film Festival
2017 Director of the documentary “Kati’s last war”
South Film Festival (in Sderot)
Part of the 5 finals in The Israeli documentary Film forum competition

2016 Director of the documentary series “House Call”
In competition at IDFA and Jerusalem film festivals

2015 Director and creator of the TV series “Kill grandma”
Israeli academy award for best comic series, best director, best script, best actress.

2014 Director of the second season of the TV series “Minimum wage”

Director of the documentary TV series “Couples”

2013 Director of the documentary “Handa handa 4”
The LOL award – DocAviv international documentary festival.
Best documentary – The Israeli documentary Film forum competition

Director of the documentary “In between”.
Jewish film festivals in Jerusalem, Warsaw and Taiwan.

2012 Director and creator of the TV series “Minimum wage”
Israeli academy award for best dramatic series, best director, best script.
“Input” conference – El-Salvador

2011 Director of the documentary “Luxuries”
The spirit of freedom – Jerusalem film festival
South Film festival (in Sderot)
Leipzig Film Festival

Director of the documentary TV series “Shameless”

2010 Director of the documentary “10 shorts about David Reeb” (as part of the project “Culture Heroes”)

Winner of the prestigious Landau Award funded by Mifal Hapayis, Israel’s state lottery

2009 Wins again “The art of cinema award” funded by the Culture ministry.
2008 Director of the documentary “The Tale of Nikolai & the Law of Return”
Best Documentary – Jerusalem Film Festival
Vision du reel – official competition
“Input” conference – Warsaw

2007 Director of the documentary “Bright Days”
Official competition – Jerusalem film festival

Director of the documentary “Eli Mohar – A soul player” (as part of the project “Culture Heroes”)

2006 Director of “Melanoma my Love” (113 min, 35 mm)
Israeli academy award for best drama
Rotterdam and Montreal world film festival – Official selection
Seoul Drama Awards – Final nominee

Director of the documentary “A Hebrew Lesson” (124 min, Beta)
Best director and Best editing – Jerusalem film festival
Israeli academy award for best documentary series.
Opening film New York Jewish Film Festival

2003 Director of the documentary “No. 17” (76 min, Beta)
Best Film – DocAviv (Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival)
Best Documentary – Israeli Academy Awards
Special Jury Award – Hot Docs International Film Festival 2004
International Press Award – Chicago Documentary Film Festival
Best Documentary – Syracuse International Film Festival
Amsterdam Documentary festival (IDFA)
New directors/new films – New York
“Input” conference – Denmark

2002 Director and scriptwriter of debut feature film “The Barbecue People” (103 min, 35 mm)
Silver Ombú for Best Screenplay – Mar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina
Best Dramatic Film – Dahlonega Film Festival, Atlanta
Best Film – Washington Independent Film Festival
Participated in over 25 international festivals, including Sao-Paulo, Istanbul, Hamburg

2000 Creator of series “Take-Away” for Israeli cable TV and director of four episodes
Nominated for Best Series – Israeli Academy Awards

1999 Director of documentary “5 Love Stories” (58 min, Beta)
Best Film – Doc-Aviv 2000
Best Documentary – Israeli Film Festival, US

Co-producer of documentary “Martin” by Ra’anan Alexandrovitz
Best Documentary – Jerusalem Film Festival

Director of documentary “Spanish Orchard in America” for Israel’s Channel 2
Jerusalem film festival – The Jewish spirit

1995-8 Director of the three seasons of “Bat-Yam New-York”
Israeli academy award for best drama
Participated in “Input” conference

Winner of “The art of cinema award” funded by the Culture ministry.

1994 Student director of graduation film “Home” (17 min, 16 mm)
Volgin Prize for Best Short Film – Jerusalem Film Festival
First Prize in Short Film Competition – Edinburgh International Festival
First Prize – Oberhausen Festival, Germany
Best Israeli Film – International Students’ Festival, Tel Aviv
First Prize – Israeli Film Festival, US
Special jury Award – San Francisco Festival
Participated in 50 festivals including New York and London

1992 Student director of “Hi-teq Dreams” (28 min, Beta)
Best Short Film – Jerusalem Festival 1993
Israeli Cinema Institute Prize for best Documentary, 1993
Best documentary at the school graduation ceremony
London Festival

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