Yoav Shamir

Based in Tel-Aviv, Yoav Shamir is an accomplished award-winning documentary director, producer and cinematographer in film and television. His work reflects his passion to probe and uncover difficult and polarizing subject matter through an observational lens, delivering penetrating and ethically challenging interviews with an accessible charm, which entertains and appeals to a broad audience. Yoav Shamir’s films have screened at international film festivals, and were broadcast on The following channels internationally: Arte/ZDF, VPRO, BBC, Channel 4, Sundance Channel, ITVS, SBS Australia, CBC Canada, SVT, DR1, Israeli Channel 2, Israeli Channel 1, Israeli Channel 8, France 5, and Canal+. His critically acclaimed Award winning s documentary feature films include Marta & Luis (2001), Checkpoint (2003), 5 Days (2005), Flipping Out (2007) and Defamation (2009). Yoav Shamir graduated from Tel-AvivUniversity with a Bachelor of Arts in history and philosophy, and a Masters in Fine Arts in Film which he graduated with honors. He is currently in production on his sixth feature film THE 10%, which is due in the fall of 2011.