English Program Lecturers
Boaz Debby
Teaching: Screenwriting
Program Director. Playwright, screenwriter, and theater and film director. Graduate of Sam Spiegel Film School and the Theater Directing and Education Department at Kibbutzim College.
Notable Projects:
Two-time first prize winner at the Acre Festival
"Beehives" - Director and screenwriter (International co-production)
"My Father is a Bird" - Director and screenwriter, winner at Fantastic Fest
Itay Gross
Teaching: Cinematography
Cinematographer working in film and television. His work includes fiction features, documentaries, prime-time TV series, commercials and music videos, shot in Israel and internationally.
He was nominated for the Israeli Academy Award for his cinematography on “In Between” / “לא פה, לא שם”. His notable credits include “Highway 65”, “Marzipan Flowers” and “Love It Was Not”.
Omri Barzilai
Teaching: Cinematography
Israeli cinematographer and graduate of the Film and Television Department at Sapir College.
He has worked in films, television series and commercials for the past decade, with an emphasis on unconventional visual approaches and distinct cinematic styles. His work has been screened at leading international festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Jerusalem, Haifa, Toronto, Palm Springs, Tel Aviv, TIFF, Tribeca, Locarno and San Sebastián.
Evgeny Gusyatinskiy
Teaching: World Cinema and Film Aesthetics
Programmer and selection committee member at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), one of the world's key film festivals. Lecturer, film critic and curator. At IFFR, he is responsible for programming feature films from Eastern Europe, Russia, Israel and Greece.
Yaeli Feldman
Teaching: Screenwriting
Screenwriter, graduate of Sam Spiegel Film School's screenwriting program. Co-creator of successful television series.
Notable Projects:
"Borderline Women" - Co-creator and head writer
"I Killed Guy Rubin" - Screenwriter
Participant in the Series Mania Festival residency program, France
Zvi Landsman
Teaching: Directing
Zvi Landsman graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem with honors. His film "THE THERAPY" about gay conversion therapy, received the Sundance institute production grant and the jury award at DocAviv. His short "AFTER ALL" received honorable mentions in Tel Aviv and Munich student film festivals and accumulated over 30 million YouTube views. He is the cinematographer of the Oscar shortlisted film "THE MUTE'S HOUSE."
Ruthy Pribar
Teaching: Directing
Award-winning Israeli screenwriter, director and editor, and a graduate of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.
er debut feature film, “Asia”, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won 9 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Feature Film. Her short films “Last Calls” and “The Caregiver” have screened and won awards at international film festivals. Alongside her work as a filmmaker, she mentors students and teaches directing, screenwriting and editing in film schools and professional programs.
His work has been screened at leading international festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Jerusalem, Haifa, Toronto, Palm Springs, Tel Aviv, TIFF, Tribeca, Locarno and San Sebastián.
Miki Kohn Barlev
Teaching: Editing
Editor and director, graduate with honors from Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. Faculty member at Sam Spiegel and Ma'aleh Film Schools.
Notable Projects:
"The Other Person" (2024)
"The Activist" (2024)
"MAKINGOFF" (Fiction, 2021)
Nohar Avigail Haseen
Teaching: Editing
Film and television editor. Holds BA and MA degrees in Film and Television from Tel Aviv University. Ophir Award winner.
Notable Projects:
"Tehran"
"The Commander" - Ophir Award for editing
"Kupa Rashit"
