Shir Shoshani
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Shir Shoshani (born January 26, 1979) is deputy school director, head of the film and television department at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, a film lecturer and first AD in the Israeli film industry.
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| Born | 26 January 1979 Ramat HaSharon, Israel |
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Biography
Born in Ramat HaSharon in 1979, her father, Dr. Shimshon Shoshani was the CEO of the Ministry of Education in Israel, the Jewish Agency and "Taglit- Birthright Israel". Her mother, Dr. Yael Shoshani is a psychologist and served as the head of the psychological association.
Shoshani lives in Tel Aviv with her son.
Early life and education
Shoshani is a graduate of Alon High School, Ramat Hasharon. Her student film “Remodeling” (1996), starring Dan Muggia won the Van Leer Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Shoshani was a Member of the C.I.S.V charitable, independent, non-political, volunteer organization which promotes peace education and cross cultural friendship.
Shoshani served in the IDF and won a citation for excellence.
She completed her studies at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in 2008 where she won the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award for her film “Under Water” and the David Shapira award for student excellence.
Career
Shoshani served as executive producer at LiberMedia from 1999 to 2000 and then as the executive producer for promos at Keshet Media Group (2000–2003) working under Muli Segev and Shai Avivi.
Between 2006 and 2016 Shoshani worked as first AD on numerous Israeli and international Film and TV Productions, including the Golden Lion winner "Lebanon” (Samuel Maoz ,2009); Cannes Film Festival best screenplay winner “Footnote (film)” (Joseph Cedar ,2011); and Natalie Portman’s directorial debut “A Tale of Love and Darkness (film) (2015). Shoshani had leading Main roles also on the Sony International series “Absentia (TV series)" (2019) and Netflix’s “[1]Hit and Run” (2020).
Over the years Shoshani has been a mentor to tens of student films and served in 2015 as the head of the producers’ track at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. Shoshani taught professional set production at the Steve Tisch Department of Film at Tel Aviv University (2018–2021).
In June 2021 she was appointed Deputy School Director, Head of the film and television department at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Position | Genre & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | “Hit & Run (TV series)” – season 1 | H&S Manager | Series Netflix |
| 2019 | “Absentia (TV series)” – season 3 | Cast Supervisor | Sony Pictures Television Networks |
| 2016 | “Absentia (TV series)” – season 1 | First Assistant Director | Sony Pictures Television Networks |
| 2016 | “Beauty &The Baker” (“Lehiyot ita”) – season 2 | First Assistant Director | TV series – Keshet Broadcasting |
| 2015 | Norman | First Assistant Director | Feature Film. Director: Joseph Cedar |
| 2014 | False Flag (TV series) ("kfulim") – season 1 | First Assistant Director | TV series – Keshet Broadcasting |
| 2014 | A Tale of Love and Darkness (film) | First Assistant Director | Feature Film. Director: Natalie Portman |
| 2013 | “Hakafot” | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2012 | Farewell, Baghdad" ("Mafriah Ha-Yonim") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2012 | "A Place in Heaven" ("Makom Be Gan Eden") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2011 | "Funny World" ("Haolam Matshik") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2011 | "Footnote (film) ("Hearat Shulayim") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film. Director: Joseph Cedar DP |
| 2010 | "The Debt" The Debt (2010 film) | 1st AD Israeli crew | Feature Film. Director: John Madden |
| 2009 | "Intimate Grammar" ("Hadikduk Hapnimi") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2009 | "Mary Lou" ("Tamid oto Chalom") | First Assistant Director | TV series |
| 2008 | "Jaffa" ("Kalat Hayam") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2008 | Pillars of Smoke" ("Timrot Ashan") – season 1 | First Assistant Director | TV series |
| 2007 | "Revivre" ("Lichyot Mechadash") | First Assistant Director | Feature Film |
| 2007 | Lebanon (film) | First Assistant Director | Feature Film – Director: Samuel Maoz |
| 2007 | "Disengagement" ("Hitnatkut") | Second Assistant Director | Feature Film – Director: Amos Gitai |
| 2006 | "Le Syndrome de Jerusalem" ("Chomer Lemachshava") | Second Assistant Director | Feature Film |
External links
- Shir Shoshani at IMDb
- Shir Shoshani on BFI
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