Shir Shoshani (born January 26, 1979) is deputy school director, head of the film and television department at the Jerusalem

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, a film lecturer and first AD in the Israeli film industry.

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

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

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(2000–2003) working under Muli Segev and

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. Between 2006 and 2016 Shoshani worked as first AD on numerous Israeli and international Film and TV Productions, including the Golden Lion winner "Lebanon” (

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,2009);

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best screenplay winner “

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” (

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,2011); and

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’s directorial debut “

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(2015). Shoshani had leading Main roles also on the Sony International series “ Absentia (TV series)" (2019) and

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’s “ it 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

. Shoshani taught professional set production at the Steve Tisch Department of Film at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

(2018–2021). In June 2021 she was appointed Deputy School Director, Head of the film and television department at the Jerusalem

Filmography

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