32 years old. Born in Moscow and Immigrated to Israel during the large immigration wave in 1991.

Has written two short scripts about the immigrant caravan sites, where he spent his childhood. Both scripts received production funding – “The last caravan” (Screened at the Haifa international Film Festival, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival and more)  and  “Pushkin’s Pants” a student film as part of the MFA studies at the deparment of film and television Tel Aviv University (Screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2019)  Has now received script development fund from the “Rabinovitch Fund” for writing a feature script on the Russian Immigration wave and production funding for his next short film “The General” that will be filmed late 2020.

His documentary work – “Caravan #44” also focuses on that caravan park and was accepted to the Van Leer intellectual workshop and has received development funding.

• Graduate of the “Nissan Nativ Acting Studio”
• B.Ed in Theater Direction from Seminar Hakibutzim in Tel Aviv.
• MFA from Tel Aviv University Film Department.

Television

• Creator, Head Writer and Main Actor on the TV show “The Russians”, 12 episodes, Channel 10. Produced by “Tedy Productions”.
• Head Writer for “Mememe” – for children’s shows in Arabic.
• Received script development funding for a Drama Series from “HSCC“.

Writing and Translation

• Creative Writing Workshop at the Cinimateque Tel Aviv, during the International Children’s Film Festival.
• Plays for Youth Theater: “Misfits”, “Look”, “Orphans” and more.
• Israeli Union of Artists – Managing Young Artists Dept.
• Wrote and directed theater shows for the Islamic Art Museum

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  The last caravan

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  Password: caravan91
  2019
  The year is 1994. A caravan site, built by the Israeli Government for immigrants from the Soviet Union, is about to be dismantled. Ilya (9) remains to defend the caravan of his grandfather,Jenia, who refuses to be evacuated.
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  Pushkin's Pants

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  Password: pushkin441
  2019
  In the 1990s, Israel established government-built caravan sites for Russian and Ethiopian immigrants. Abraham, a 9-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, teaches himself Russian in order to survive the difficult conditions, and creates a unique bond with Marina, his neighbor who immigrated from Russia.
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  Pushkin’s Pants

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  2019
  In the 90s, Israel established government-built caravan sites for Russian and Ethiopian immigrants. Abraham (9) an immigrant from Ethiopia, teaches himself Russian in order to survive the difficult conditions, and creates a bond with his neighbor.