Omri Givon
Birth Name:
Omri Givon
Birth Place:
Jerusalem, Israel
Profession
Writer, Director, Producer, Location management
Fast Facts
- Quote: "Success for me is being true to yourself, doing your own work and being able to support yourself financially from that work․"
- Quote: "The most important thing is to render the character's internal state in images and thus give him or her life․ That is my main approach to filmmaking․"
- Quote: "From an early age I recall obsessing over film, movies and cameras․ It was a natural path for me to take․ In it I found another language with which to communicate․"
- Gained critical acclaim after releasing "7 Minutes in Heaven" in 2008, a drama film that would earn numerous film festival awards
Awards
- 2008Haifa Cultural Foundation Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2009Grand PrixNominated
- 2009Grand PrizeNominated
- 2009Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
- 2009Competition 1-2 AwardWinner
- 2018Award of the Israeli Television Academy - Best Directing in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2018Award of the Israeli Television Academy - Best Script in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2018Best Series - Best Series:Winner