Ayelet Menahemi
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Ayelet Menahemi is an award-winning Israel
i film director, producer, writer, editor, and actor.
in 1963. She attended Beit Zvi School of Stage and Cinematic Arts, graduating with honors in 1985.
In 1986 she directed the award-winning 45-minute film, "Crows," followed by her first two feature films, "The Skippers 3" (1991) and "Tel Aviv Stories" (1992).
Other films directed by Menahemi include Noodle
(2007) and It's About Time, (2001), which she also produced, and she acted in Ben Gurion Airport (1997). She wrote the screenplays for Noodle and Tel Aviv Stories. Menahemi's work also includes numerous television commercials, short fiction films, documentaries and music videos.
In 1995, along with Elona Ariel, she created the production company, Karuna Films. Among the films that Menahemi and Ariel have produced together is "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" (1997), a documentary that "traces the effects of an ancient form of Buddhist meditation on a community of men inside an Indian prison."
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i film director, producer, writer, editor, and actor.
Life and Works
Menahemi was born in Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
in 1963. She attended Beit Zvi School of Stage and Cinematic Arts, graduating with honors in 1985.
In 1986 she directed the award-winning 45-minute film, "Crows," followed by her first two feature films, "The Skippers 3" (1991) and "Tel Aviv Stories" (1992).
Other films directed by Menahemi include Noodle
Noodle (film)
Noodle is an award-winning 2007 Israeli film directed by Ayelet Menahemi, written by Shemi Zarhin and Ayelet Menahemi, and starring Mili Avital, Chen Baoqi, and Alon Aboutboul.-Plot:...
(2007) and It's About Time, (2001), which she also produced, and she acted in Ben Gurion Airport (1997). She wrote the screenplays for Noodle and Tel Aviv Stories. Menahemi's work also includes numerous television commercials, short fiction films, documentaries and music videos.
In 1995, along with Elona Ariel, she created the production company, Karuna Films. Among the films that Menahemi and Ariel have produced together is "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" (1997), a documentary that "traces the effects of an ancient form of Buddhist meditation on a community of men inside an Indian prison."
Awards
Menahemi's first short film, "Crows," won prizes in film festivals around the world. Her film "Noodle" garnered nominations for the 2007 Israel Film Academy Awards in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay. Additionally, she won the 2000 Gold Illumination Award and Silver Award for "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" from the Crested Butte Reel Fest; the 2007 Special Grand Prize of the Jury for "Noodle" at the Montreal World Film Festival; and the 1998 Golden Spire Award for "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" at the San Francisco International Film Festival. "It’s About Time" (2001) won the Jerusalem Festival Wolgin award and the Japan Prize.External sources
- "Living in Two Worlds", Alon Hadar, HaAretz.com, February 8, 2007.
- Interview with Menahemi regarding "Noodle."