Film and televisionענת שוורץ

Anat Schwartz

Anat Schwartz is an Israeli film director and writer who co-wrote New York Times reporting in 2023 on sexual violence in the October 7 attack.

born 1978Documentary film La PromiseAssistant director of Waltz with BashirNew York Times October 7 reporting

Born: 21 July 1978, Haifa
Occupation: film director
Education: Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Tel Aviv University

Anat Schwartz was born in 1978 in Haifa

Anat Schwartz was born in Haifa in 1978 and grew up in Ramat Ef'al. She attended the Thelma Yellin arts high school, in its theater track, and served in Israeli Air Force intelligence.

She earned a BA with honors in philosophy and literature at Tel Aviv University and graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem. She also studied at La Femis in Paris and holds an MFA from the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.

In 2005 she produced Nadav Lapid's film Emile's Girlfriend, and in 2008 she was assistant director of Waltz with Bashir. She directed the documentary series La Promise in 2017, the short fiction film 39 in 2020, and the film Soviet Life about artist Zoya Cherkassky in 2022.

In 2023 she joined the New York Times and co-wrote reports on sexual violence in the October 7 attack. One of them, Screams Without Words, drew criticism over its reporting, and the paper reviewed her social media likes, for which she apologized. In 2024 she received a Polk Award for coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas.

Since 2025 she has headed the School of Film and Communication at Seminar Hakibbutzim.