daniel shinar

daniel shinar was born in 1981 in Jerusalem

Daniel Shinar was born in Jerusalem in 1981. As a young man he studied at the Boyar school. He took part in the Seeds of Peace summer camp for Israeli and Palestinian teenagers, and that experience later formed the basis of his book Red Skies.

He served in Unit 8200 of the Intelligence Corps, working among other things on Palestinian and international terrorism. During his officers' course in the Second Intifada he was briefly posted at the Huwara checkpoint.

After the army he earned degrees in law and in business administration at the Hebrew University, and later completed an executive program at Harvard Business School. He worked as an analyst at Elron, then became assistant to the CEO of Clal Industries and later its vice president of strategy and business development.

In 2015 he founded the investment firm Claltech together with Access Industries and has served as its CEO since. Through Claltech he was involved in the public offering of ironSource.

He co-created the series Red Skies, which began airing on Reshet 13 in 2023 and won prizes at festivals in Berlin and Buenos Aires. In 2024 his drama thriller North Wind began airing on HOT. He is married with 2 children and lives in Tel Aviv.