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Daniel Syrkin

Daniel Syrkin is an Israeli film and television director and screenwriter, known for works such as Out of Sight and the series Tehran.

born 1971The spy series TehranThe film Out of SightThe series The Mossad Academy

Born: 4 March 1971, Moscow
Occupation: film director, screenwriter, director
Education: Steve Tisch School of Film and Television

Daniel Syrkin was born in 1971 in Moscow

Daniel Syrkin was born in Moscow in 1971 to a Jewish family. He came to Israel as a small child, and the family settled in Jerusalem. His father is the artist Lev Syrkin.

As a teenager he attended the René Cassin school in Jerusalem and joined its theater group. He served as an officer in the Intelligence Corps from 1990 to 1996. He then studied film at Tel Aviv University, where his short film And Now Rachmaninov won prizes at the Turin Film Festival.

From 1998 to 2000 he was a reporter on Guy Pines's entertainment show. He went on to direct TV dramas and comedies, including Two Minutes from Faradis, Hallelujah and Ahad HaAm 1. His 2005 film Out of Sight won the Ophir Award for directing and was shown at Cannes.

In 2007 he made A Fool's Dream, a documentary about his father. He later directed the series Gordin Cell, Foreign Player, The Mossad Academy, Stockholm and Tehran, which won an International Emmy in 2021. In 2025 he directed 2 episodes of the British crime series MobLand.