Evgeny Ruman

Evgeny Ruman was born in 1979 in Minsk

Evgeny Ruman was born in 1979 in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union. His parents were engineers, and he has an older brother. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1990, and they settled in Rishon LeZion.

He studied film and television at Tel Aviv University and graduated from its Steve Tisch School of Film and Television. His graduation film, Miracle, was broadcast on Channel 2 and won prizes at festivals in Belgium and Beijing.

He created, wrote and directed In Between the Lines, the first Russian-language drama series in Israel, and edited the film Five Hours from Paris. His first feature, Igor and the Cranes' Journey, premiered at the Toronto festival in 2012. He went on to direct The Man in the Wall, Ruby Strangelove Young Witch and the horror film Cursed.

He co-wrote Golden Voices with Ziv Berkovich, a story of a dubbing couple who immigrate to Israel in 1990. The film won the Best Script award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. He later directed the series East Side and created and directed Motherland.

He is married to Milena, and they live in central Israel.