Eyal Boers

Eyal Boers is an Israeli film director, producer and researcher who chaired the Israel Film Council from 2018 to 2022.

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Born: 8 July 1975, Jerusalem
Occupation: director
Education: Moriah College, Steve Tisch School of Film and Television

Eyal Boers was born in 1975 in Jerusalem

Eyal Boers was born in Jerusalem. His parents soon moved to the Netherlands, living in Leiden and then Amsterdam. The family later lived in Ramat Hasharon and then in Sydney, where he finished high school at Moriah College.

He served in the Golani Brigade and finished his service as a joint patrols officer in the Border Police.

At Tel Aviv University he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy, an MFA in film and an MA. He also earned a doctorate there, with a thesis on the image of the Jew in Dutch cinema, supervised by Professor Ilan Avisar.

He worked as a cameraman from 2004 to 2010. He made the short film A Lone Soldier in 2007 and the documentaries Classmates of Anne Frank in 2008 and Live or Die in Entebbe in 2012. In 2021 he directed 2 episodes of the series Smokkelbern.

He has taught film at Minshar School of Art and Ariel University, where he became head of the film and television track in 2011. He chaired the Israel Film Council from 2018 to 2022. His book on the Jew in Dutch cinema was published in 2026.