Moshe Rosenthal

Moshe Rosenthal was born in 1985 in Holon

Rosenthal was born on July 8, 1985, in Holon, where he grew up. His mother worked as a makeup artist, and his father was a career military officer who later worked in operations management. He has two older sisters.

He studied in the Film Department at Tel Aviv University, where he made two short films. After his studies he took several jobs, including cinema usher and obituary writer for Israel Hayom.

In 2016 he created the web series Confess TLV, which was acquired by HOT and later by AMC for an American version. That year his short film Leave of Absence won the Best Director award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. In 2018 he directed the short film Our Way Back, which was nominated for an Ophir Award.

His first feature, Karaoke, was released in 2022 and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. It received 14 Ophir Award nominations and won 4. His second feature, Tell Me Everything, premiered at Sundance in 2026, won 10 Ophir Awards including Best Director and Best Screenplay, and was chosen as Israel's entry for the Academy Awards.

On November 4, 2026, he was elected to the 26th Knesset.