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Ofir Raul Graizer

Ofir Raul Graizer is an Israeli film director and screenwriter known for his first feature film, The Cakemaker.

born 1981The film The CakemakerThe film AmericaThe cookbook Ofir's Kitchen

Occupation: filmmaker, film director, cook, screenwriter
Education: Sapir Academic College

Ofir Raul Graizer was born in 1981 in Israel

Graizer was born in Israel in 1981 and grew up in Ra'anana, the son of a religious father and a secular mother. He loved movies from a young age, especially horror films. After high school he worked in clothing sales, a bookstore, a hotel and several kitchens.

He studied filmmaking at Sapir College in Sderot and earned a BFA. His student short film A Prayer In January was shown at about 20 international festivals, and his graduate film Dor won awards. He also edited several documentary feature films.

In 2010 he began developing The Cakemaker, and for 7 years he tried to finance it while working as a cook and cooking teacher in Berlin. In 2015 he co-directed the short film La Discotheque, shown at Cannes. The Cakemaker won 7 Ophir Awards in 2018 and was Israel's entry for the 2019 Oscars.

In November 2018 he published a cookbook in Germany, Ofir's Kitchen. His second feature film, America, premiered at the Karlovy Vary festival in 2022. He lives in Berlin and has been married to his German partner since 2012.