Oren Moverman

Oren Moverman was born in 1966 in Jaffa

Oren Moverman was born on July 4, 1966 in Jaffa and grew up in Givatayim. His family moved to the United States when his father went to work as a manager at the American branch of Bank Leumi. In New York he attended a Jewish high school in Manhattan and was active in a Tzofim scout troop in Queens.

He returned to Israel to serve in the army, in the paratroop Nahal. After his discharge he went back to New York and studied film at Brooklyn College, graduating in 1992. As a student he wrote film reviews for a local Israeli paper and later a column for Interview magazine.

His first film job was as a production assistant on Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street. He then wrote screenplays for films including Jesus' Son, I'm Not There, Married Life, Love & Mercy and Junction 48.

He made his debut as a director with The Messenger in 2009, which won the Silver Bear for screenplay in Berlin and received 2 Academy Award nominations. He went on to direct Rampart in 2011, Time Out of Mind in 2014 and The Dinner in 2017. He also directed the documentary series Willie Nelson & Family, which premiered at Sundance in 2023.