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Yaron Shani

Yaron Shani is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, editor and producer, known for co-directing the film Ajami with Scandar Copti.

born 1973Co-directing the film AjamiLove Trilogy: ChainedThe documentary Life Sentences

Born: 19 January 1973, Tel Aviv
Occupation: film director, film screenwriter, film editor, film producer
Education: Tel Aviv University

Yaron Shani was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv

Yaron Shani was born on January 19, 1973, in Tel Aviv.

He earned a bachelor's degree in the Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. His graduation film, Disphoria, won an audience award at an international student film festival in Germany and an honorable mention at the Karlovy Vary festival.

In 2002, while running the International Student Film Festival, he met Scandar Copti, and the two began working together on Ajami. At the same time he directed and edited documentaries for the Orfan group. Ajami was released in 2009, won several Ophir Awards and the Sutherland Trophy, and was nominated for the Academy Award for foreign language film in 2010.

In 2013 his documentary Life Sentences, made with Nurit Kedar, won the documentary award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. In 2019 he won the Ophir Award for directing again, for Love Trilogy: Chained. He teaches directing, including directing non-actors, at Tel Aviv University.