Zohar Wagner

Zohar Wagner was born in 1970 in Boston

Zohar Wagner was born in 1970 in Boston, where her father Eliyahu Wagner worked as an immigration emissary for the Jewish Agency. Her mother, Dessie Wagner, worked in public relations and taught communications. The family returned to Israel when she was 4, and her younger brother is Gal Wagner.

She attended Ramat Aviv Gimel elementary school and the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, and served in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. She later earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Tel Aviv University and another at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television.

From 1993 she wrote for the newspaper "Ha'Ir", covering black music and nightlife, and worked as a rap DJ who organized early rap parties in Tel Aviv. In 1994 she edited "YO", the first Israeli rap compilation, released by NMC. Her band released the album "Cheap Stuff", and 10 years later a second album, "Crème Brûlée".

Her first film, "Zorki" (2006), dealt with a family secret she kept as a teenager. She works alone as director, camera operator and sound recorder, and often films herself. Her later films include "Stretch Marks" (2009), about her pregnancy, and the crime documentary "21 Days and Nights" about a Bedouin woman.