Ayelet Menahemi
Ayelet Menahemi (born 1963) is an Israeli film director, producer, writer, editor, and actress.
Ayelet Menahemi
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- Born
- 1963
- Occupation
- Film director, producer, writer, editor, actress
- Nationality
- Israel
- Education
- Beit Zvi
- Known for
- Abba Ganuv III · Orvim
- Honours
- Ophir Award for Best Editing · Ophir Award for best feature film · Ophir Award (best director)
- Languages
- Hebrew
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Ayelet Menahemi (born 1963) is an Israeli film director, producer, writer, editor, and actress.
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Ayelet Menahemi (born 1963) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter, of Israeli nationality. The film director was born in Tel Aviv. Ayelet Menahemi was educated at Beit Zvi.
Among the works are Abba Ganuv III and Orvim. Languages used include Hebrew. Honours include Ophir Award (best director), Ophir Award for Best Editing and Ophir Award for best feature film.
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Ayelet Menahemi studied at Beit Zvi. The recorded working language is Hebrew. Works named in the authority record are Abba Ganuv III and Orvim. Distinctions recorded are Ophir Award for Best Editing, Ophir Award for best feature film and Ophir Award (best director).
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• Native Name — איילת מנחמי • Born — 1963 • Occupation — Film director, producer, writer, editor, actress
Life and Works
Life and Works
Menahemi was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. She attended Beit Zvi School of Stage and Cinematic Arts, graduating with honors in 1985. In 1986, she directed the award-winning 45-minute film, "Crows," followed by her first two feature films, "The Skippers 3" (1991) and "Tel Aviv Stories" (1992). Other films directed by Menahemi include It's About Time (2001), Noodle (2007) and Seven Blessings (2023) which she also produced, and she acted in Ben Gurion Airport (1997). She wrote the screenplays for Noodle and Tel Aviv Stories. Menahemi's work also includes numerous television commercials, short fiction films, documentaries and music videos. In 1995, along with Eilona Ariel, she created the production company, Karuna Films. Among the films that Menahemi and Ariel have produced together is "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" (1997), a documentary that "traces the effects of an ancient form of Buddhist meditation on a community of men inside an Indian prison."
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Ayelet Menahemi is recorded as having received Ophir Award for Best Editing, Ophir Award for best feature film and Ophir Award (best director).
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Menahemi's first short film, "Crows," won prizes in film festivals around the world. Her film "Noodle" garnered nominations for the 2007 Israel Film Academy Awards in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay. Additionally, she won the 2000 Gold Illumination Award and Silver Award for "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" from the Crested Butte Reel Fest; the 2007 Special Grand Prize of the Jury for "Noodle" at the Montreal World Film Festival; and the 1998 Golden Spire Award for "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" at the San Francisco International Film Festival. "It’s About Time" (2001) won the Jerusalem Festival Wolgin award and the Japan Prize.
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