Israeli Film Director

Itai Lev

Director

Itai Lev is an Israeli filmmaker whose work explores memory, family, place, and the fragile boundaries between documentary and fiction.

Selected Films Contact
Five Minute Walk film poster by Itai Lev
Five Minute Walk
About

Biography

Itai Lev is an Israeli director, screenwriter and producer working across fiction and documentary cinema. Born in Kfar Saba in 1970, he graduated with honors from the Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. Over more than three decades, his films have moved between intimate personal stories, local landscapes, memory, family, and the shifting borders between reality and fiction. Alongside his independent filmmaking, Lev teaches cinema and has directed films for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He is currently completing work on Leon Is Missing and developing Ping-Pong.

Films

Selected Films

Forthcoming

Leon Is Missing

Feature film | Writer, Director, Producer

A Polish-Israeli co-production supported by the Israel Film Fund.

Forthcoming

Ping-Pong

Feature film | Writer, Director, Producer

A fiction film inspired by Lev’s own life.

2022

We Wept Without Tears

Documentary | Lead Producer and Co-Director

Co-directed with Prof. Gideon Greif and broadcast on Kan 11.

2010

Sea Salt

Feature film | Writer, Director, Producer

A feature film screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

2006

Little Heroes

Feature film | Director

Winner of Best Film at the Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth.

2002

Five Minute Walk

Feature film | Writer, Director, Producer

Winner of the Directing Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

1996

Hardons

Fiction film | Writer, Director, Producer

Winner of the Second Authority Award for Young Creators.

Trailers

Trailers

Selected trailers and video materials from Itai Lev’s films.

Recognition

Press & Recognition

Selected awards, screenings and recognitions from more than three decades of independent filmmaking.

  • Best Film, Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth — Little Heroes
  • Directing Award, Jerusalem Film Festival — Five Minute Walk
  • Second Authority Award for Young Creators — Hardons
  • Jerusalem Film Festival screenings — selected fiction and documentary works
  • Kan 11 broadcast — We Wept Without Tears
View Itai Lev on IMDb
Contact

Contact

For screenings, collaborations, press inquiries and professional contact:

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