Yehonatan Indursky

Yehonatan Indursky
Born	Jerusalem, Israel
Occupation	Film director, scriptwriter
Years active	2011-present

Yehonatan Indursky (in Hebrew יהונתן אינדורסקי) (born 1984) is an Israeli filmmaker.^[1]

Career

Yehonatan Indursky was born in Jerusalem to ultra-Orthodox family and studied at the Ultra Orthodox Yeshiva Ponevezh in Bnei Brak, Israel,^[2] and later at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem, Israel.

Filmography

• "Ascending and Descending"

Documentary made within the studies at the SSFTS. The film took part in the official competition at the Cinema South festival 2010 and the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival 2010.^[3]

• "Driver"

Graduation movie in Sam Spiegel Film School. Won the best the Best Film and Best Acting Awards of the SSFS in 2011 and been selected to the Jerusalem Film Festival.^[4][5]

• "Ponevezh Time"

His first full-length film: documentary,^[6][7] a rare and intimate look at the world’s leading yeshiva, premiered in official competition in the Haifa Film Festival 2012 and was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Israeli Academy Awards.

• "Shtisel"

As a screenwriter he created and wrote (with Ori Elon) the highly acclaimed Israeli drama series, Shtisel (in Hebrew שטיסל).^[8][9]

• "Ruzumni"^[10]

A film-project within the program of The Jerusalem International Film Lab.

Awards

• The Best Film from Sam Spiegel Film and Television School for the "Driver";
• The Best Debut Film Award from the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum 2013 for "Ponevezh Time";
• Warsaw Phoenix for the best documentary film, International Film Festival Jewish Motifs 2014 for "Ponevezh Time";
• Israeli Television Academy Award for "Shtisel" (10 awards including "Best Series" and "Best Screenplay")^[11]

References

1. "Yehonatan Indursky". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
2. "Yehonatan Indursky : Filmmaker". The Jewish Federations of North America. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
3. "Yehonatan Indursky. Filmmaker". The Jewish Federations of North America. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
4. "Yehonatan Indursky". The Jerusalem International Film Lab. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
5. "Driver". Ruth Diskin Films - Driver - Sam Spiegel. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
6. Brown, Hannah (2013-03-21). "Make time for 'Ponevezh'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
7. Ajayi, Akin (2013-03-29). "Ponevezh Time". Midnight East. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
8. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin: Prepare to be hooked on "Shtisel"
9. Ghert-Zand, Renee (2013-09-12). "'Shtisel' Fills a Void in Israeli Television. TV Show Focuses on Haredi Family Living in Jerusalem". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
10. "Ruzumni". The Jerusalem International Film Lab. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
11. The Ma'aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts - Congratulation to "Shtisel"

• Yehonatan Indursky at the Internet Movie Database