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About
Itai Raziel is a cinematographer, director and documentary filmmaker, a graduate of the Film and Television School at Tel Aviv University (1999). With over 25 years of experience in the Israeli television and film industry, he has shot dozens of films, documentary series, television programs, commercials and music videos.
Itai works with Israel's leading documentary directors — Tomer & Barak Heymann, David Ofek, Neta Shoshani, Naftali Glicksberg, Yaron Zilberman, Avida Livni, Ran Landau, Mor Lushi and others.
The Curator's Choice award was presented to Itai for a video work he created for the "Local Testimony" competition (2020). For his cinematography on Tomer Heymann's I Am Not, he received the Best Cinematography award (alongside the film's subject, Oren) at DocAviv 2022. For Paper Dolls, he was awarded the Best Cinematographer prize by the Documentary Creators Forum and the Golden Lens Award by the Film & Television Workers Union.
Education
- 2005–2006 Graduate studies in Film & Television (Production), Tel Aviv University
- 2002 Advanced cinematography course in 35mm film — Prise de Vue Ciné 35mm, Louis Lumière Film School, Paris
- 1998–2001 B.A. in Film & Television (Production), Tel Aviv University
Recognition
- 2022 Docaviv International Film Festival — Best Cinematography I Am Not
- 2013 Docaviv International Film Festival — Best Documentary חנדה חנדה 4
- 2009 Docaviv International Film Festival — Debut Film Award החברה הכי גרועה בעולם
- 2006 Golden Lens Award — Film & Television Workers Union Paper Dolls
- 2006 Best Cinematographer — Documentary Creators Forum Paper Dolls
