Itai Raziel is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and director, a graduate of the Film and Television School at Tel Aviv University. Over more than 25 years in Israeli film and television he has shot dozens of feature documentaries, documentary series, television programs, commercials and music videos.
He works with Israel's leading documentary directors — Tomer & Barak Heymann, David Ofek, Neta Shoshani, Naftali Glicksberg, Yaron Zilberman, Avida Livni, Ran Landau, Mor Loushy and others. His films have screened at the Berlinale, the Jerusalem Film Festival and DocAviv, and have been made for broadcasters including HBO, Kan 11, Yes Docu, HOT 8 and Keshet.
Selected films as cinematographer
- Mr. Gaga — dir. Tomer Heymann
- Censored Voices — dir. Mor Loushy, for HBO
- Who's Gonna Love Me Now? — dir. Barak & Tomer Heymann, Teddy Award, Berlinale 2016
- The Governor — Best Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival 2024
- I Am Not — dir. Tomer Heymann, Best Cinematography, DocAviv 2022
- 1948: Remember, Remember Not — dir. Neta Shoshani
- Paper Dolls — dir. Tomer Heymann, Golden Lens Award
- The 1957 Transcripts — dir. Ayelet Heller
Awards
- Best Cinematography — DocAviv International Film Festival 2022, for I Am Not (shared with the film's subject, Oren)
- Video Work Award — "Local Testimony" competition 2020
- Best Cinematography nomination — Ofir Award 2017, for Hanoch Levin: A Life We've Never Seen Before
- Golden Lens Award — Film & Television Workers Union 2006, for Paper Dolls
- Best Cinematography — Documentary Creators Forum 2006, for Paper Dolls
Directing
Itai wrote, directed and shot The Never Ending Battle, a 45-minute documentary about post-trauma broadcast in prime time on Channel 10 (2018). He directed the 10-episode documentary series This Time Next Year for Keshet, co-directed the docu-drama series Bli Busha with David Ofek for Yes, and co-directed episodes of the Heymann Brothers' series Families for Channel 8. In recent years he has also created short films for the web — among them Creators in a Different Reality, Bastille Day at Balfour and Your Wonders Have Not Yet Ceased — which together have drawn about 1.5 million views.
Television
As head cinematographer on documentary series and formats: You Can't Ask That (all seasons, Kan 11), Separated at Birth (Kan 11), Hanoch Levin: A Life We've Never Seen Before, The Future Is Already Here with Ben Shani, Grandma's Recipes, Couples (dir. David Ofek), Families (24 episodes, dir. Tomer & Barak Heymann) and Jews in America: A Torn Identity (HOT 8).
Education
- 1998–2001 — B.A. in Film & Television (Production), Tel Aviv University
- 2002 — Advanced cinematography course in 35mm film, Prise de Vue Ciné 35mm, Louis Lumière Film School, Paris
- 2005–2006 — Graduate studies in Film & Television (Production), Tel Aviv University
Languages
Hebrew (native), English and French (fluent).
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