Planning a documentary, series or interview shoot in Israel? Itai Raziel is an Israeli director of photography with more than 25 years of experience on feature documentaries and documentary television — including Censored Voices for HBO, the Berlinale Teddy Award winner Who's Gonna Love Me Now?, and The Governor, Best Documentary at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2024.
What Itai shoots
- Feature documentaries — observational and character-driven films, from development shoots to full production.
- Documentary series and formats — including the Israeli adaptation of the Australian format You Can't Ask That (Kan 11, all seasons).
- Interviews and testimonies — sit-down interviews for historical and investigative films such as 1948: Remember, Remember Not and The 1957 Transcripts.
- Local cinematographer for foreign productions — Israel-based camera work for productions filming in the country.
Why producers work with him
- Festival track record — films screened at the Berlinale, the Jerusalem Film Festival and DocAviv; Best Cinematography at DocAviv 2022 for I Am Not.
- Long collaborations with leading Israeli documentary directors, including Tomer & Barak Heymann (Mr. Gaga, Paper Dolls), Neta Shoshani, David Ofek, Avida Livni and Ran Landau.
- Languages — Hebrew (native), English and French (fluent).
- Experience abroad — shoots in Ethiopia (Black Over White), Malawi (Whitewash), Uganda and Morocco, and film training at the Louis Lumière school in Paris.
Broadcasters and partners
HBO · Kan 11 · Yes Docu · HOT 8 · Keshet · Channel 8 · Channel 10 · Heymann Brothers Films
Get in touch
Send the project, dates and location, and Itai will get back to you about availability.