Name Daniel Syrkin | Role Director | |
Movies and TV shows The Gordin Cell, Out of Sight, Hallelujah Similar People Ron Leshem, Neta Riskin, Slava Bibergal, Tali Sharon, Helena Yaralova | ||
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Daniel (Danny) Syrkin (Hebrew: דניאל סירקין born 4 March 1971 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is an Israeli cinema and TV director and screen-writer.
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Syrkin moved to Jerusalem, Israel, in his childhood; he graduated the Tel-Aviv University's School of Cinema. His thesis project at the School of Cinema, a short film And Now Rachmaninov (עכשיו רחמימוב, Achshav Rachmaninov, 1998) won a prize at the Turin Film Festival in Italy.
Syrkin has had a successful professional career in Israel, with many of his films winning prestigious international prizes and participating in major film festivals across the globe. His film Out of Sight (2006) won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Director, and was presented at the Cannes International Film Festival in the same year.