Dror Shaul


Dror Shaul is an Israeli film-maker, commercial director and film writer-director, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Biography

Shaul was born and raised in the Kibbutz Kissufim where he lived until the age of 22.
In 1999 he wrote and directed his first short film Operation Grandma which won the Israeli Academy Award, was a final nominee for the Banff Rockie Award in 2000 in Canada, and is considered as one of Israel's best cult films.
His first feature film Sima Vaknin was released in July 2003.
In 2003 Shaul participated in the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Labs with Sweet Mud. The film was released in September 2006 and won 4 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Film. Sweet Mud premiered in the Toronto IFF and participated in Pusan IFF. The film won:
His last film is an Israeli, German, New Zealand co-production with Iranian participants.
It was released at the Montreal World Film Festival on September 1, 2015 and more widely in Israel on September 10, 2015.
Shaul has directed hundreds of commercials and won many local and international awards such as the European Effie for Huawei Christmas 2016, which was also selected as one of the best 10 Christmas commercials on Ads Of Brands 2016.