Ishai Setton is an American film director, editor and producer. After graduating from the

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in New York City in 2002, he has worked both in cinema and television.

Career

Setton made his feature-length directorial debut in 2006 with '' The Big Bad Swim'', an independent comedy-drama that focuses on a group of people, each of whom is afraid of the water, that join an adult swim class. ''The Big Bad Swim'' premiered at the

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on April 26, 2006. It received a generally positive response and won multiple awards from several film festivals. In 2012, Setton directed '' 3 Days of Normal'', starring

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and Jace Mclean. The same year he directed '' The Kitchen'', an independent comedy-drama written by Jim Beggarly and starring

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, and Dreama Walker. It premiered on August 14, 2012 at the Gen Art Film Festival. As an editor, Setton edited '' Artifact'' (2012), a documentary film directed by

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. He also has worked as an editor on several American television series: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Setton, Ishai Living people Film directors from Texas Film producers from Texas Year of birth missing (living people) American film editors