Ori Elon (; born 1981) is an Israeli writer and filmmaker.
Early life
Elon was born in
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...
Shluhot
Shluhot (, lit. "Branches") is an Orthodox kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Located about three kilometres south of the city of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In it had a ...
, Israel, and had an
Orthodox Jewish
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upbringing. He graduated from the Ma'aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts in Jerusalem.
Career
Elon is the co-creator and writer (with
Yehonatan Indursky
Yehonatan Indursky (; born 1984) is an Israeli filmmaker and the creator of the successful Netflix series Shtisel.
Career
Yehonatan Indursky was born in Jerusalem, to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish (Haredi Jewish) family and studied at the Ultra Or ...
) of the television drama series ''
Shtisel
''Shtisel'' () is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Ashkenazi orthodox family living in Geula, Jerusalem. Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series premiered on 29 June 2013 on yes Oh. It commenced ...
'' (in Hebrew שטיסל), initially broadcast on satellite television station
Yes Oh, and later picked up by Netflix. He is also one of the writers of the drama series ''
Srugim
''Srugim'' (; literally, "knitted" or "crocheted") is an Israeli television drama that originally aired on Yes TV between 2008 and 2012. It was directed by Eliezer "Laizy" Shapiro, who co-created it with Havvah Deevon. The series depicted the live ...
'' (in Hebrew ), and the 2018 miniseries ''
Autonomies''.
In 2008 Elon authored ''
The Invisible Show'' published by
Keter Publishing House
Keter or Kether (; ) is the first of the ten sefirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, symbolizing the divine will and the initial impulse towards creation from the ''Ein Sof'', or infinite source. It represents pure consciousness and transcen ...
, a collection of short stories. In 2010, he also published the children book ''
King Gogol
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by fi ...
'' also through Keter. In January 2020 Green Bean Books published another children's book called
A Basket Full of Figs, illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt. Green Bean Books has also announced publication of a new children's book by Ori Elon called
In the Market of Zakrobat for November 2021, again illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt.
Awards
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Israeli Ministry of Culture's Cinema Prize for ''The Invisible Show''
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Israeli Television Academy Award for ''Shtisel'' (10 awards including "Best Series" and "Best Screenplay")
*Israeli Television Academy Award for ''Srugim''
References
External links
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Israeli writers
Israeli film directors
1981 births
Living people