Amir Manor, Director and scriptwriter, grew up in Rishon Lezion. At the age of 18 he went on a service year on behalf of "Ha Noar Haoved Ve Halomed", a socialist youth movement, in which his beliefs and ideologies were sculpted. He took part in educational enterprises of the movement and in communal groups across Israel.
At 25 Manor left the movement to Jerusalem, where he worked as a social-financial journalist at "kol Ha'ir" magazine. Later on he left to Tel Aviv's "Ha'ir" magazine. After two years he joined the Israeli 60 minutes "Ovda" as a journalist. Now he works at "Ma'ariv" newspaper – one of the big daily newspapers in Israel. Simultaneously, he started studied television and cinema in Tel Aviv University. His first film "reds" (40 minutes) won the first prize for the best drama at Jerusalem film festival 2007.
FilmsDuring his studies in Tel Aviv's university, Manor wrote and directed the films "Pouring Sun" (30 min.), "Reds" (40 min.), "Ruin" (47 Min.) and "Lands" (28 min.).
"Reds", Telling the story of a Tel Avivian Commune torn apart on the night of may 1st on the background of ideological conflicts of the group members, won The Best Drama Award in Jerusalem's 2007 Film Festival and was shown in Miami International Film Festival. In Israel, The film was screened at The Third Ear screening rooms, in cinematheques across the country as well as the Israeli Channel 1.
His film "Ruin", which follows the real story of Assaf Shteirman's Murderers the night after the murder, was screened in The Third Ear theaters and in cinematheques across Israel. The movie was accepted with great enthusiasm by the critics and the audience. The actors in the movie are Dana Ivgy, Michael Aloni and Efrat Aviv. The original score was composed by Berry Sakharof. The movie is now available on the Israeli Cable VOD service.
The movie "Lands" tells the story of a Palestinian family which lets a Jewish single parent and her child in, after being thrown out of their home by the authorities. The movie is in post production.
At the moment Manor is working on his first feature film – "Hayuta and Berl".
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Three teenage murderers escape to a secluded ruin where they must deal with the huge gap between the ideological romance that had planned the act and the dark reality which suddenly engulfs them.
Written and directed by Amir Manor Actors: Efrat Aviv, Dana Ivgy, Michael Aloni Producer: Hila Peled Cinematography: Guy Raz Editor: Oded Farber Original score: Berry Sakharof Art directors: Barak Vazan, Rotem Cohen, Romi Kisilov Sound: Oren Colin Sound Design: Yossi Eppelbaum Poster Design: Tal Brimer
Winner of the Best Drama Award, Jerusalem's Film Festival
Reut is in love with Erez. Erez himself is in love with Marx and Engels. Reut's Repetitive attempts to gain his attention and blow the dust off of his feelings are in vein. Tonight, the night of May 1st, Reut will put Erez to his final test.
Written and directed by Amir Manor Actors: Efrat Aviv, Gal Fridman, Itai Szor, Noga Vogel Producer: Hadas Sadan, Efrat Oppenheimer Cinematography: Na'ama Landau Editor: Tal Cohen Original Soundtrack: Nadav Azulay Poster Design: Tal Brimer
After having being thrown out on the street by the bailiffs, Racheli and her son Uri join Eimad, the cab driver and his son Fadi at their home in El-Tor. The sense of hope the families had evaporates as reality strikes from within and without. Having no other choice, with great sadness and despair, they are forced to separate.
Director: Amir Manor Writers: Daniel Estrin, Oriol Pavoda Script Editing: Amir Manor, Guy Raz Actors: Muhamad Mashrawi, Yael zucker gil, Shredy gabarin, Raziel Noam Producer: Yasmin Schryer Cinematographer: Guy Raz Editor: Nohar Hassin Art Director: Barak Vazan, Romi Kisilov, Rotem Cohen
After being burnt by a difficult breakup, Oded decides to shut in from the outside world. Slowly and gradually he is building a prison inside his own home. Roni arrives to the building for a fresh start. A random meet between the two brings out their deepest pains and teaches them to touch again. From inside
Written and directed by Amir Manor Actors: Tali Sharon, Eran Pesach Executive Producer: Hilla Peled Cinematographer: Doron Djerassy Editor: Nadav Lazar Original Score: Nadav Azulay Art Director: Tal Brimer
