Yehonatan Indursky

Yehonatan Indursky (Hebrew: יהונתן אינדורסקי; born 1984) is an Israeli filmmaker and the creator of the successful Netflix series Shtisel.^[1]

Career edit

Yehonatan Indursky was born in Jerusalem, to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish (Haredi Jewish) family and studied at the Ultra Orthodox Yeshiva Ponevezh in Bnei Brak, Israel,^[2] and later at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem, Israel.

"Driver" (Short, 2011) - graduation movie in Sam Spiegel Film School.^[3] Won the Best Film and Best Acting Awards of the SSFS in 2011 and been selected to the Jerusalem Film Festival;^[4]^[5]
"Ponevezh Time [he]" (2014) - Indursky's first full-length film: documentary,^[6]^[7] a rare and intimate look at one of Israel's leading yeshiva, Ponevezh Yeshiva, premiered in official competition in the Haifa Film Festival 2012 and was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Israeli Academy Awards (Ophir);
"The Cantor and the Sea" (Short, 2015);
"Shtisel" (2013 - 2016) - as a screenwriter he created and wrote (with Ori Elon) the highly acclaimed Israeli drama series, Shtisel (in Hebrew שטיסל).^[8]^[9]^[10] In 2018 the series was broadcast on Netflix International.
"Autonomies" (2018) - A dystopian mini tv drama series about an alternate reality of present day Israel, a nation torn and divided by a wall between the secular capital of Tel Aviv, and the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Autonomy in Jerusalem. won Reflet d'Or, The Best International Television Series in Geneva International Film Festival 2018.
"Driver" (2018) - an intimate exploration of lives at the fringes of Bnei Brak’s ultra-Orthodox community. The film won 3 prizes - Best Picture, Best actor and Best Screenplay from The Israeli Film Critics Forum 2018.

2011: The Best Film from Sam Spiegel Film and Television School for the "Driver";
2013: The Best Debut Film Award from the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum for "Ponevezh Time";
2014: Warsaw Phoenix for the best documentary film, 10th International Film Festival Jewish Motifs for "Ponevezh Time".
2015: The best director prize in Jerusalem Film Festival for "The cantor and the sea".
2017: Israeli Television Academy Award for "Shtisel" (17 awards including "Best Series" and "Best Screenplay")^[11]
2018: Reflet d'Or, The Best International Television Series in Geneva International Film Festival for "Autonomies".
2018: Best film, Best actor and Best Screenplay for "Driver" from The Israeli Film Critics Forum.

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^ "Yehonatan Indursky | Speakers | General Assembly 2013". 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "Driver". Jewish Motifs IFF. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Yehonatan Indursky". The Jerusalem International Film Lab. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ "Driver". Ruth Diskin Films - Driver - Sam Spiegel. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Brown, Hannah (21 March 2013). "Make time for 'Ponevezh'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Ajayi, Akin (29 March 2013). "Ponevezh Time". Midnight East. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ "Ottawa Jewish Bulletin: Prepare to be hooked on "Shtisel"". Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ Ghert-Zand, Renee (12 September 2013). "'Shtisel' Fills a Void in Israeli Television. TV Show Focuses on Haredi Family Living in Jerusalem". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Steinberg, Jessica. "TV show 'Shtisel' subtly changes ultra-Orthodox perceptions". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ The Ma'aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts - Congratulation to "Shtisel"