Tal Shefi (Hebrew: טל שפי; born April 28, 1967) is an American-Israeli film editor, director and screenwriter.
Biography Shefi was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her parents are Hannah Ezrati, an immigrant from Saloniki, and Adam Shefi.
Shefi studied theater at Telma Yelin High School and at the Avshalom Democratic School. She then studied film at the Beit Zvi film school, and completed additional courses at the New School of Visual Arts in New York, and at AFI in Los Angeles.
Between 1999 and 2002, Shefi was co-founder of the film department and lead editing instructor at the Emek Yizrael College. Between 2002 and 2009, she lived in Goa, India, and there created her first film as a director, Not Your Life. She moved to India with her partner and their daughter, Kaya, then age 8. Kaya got involved in a local boxing club, and Shefi followed some of the girls on their journey in this non-traditional sports branch for the film. Kaya was home-schooled during this time, and also completed correspondence courses. They returned to Israel when she was 15. Since 2009, Shefi teaches at Jump Cut, a school for film editors and animators.
Shefi is a mentor and lecturer for various film funds and festivals, including DocAviv, Gesher Film Fund, and the Bernstein Foundation.
Filmography +YearWorkRoleNotes201815 YearsEditorGod's AddressEditorConsumption HabitsEditorThe BelieversEditorVideo Installation for Breda Photo Festival2017The ImpureWriter, editorDocumentaryBefore My Feet Touch the GroundWriter, editorDocumentaryYizkor LeMenashiyeEditorDocumentary2016Off GuardWriter, editorDocumentary2015Pedagogical PoemEditorDocumentary2014There and Here EditorDocumentary2013Not Your Life Director, writer, cinematographerDocumentaryThe LabEditorDocumentary2012-2013The AlbumsEditorDocumentary TV series2012The Way Back: Rivka Zohar Returns to New YorkEditorDocumentary2011Life in StillsEditorDocumentary2010Yellow MumsEditorShortWide Angle EditorDocumentary TV seriesSperm Bank KidsEditorTV documentaryWhere's the Food?EditorDocumentary TV series2009Alex, Pro and ConEditorDocumentary TV series2006The Tea Boy of GazaEditorDocumentary, short2003Rutenberg Editor2001Ish HahashmalEditorDakot Shel TehilaEditorTV series 1999-2002Ha-Chevre Ha-Tovim EditorTV series
(38 episodes)1999-2000ShemeshEditorTV series (7 episodes)1997Florentine EditorTV series (7 episodes)1994-1998The Cameric Five EditorTV series 1994Hashamen Im HaSonyEditorDocumentary TV series (several episodes)
Awards +YearAwardCategoryWorkResult2011DocAvivBest EditingLife in Stillswon2013International Women's Film Festival In RehovotMost Promising FilmmakerNot Your Lifewon
See also List of female film and television directors
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