Tal Shefi
טל שפי
BornApril 28, 1967
Palo Alto, California
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Film editor, film director, screenwriter, editing consultant, and film lecturer

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.[1] Between 2002 and 2009, she lived in Goa, India, and there created her first film as a director, Not Your Life.[1] 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.[2] Kaya was home-schooled during this time, and also completed correspondence courses. They returned to Israel when she was 15.[2] Since 2009, Shefi teaches at Jump Cut, a school for film editors and animators.[3]

Shefi is a mentor and lector for various film funds and festivals, including DocAviv, Gesher Film Fund, and the Bernstein Foundation.[4]

Filmography

Year Work Role Notes
2018 15 Years Editor
God's Address Editor
Consumption Habits Editor
The Believers Editor Video Installation for Breda Photo Festival
2017 The Impure Writer, editor Documentary
Before My Feet Touch the Ground Writer, editor Documentary
Yizkor LeMenashiye Editor Documentary
2016 Off Guard Writer, editor Documentary
2015 Pedagogical Poem Editor Documentary
2014 There and Here Editor Documentary
2013 Not Your Life Director, writer, cinematographer Documentary
The Lab Editor Documentary
2012-2013 The Albums Editor Documentary TV series
2012 The Way Back: Rivka Zohar Returns to New York Editor Documentary
2011 Life in Stills Editor Documentary
2010 Yellow Mums Editor Short
Wide Angle Editor Documentary TV series
Sperm Bank Kids Editor TV documentary
Where's the Food? Editor Documentary TV series
2009 Alex, Pro and Con Editor Documentary TV series
2006 The Tea Boy of Gaza Editor Documentary, short
2003 Rutenberg Editor
2001 Ish Hahashmal Editor
Dakot Shel Tehila Editor TV series
1999-2002 Ha-Chevre Ha-Tovim Editor TV series

(38 episodes)

1999-2000 Shemesh Editor TV series (7 episodes)
1997 Florentine Editor TV series (7 episodes)
1994-1998 The Cameric Five Editor TV series
1994 Hashamen Im HaSony Editor Documentary TV series (several episodes)

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result
2011 DocAviv Best Editing Life in Stills won
2013 International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot Most Promising Filmmaker Not Your Life won

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "טל שפי | איגוד העורכים". editors.org.il. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. 1 2 "ילדה של העולם: 7 שנים בין גואה לישראל". mako. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  3. ↑ "הצוות". www.jumpcut.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. ↑ "דוקאביב 2019 – הפסטיבל הבינלאומי לקולנוע דוקומנטרי בתל אביב". דוקאביב 20 Docaviv (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
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