Hagai Levi
Hagai Levi | |
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Born | Sha'alvim, Israel | 2 July 1963
Occupation(s) | television creator, writer, director, producer |
Hagai Levi (Hebrew: חגי לוי; born on 2 July 1963) is an Israeli television creator, writer, director, and producer.
Early life and education
Levi was born in Sha'alvim, Israel in 1963. He studied psychology at Bar-Ilan University but left to complete his mandatory military service. Levi served in the Israeli Ground Forces before studying film at Tel Aviv University. Levi practiced Orthodox Judaism but became less religious while completing his military service.[1]
Career
Levi started his career after graduating from the Tel Aviv university film and Television department, with the feature film August Snow (1993) that he wrote, directed and co-produced. He later created and co-produced the anthology series Short Stories about Love, which twice won the Israeli Academy Award for best drama. He directed and co-created the medical drama series 101 (2000); co-created and co-produced the daily drama Love Around the Corner (2002, 270 episodes), and directed and co-wrote the TV single drama Premiere (2002). He also wrote for the drama series Shabatot Vehagim and served as a show runner of some telenovelas. He was a film critic for various newspapers for ten years during his period, as well as a lecturer in the leading film schools in Israel, and was the head of the drama department in the leading Israeli TV channel Keshet (2003–2006).
He is known for creating, directing and producing the television drama
Levi won a Golden Globe Award for co-creating and co-producing the television drama The Affair with Sarah Treem. In 2014 announced his intention to retire from writing The Affair, citing dissatisfaction with the commercial aspects of U.S. television development.[2] However, in 2019, he co-created, co-produced and co-directed the television drama Our Boys for HBO, which premiered August 12, 2019. That same year it was announced that he was developing a television series for Endeavour Content with Romi Aboulafia and film producer Ben Giladi.[3][4]
In 2021, Levi wrote, co-produced and directed
References
- ^ Rosen, Sarah. "'Scenes From a Marriage' is Hagai Levi's most personal HBO series yet". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Shiloni, Smardar (26 December 2014). "Israeli creator of 'The Affair' opens up to Ynet". Ynet. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ White, Peter (2019-04-11). "'Fauda' Writer Michal Aviram, 'Harem' Star Romi Aboulafia & 'The Affair' Co-Creator Hagai Levi Team On Female Detective Thriller 'The Public'". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "Hagai Levi to produce new thriller series". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (July 8, 2021). "'Scenes from a Marriage' First Trailer: Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain Channel Bergman for HBO". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
- Hagai Levi at IMDb