Yoav Shamir
Film director
1970 –
Who is Yoav Shamir?
Yoav Shamir is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films Checkpoint and Defamation. Shamir's films have received awards from independent film festivals including Best Feature Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Shamir's viewpoint of Israeli political policies in his documentaries made him a focal point of criticism and garnered accusations of anti-semitism. His latest film, 10% - What Makes A Hero? - A Documentary, is focused on the premise that a small minority of people, less than 10%, will always fight for what is just regardless of circumstance.
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- Born
- 1970
Tel Aviv - Nationality
- Israel
- Profession
- Education
- Tel Aviv University
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on July 23, 2013
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