- Born
- DiedFebruary 26, 2025 (Undisclosed)
- Renen Schorr, the prominent Israeli filmmaker, is a director and producer of "Late Summer Blues" (1987), winner of the Israeli Ophir Award for Best Picture.
He is the founding director of Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem (1989-2020).
Schorr established the The Israeli Film Fund (1979), The New Fund for Cinema and TV (1992) and, amongst others, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (2011-2019).
Following his retirement, Schorr directed and produced the epic full length documentary film - "Wake Up, Grandson" (2024).
- IMDb mini biography by: Renen Schorr
- In 1989, he founded Israel's first independent, national school for film and television, the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School - Jerusalem, and served as its director from that time, until his death.
- In 1979 he won a scholarship from the Israel America Culture Foundation and went to the US where, among other things, was on the sets of filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, Paul Mazursky and worked in Los Angeles with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Steve Shagan on the first draft of his film Late Summer Blues.
- He edited the screenplay for the international award-winning film Broken Wings (2002) directed by Nir Bergman.
- In December 2016 he was awarded the Chevalier des arts et lettres by the French government.
- During the last 40 years he founded or co-founded the infrastructure of Israeli film funds and cinematheques.
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