Biography

Aurit Zamir is an Israeli filmmaker, active as a screenwriter, director, and producer as well as the former Director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School International Film and Series Labs. In 2008 she established Gum Films along with her partner Yoav Roeh. Together they have produced the feature films Asia, The Testament, Manpower, Off White Lies, and the documentaries As Themselves, The Lab, Night Shift, Long Distance. Her 2016 short film Babysitter, which she wrote and directed, won first place at the Haifa International Film Festival and the directing prize at Flickers Film Festival.

A longtime teacher and mentor at her alma mater, Zamir was the Head of the Entrepreneurial Producing Department at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film and Television School from 2018 to 2021. In January 2020 she was appointed the director of the Sam Spiegel International Film and Series Labs.

She has served as a lector for the Israel Film Fund, the Jerusalem International Film Lab, and the Haifa International Film Festival as well as a jury member at DocAviv. Her prose has been published in literary magazines such as Granta (2018) and Petel (2019).
- IMDb mini biography by: Aurit Zamir