Eran Kolirin

Born in 1973, Eran Kolirin’s feature film debut as a director, The Band’s Visit, cast a shining light on the Israeli scriptwriter, winning him acclaim and over 50 prestigious awards around the globe, among them eight Ophir Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, the Un Certain Regard Jury Coup de Coeur Award in Cannes, and the European Film Award.

Eran’s first work for cinema was the screenplay for the film Zur – Hadassim for which he won the “Lipper Prize” for Best Script at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, 1999. In 2004, Eran Kolirin wrote and directed the TV movie )The Long Journey_. –The Match Factory