Dror Shaul

Dror Shaul is a film writer director. He was born in Kibbutz Kissufim in Southern Israel, to a Yemenite mother and an American father from New York. His parents died when he was a kid. After he left the Kibbutz, he joined the film industry as a PA (Not Without My Daughter). Dror wasn't accepted to a film school but he managed to make his debut film Operation Grandma (based on true events that took place on his grandmother's funeral). The film won an Israeli Academy Award and became one of Israel's cult films. Dror participated in the Robert Redford's Sundance labs where he developed his film Sweet Mud. The film won Sundance IFF, Berlin Crystal Bear and 6 other international film festivals. Dror's Commercial Campaigns won local and international awards including European Silver Effie, Polish Silver Effie and Israeli "Kaktus". His 2016 Huawei Christmas campaign BePresent was viewed by 32 Million on YouTube and was selected by Ads Of Brands as one of the Ten Best Christmas commercials for 2016. He lives in Udim, close to Tel Aviv, together with his wife and two kids.