Biography
Michele Ohayon is an award winning director, writer and producer. Born in Casablanca and raised in Israel, Michele graduated from Tel Aviv University (Film & Television), after serving in the army. Her critically acclaimed feature documentaries include: It was a Wonderful Life (1987, narrated by Jodie Foster) (PBS), Colors Straight Up (1997) (Nominated for an Academy Award, Directors Guild of America, Spirit awards and won 13 National awards), Cowboy del Amor (2005) (winner SXSW both jury and audience award), Steal a Pencil for Me, (2007), produced with Netflix. Winner Jerusalem Film Festival, S.OS./State of Security (2010) (Berlin film festival) and Solar Roadways, (Tribeca film festival). In 1984, she received the Israeli Best Film Award for 'Pressure', one of the first dramatic films on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1987, she moved to Los Angeles, where she went on to direct many acclaimed documentary features. In 2013 Ohayon made the Academy of Motion Pictures tribute film for Angelina Jolie, narrated by Morgan Freeman, and for Jolie's Governor's academy award for her humanitarian work, and in 2014 tribute film for Jean Claude Carriere, Academy Award, narrated by Jeremy…
Directed
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Strip Down, Rise Up (2021) — Director
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Cristina (2016) — Director
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Steal a Pencil for Me (2007) — Director
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Colors Straight Up (1997) — Director
- Cowboy del Amor (2005) — Director
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Women: Stories of Passion (1996) — Director
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Pressure (1984) — Director
- It Was a Wonderful Life (1992) — Director
- Solar Roadways (2012) — Director
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S.O.S.: State of Security (2011) — Director
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Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas (2012) — Director