Omri Bezalel
Author | Screenwriter | Filmmaker | Producer
ABOUT

Omri Bezalel is an Israeli writer, screenwriter, producer, and filmmaker. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mountaintop Productions, an Israeli and New York-based film production company, and is a partner in LA-based Big Swell Entertainment, where he serves as chairman and producer.
Omri has produced more than a dozen feature films, short films, and mini-series in Israel and the United States. Among others, he co-produced Natalie Portman's feature directorial debut, A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, which premiered at Cannes in 2015, and before that he produced the film JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, Omri produced COME CLOSER, the winner of the Israeli Academy Award for Best Film and Israel's official submission to the Oscars in Best International Feature.
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Omri wrote, directed, and produced the independent feature film LISTEN, starring Eden Epstein of Apple’s SEE. The film is currently doing the film festival circuit, having shown at the Miami and Vienna Jewish Film Festivals, among others, and won the Darkhouse Audience Award at the Lighthouse Film Festival. Omri's debut novel SILENT WATERS, based on his military experience, will be available on March 1, 2025.
Omri served for five years in Shayetet 13, Israel’s elite Naval Commando unit, equivalent to the US Navy SEALs. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from NYU, where he double majored in dramatic writing and journalism, as well as double minored in creative writing and producing. He was the recipient of the Founders Day Award, presented to the highest bracket of scholastic performance, and of the Zenger Award, presented to the top overall undergraduate journalism student.