Ayelet Menahemi

Ayelet Menahemi (; born 1963) is an Israeli film director, producer, writer, editor, and actress.

Life and Works Menahemi was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. She attended Beit Zvi School of Stage and Cinematic Arts, graduating with honors in 1985. which she also produced, and she acted in Ben Gurion Airport (1997). Among the films that Menahemi and Ariel have produced together is "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" (1997),

Awards

Menahemi's first short film, "Crows," won prizes in film festivals around the world. Her film "Noodle" garnered nominations for the 2007 Israel Film Academy Awards in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay. Additionally, she won the 2000 Gold Illumination Award and Silver Award for "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" from the Crested Butte Reel Fest; the 2007 Special Grand Prize of the Jury for "Noodle" at the Montreal World Film Festival; and the 1998 Golden Spire Award for "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana" at the San Francisco International Film Festival. "It’s About Time" (2001) won the Jerusalem Festival Wolgin award and the Japan Prize.