Lior Geller

Lior Geller is an Emmy Award nominated Israeli-American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, cinematographer, composer, and Guinness World Record holder, best known for writing, directing and producing the feature film The World Will Tremble which tells the true story of the first escape from the first Nazi death camp during World War II.

Early life and education Lior Geller grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey and Ramat Gan, Israel. He studied film at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.

In 2008, Geller wrote and directed an Emmy nominated documentary which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, won multiple awards, was sold to PBS in the United States where it played on its Wide Angle series in 2009, earning Geller an Emmy nomination.

Following the success of "Roads", Geller was brought to Hollywood where he sold his first feature screenplay "Alone in Damascus" to Eric Eisner’s Double E Pictures. After the sale of "Alone in Damascus", Geller went on to sell multiple screenplays as a screenwriter and direct several unscripted television series.

Geller's feature film debut, We Die Young, premiered at the 2019 Mammoth Film Festival on February 7, 2019, in Mammoth Lakes, CA as the festival’s opening night gala film. Prior to the screening, the film was preemptively purchased by Lionsgate Films for distribution in the United States. Lionsgate released the film on March 1, 2019 to critical acclaim with particular praise for Geller’s direction and the performance of lead actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

His second film, The World Will Tremble, had its world premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in Miami, Florida, on 16 January 2025 and was released in US theaters March 14, 2025 by Vertical. The film holds a 93% rating on review aggregator website site Rotten Tomatoes, has been called "Astonishing... the first great film of 2025" by film critic Keith Arlington, and has become an international streaming sensation reaching the global Netflix top ten and securing the number one spot in multiple countries.

Awards and nominations Since 2007 Geller has received numerous awards and nominations setting a Guinness World Record for Most Awards Won by a Short Student Film for "Roads".

Filmography Lior Geller has a catalogue of films and documentaries he produced, wrote and directed. The table below chronicles his filmography.

Year Title Role Notes 2005 At the Green Line Cinematographer Documentary 2007 Roads Director, Producer and Writer Short 2008 The Heart of Jenin Director, Writer Documentary (as Leon Geller) 2009 Wide Angle Director, Writer TV series documentary (1 episode) 2010 Target: Happiness Director TV series (6 episodes) 2016 Hatched Director TV series (6 episodes) 2017 H1Z1: Fight for the Crown Director, Editor, Musician (guitar) TV mini-series 2019 We Die Young Director, Writer, Editor Feature Film 2025 The World Will Tremble Director, Producer, Writer, Editor Feature Film