Shira Geffen

Shira Geffen (; born April 30, 1971) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter, film director and children's book writer.

Biography Shira Geffen was born in 1971. Her father, Yehonatan Geffen, was an author. Her brother, Aviv Geffen, is a singer. She is married to Israeli author Etgar Keret.

Awards and recognition Geffen won First Prize at the Haifa Children's Theater Festival in 1998 and the Hadassah Prize in 2003. In 2007, Geffen and her husband Etgar Keret won the Cannes Film Festival's Camera d'Or Award for Jellyfish. The French Artists' and Writers' Guild also awarded Geffen and Keret the Best Director Award (2007).