Tal Shefi

Tal Shefi (Hebrew: טל שפי; born April 28, 1967) is an American-Israeli film editor, director and screenwriter.

Biography Shefi was born in Palo Alto, California, and grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her parents are Hannah Ezrati, an immigrant from Saloniki, and Adam Shefi.

Shefi studied theater at Telma Yelin High School and at the Avshalom Democratic School. She then studied film at the Beit Zvi film school, and completed additional courses at the New School of Visual Arts in New York, and at AFI in Los Angeles.

Between 1999 and 2002, Shefi was co-founder of the film department and lead editing instructor at the Emek Yizrael College. Between 2002 and 2009, she lived in Goa, India, and there created her first film as a director, Not Your Life. Kaya was home-schooled during this time, and also completed correspondence courses. They returned to Israel when she was 15.

Shefi is a mentor and lecturer for various film funds and festivals, including DocAviv, Gesher Film Fund, and the Bernstein Foundation.

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