Yaniv Rokah

Yaniv Rokah is an Israeli-American actor and film director.

Early life Yaniv Rokah grew up on the Mediterranean in Netanya, Israel. As a young adult, he moved to New York to become an actor. He attended New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

The subject of the documentary, Marie 'Mimi' Haist, was a homeless woman living in a laundromat frequented by young, unknown actors and helping them do their laundry. Rokah decided to make a film about her. The film garnered substantial publicity while still in production when actor Zach Galifianakis, who had since become successful with The Hangover series, arranged to give her an apartment, which Renée Zellweger furnished.

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