Yehonatan Indursky

Yehonatan Indursky (; born 1984) is an Israeli filmmaker and the creator of the successful Israeli drama series Shtisel, which was broadcast internationally by Netflix. Whilst a student at the yeshiva, Indursky encountered the secular poetry of Rachel Bluwstein at a public library, marking the beginning of his departure from Haredi religious practice. Won the Best Film and Best Acting Awards of the SSFS in 2011 and been selected to the Jerusalem Film Festival; "" (2014) - Indursky's first full-length film: documentary, a rare and intimate look at one of Israel's leading yeshiva, Ponevezh Yeshiva, premiered in official competition in the Haifa Film Festival 2012 and was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Israeli Academy Awards (Ophir); "The Cantor and the Sea" (Short, 2015); "Shtisel" (2013 - 2016) - as a screenwriter he created and wrote (with Ori Elon) the highly acclaimed Israeli drama series, Shtisel (in Hebrew שטיסל). In 2018 the series was broadcast on Netflix International. "Autonomies" (2018) - A dystopian mini TV drama series about an alternate reality of present-day Israel, a nation torn and divided by a wall between the secular capital of Tel Aviv, and the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Autonomy in Jerusalem. won Reflet d'Or, The Best International Television Series in Geneva International Film Festival 2018. "Driver" (2018) - an intimate exploration of lives at the fringes of Bnei Brak’s ultra-Orthodox community. The film won 3 prizes - Best Picture, Best actor and Best Screenplay from The Israeli Film Critics Forum 2018. "Kugel" (2024) - a prequel to Shtisel, set in the Haredi community of Antwerp. 2018: Reflet d'Or, The Best International Television Series in Geneva International Film Festival for "Autonomies". 2018: Best film, Best actor and Best Screenplay for "Driver" from The Israeli Film Critics Forum.

Personal life Indursky has since resumed his observant lifestyle after twenty years, and now practises Hasidic Judaism.

He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife, Eva, an observant Jewish immigrant from France, as they favor the city's cultural liberalism. The couple have a daughter together.