BIOGRAPHY
Ofir Raul Graizer was born in Israel in 1981, moved to Germany in 2010, and is based in Palm Springs.
After his short films screened at major international festivals including Cannes and Clermont-Ferrand, his debut feature The Cakemaker, produced on a micro-budget, became an arthouse sleeper hit. It was released theatrically in 26 countries, acquired by Netflix, won 18 international awards, and was selected as Israel’s official entry for The Oscars®. With a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, The Cakemaker continues to reach audiences worldwide years after its release.
Graizer’s second feature, America, won both Critics and Audience Awards and was released internationally across seven markets, including North America and Spain. The film was praised for its “intoxicating sensory quality” and described as “a masterpiece for the ages.” As Andrew Wright wrote in The Take-Out: “Ofir Raul Graizer is the real deal.”
Graizer has served as a jury member for numerous international institutions, including the Oscar®-qualifying Drama Shorts Competition at Out On Film in Atlanta, the NDR Young Talent Award at the Hamburg Film Festival, the Europa in Film program of the German Film Academy, and the Main Feature Competition at the Fünf Seen Filmfestival.
He has been invited as a guest speaker at leading institutions including Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, Wesleyan University, and the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. He has also served as a development mentor for the Negev Film Fund, guiding filmmakers from initial concept through full screenplay drafts.
Graizer is the author of a German-language book of short stories and recipes. He is currently developing multiple film, television, and literary projects for the international market, working between Los Angeles, Berlin, London, and Athens.
He is represented by Hertz Lichtenstein Young & Polk LLP, whose clients include Will Smith, Keke Palmer, Beyoncé, and more.
AWARDS AND SPECIAL MENTIONS
2025
Selected to participate in SeriesMakers with The Wonderful Golem - A TV limited series in development.
2024
Winner - Audience Award - Filmfestival Kitzbühel
2023
Winner - Best Narrative Feature - BendFilm
Winner - Critics Prize - Miami Jewish Film Festival
2022
Winner - Audience Award, Best Narrative - Philadelphia JFM
Winner - Best Actress - Oshrat Ingedashet - Jerusalem IFF
2018
Winner of the Ophir Award - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay - The Israeli Academy of Film and Television
Winner of The Critics Prize - Miami Jewish Film Festival
Winner of the Audience Award - Kosmorama Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival
Winner of The Best Film Award - Provincetown International Film Festival
Winner of the Special Jury Diploma - Molodist International Film Festival
Winner of the Jury Prize - Festival du Cinéma Israelién de Montréal
Winner - The Best Director, the Best Israeli Film - Berlin Jewish Film Festival
Winner of the 2nd Best Feature - Würzburg International Filmweekend
Granted the Script Development Fund from the IDM Sout Tyrol ("The Dream of the Shepherd")
Granted the Script Development Fund from The Israeli Film Fund ("America")
2017
Winner of the Ecunomal Jury Award - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Winner of The Lia Van Leer Award - Jerusalem Film Festival
2016
CINELAB - Pitch Point, Jerusalem Film Festival
Rabinowich Film Fund for Post Production
Best Film – Basta Fest Serbia
2015
Selected to participate in Chile Factory - Director's Fortnight, Cannes
2014
Talent Project Market - Berlinale Talents
2013
Agora Film Market - Thessaloniki Film Festival
2012
Development Fund - Jerusalem Film & Television Fund
Berlinale Talent Campus
The Nipkow Program - Expanded support for project exellence
2011
The Nipkow Program - Development Grant - "The German Cakemaker"
REGIOFUN Film Festival - Best Film for "DOR" - Short Film Competition
2010
3rd Award - Gottlib Screenplay Competition for the screenplay of “September”
The Southern Filmmaker Award, Cinema South Festival
2nd Prize for Treatments - Tel Avid Student Film Festival
2009
Goldfarb Film Scholarship
Eli Gelfend Short Film Fund
Best Editing for "Fragments", CSFF
Best Film - Student Competition DocAviv
Best Film Cinema South Festival
2008
Best Editing for "Reds - Chronicle of a Struggle” Cinema South Festival
2007
Dean's Scholarship, Sapir Academic College
Winner of Filmmaker’s Scholarship Sapir Academic College
CREATIVE CONSULTING
Ofir Raul Graizer offers outstanding consultations to writers, directors, producers, and actors. His services include the analysis and evaluation of written material (screenplays, treatments), films in editing (rough cuts, assemblies), and guidance for actors looking to sharpen their craft or create compelling e-castings and showreels.
Ofir's feedback is unlike any other; he will provide practical advice that can truly elevate your work.
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