Omer Ben-Shachar
Directing
Biography
Omer Ben-Shachar is a Los Angeles-based writer/director. His debut short film, 'Tree #3', won a Student Academy Award, Urbanworld’s Best Young Creator Award, Palm Springs’ Audience Award, and was nominated for a Student Emmy. His follow-up short, 'Single Residence Occupancy', won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the Atlanta Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at Imagine Entertainment’s 'From Minutes to Movies' ShortFest. His latest film, 'Houston, We Have a Crush', won the Fanomenon Short Film Award at the Leeds International Film Festival and the Art Directors Guild Production Design Award at the GuadaLAjara Film Festival, with selections at SXSW Sydney, NewFest, and Austin. His short films have earned multiple Vimeo Staff Picks, been featured on 'Short of the Week', and screened at over 100 festivals around the world. Omer has directed music videos and commercials featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Nowness, Directors’ Library and at the Hammer Museum’s Flux Series, earning a Webby Award and a Cannes Lions Young Directors Award nomination. His commercial clients include Microsoft, Rakuten Viki, and Honkai: Star Rail. A fellow of Film Independent's Project Involve and Screenwriting Lab, the Warner Bros. Television Directors Workshop, and Paramount's Directing Program, Omer is also a graduate of the American Film Institute’s Directing Program, where he received the Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award. He is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and a BAFTA Connect Member.
Known For
After finding a phone that was accidentally left behind by an astronaut, a lonely alien develops an all-consuming crush.
Houston, We Have a Crush
After he's been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget.
Tree #3
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Left Brain
A Chinese immigrant living in a Single Residence Occupancy apartment receives news that her family's application for better housing is denied, and grapples with how to share the news with her children.
Single Residence Occupany
Elijah desperately tries to fit into a world where everyone wears identical masks. But when his mask unexpectedly begins to peel off, Elijah starts to doubt if hiding his true identity is really worth it.