Yuval Orr

Yuval Orr? Yeah, the guy’s basically a heavyweight in Israel’s film editing scene. He came out of Camera Obscura back in 2001, and he’s been slicing and dicing films ever since—both documentaries and fiction. You wanna talk awards? Let’s just say his work racks them up. In 2018 alone, he edited “Skin” by Guy Nattiv, a 20-minute short that snagged wins all over: HollyShorts, San Jose International, Clermont-Ferrand...the list goes on. Same year, he teamed up with Amos Gitai—yeah, that Gitai—for “Letter to a Friend in Gaza” and “Train in Jerusalem,” both hitting big-time festivals like Venice and Jerusalem. Not too shabby. Then you got “Nefilot” by Erez Tadmor in 2018—another short, another prize, this time the Israeli Sapir. Back up a year and you’ll find him in the credits for “West of the Jordan River,” again with Gitai, showing at Cannes, Warsaw, and Jerusalem. There’s “Dear God” too, a collab with Nattiv and Tadmor, cause apparently Yuval likes to keep it in the family. 2016 was wild for him—he co-directed “Por Do Sol” and edited “Shalom Rabin” (Cannes!) and “Herzog & De Maron.” Not to mention “Rabin The Last Day” in 2015, which made the rounds at Venice and Toronto. And don’t forget “Tsili” in 2014—because, honestly, when does this guy sleep? Basically, if you see an Israeli doc lighting up the festival circuit, odds are Yuval Orr’s fingerprints are all over it.