Renen Schorr

(1952 - 2025)

Renen Schorr, the prominent Israeli filmmaker, is a director and producer of "Late Summer Blues" (1987), winner of the Israeli Ophir Award for Best Picture. He is the founding director of Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem (1989-2020). Schorr established the The Israeli Film Fund (1979), The New Fund for Cinema and TV (1992) and, amongst others, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (2011-2019). Following his retirement, Schorr directed and produced the epic full length documentary film - "Wake Up, Grandson" (2024).