Hagai LEVI

Hagai Levi was born in Sha’alvim, a religious Kibbutz in Israel, and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Levi has recently written and directed the upcoming adaptation of SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (HBO), starring Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac.

In 2015 Levi won the Golden Globe award for best drama series as the co-creator and co-producer of the series THE AFFAIR (Showtime, 2014), which aired 5 seasons and received other Golden Globe and Emmy awards.
Levi co-created, co-directed and co-produced the HBO series OUR BOYS, that aired in the US and worldwide from August 2019. The series won the Israeli academy award for best series and another 13 Israeli academy awards.

In 2005, Levi created, co-produced and co-directed the Israeli TV series “BE’TIPUL”, later adapted to the HBO’s series “IN TREATMENT” (2007-2010, 106 episodes), which won several Emmy and Golden Globe awards.. “Be’Tipul” had been adapted and remade in 18 more countries. The French adaptation, “EN THÉRAPIE”, currently showing in ARTE, is highly acclaimed and viewed, with almost 18 million views in the first two weeks of airing only.

Levi was a film critic for 10 years, as well as lecturer in the leading film schools in Israel, and was the head of drama department in the principal Israeli TV channel “Keshet Broadcasting” (2003-2006).