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 2013 Levi created and directed the highly acclaimed Israeli mini-series, “THE ACCURSED” (HOT, Israel cable company). 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; Levi also served as an executive producer of “In Treatment” and directed several episodes in it. “Be’Tipul” had been adapted and remade in 18 more countries, including France, Italy, Russia, Canada, The Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Japan and more. 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 created, co-produced and co-directed the anthology series “SHORT STORIES ABOUT LOVE” (1996, Keshet Broadcasting), which won the Israeli Academy Awards for best drama twice. Levi also directed and co-created the medical drama mini-series “101 (2000)”; co-created and co-produced the daily drama “Love Around The Corner” (2002, 270 episodes), and directed and co-wrote the TV single drama “Premiere” (2002); among others. In 1993, as his first work after graduating the Tel Aviv University’s film and TV department, Levi wrote, directed, and co-produced the feature film “AUGUST SNOW” (1993). 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 leading Israeli TV channel “Keshet Broadcasting” (2003-2006).