Ofir Raul Graizer is an Israeli-born film director and scriptwriter who lives between Germany, Israel and Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the Film School in Sapir College, Sderot. His first year’s short film “A Prayer in January” participated in 20 film festivals and was sold to distribution. His following short films were screened in numerous film festivals including Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, and more.

His first feature film The Cakemaker was theatrically released in 26 countries, received international acclaim and rated 98% in Rotten Tomatoes. It won 7 awards in the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, thus being Israel’s official entry to the Oscars. His second feature, America, which was filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown in Tel Aviv, premiered in the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022, is sold by Beta Cinema and will be commercially released in USA, Canada, Australia, Spain, Israel and Czech Republic. Graizer also published a book of short stories and recipes in German. He is currently working on several films, TV and literary projects for the international market.