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Avi Merkado
Israeli director & scriptwriter
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Screen
2019-2020 – Director and Screenwriter – "You Had To Be There" a feature length documentary for the
Israeli public channel Kan 11, about humor during the holocaust. Produced by NGI
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Education and Qualifications
2007-2008 M.A in Film & Television Studies at the University of Westminster – including screenwriting.
April-June Diploma in Film Making at the London Academy of Media Film and TV- Three months
2008 co...
Project
Project
Avenging Evil
In the dying days of WW2 a secret organization of Holocaust survivors plan a terrible revenge. Just as the Nazis had killed 6 million Jews, they will kill 6 million Germans. The last surviving Avengers tell their astonishing story.
Project
You had to be there
You Had to Be There will take us on a personal journey of discovery, led by one of Israel’s biggest stars, the Jewish comedian of French descent, Tal Friedman. Friedman’s father is a Holocaust survivor, born in Strasbourg, who managed to escape the N...