---
name: "Omri Givon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/omri-givon"
fi1m_id: "omri-givon"
imdb_id: "nm3162955"
tmdb_id: 998558
wikidata_id: "Q98918798"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:52:19.766573+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Omri Givon

## Identity

Omri Givon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/omri-givon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** omri-givon
- **IMDb ID:** nm3162955
- **TMDB ID:** 998558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98918798
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98918798, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3162955/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/998558

Writer. Born 1 January 1977 in Israel.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1977, Israel
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98918798, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3162955/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/998558

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Hostages*](https://film.one/tv/hostages.md) (45)

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## Biography

Omri Givon is an Israeli writer, director and television creator. Born in 1977, he trained at the Charles A. Smith Arts School in Jerusalem and began with short films and the television drama *Valley of Dreams* (2003).

His feature debut *Seven Minutes in Heaven* (2008) won Best Israeli Film at the Haifa Film Festival. In 2013 he co-created and co-directed the thriller series *Hostages* (also known as *Bnei Aruba*), which aired on Channel 10 and was later acquired by Netflix. He subsequently created *When Heroes Fly* (2018) and *The Grave* (2019), and served as executive producer on the American adaptation *Echo 3* (2022), which was based on *When Heroes Fly*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, in-tv.net, shalom.it.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hostages* (2013), Fi1m 45, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/hostages.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Echo 3* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
- *The Grave* (2019), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *When Heroes Fly* (2018), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Hostages* (2013), series, Director, Creator
- *Hostages* (2013), series, Creator — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/tv/hostages.md)
- *Seven Minutes in Heaven* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Divine Intervention* (2002), Second Assistant Director
- *Zakładnicy*, series, Original Series Creator

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/omri-givon