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name: "Ori Sivan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ori-sivan"
fi1m_id: "ori-sivan"
imdb_id: "nm0803348"
tmdb_id: 585502
wikidata_id: "Q12403611"
roles: []
born: "30 July 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:01:26.907294+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."
---

# Ori Sivan

## Identity

Ori Sivan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ori-sivan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ori-sivan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0803348
- **TMDB ID:** 585502
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12403611
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ori_Sivan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12403611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/585502

Director. Born 30 July 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 July 1963, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ori_Sivan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12403611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/585502

## Biography

Ori Sivan is an Israeli film and television director and screenwriter. Born on 30 July 1963 in San Francisco, California, he studied film and television at Tel Aviv University from 1986 to 1991.

He co-directed the documentary *Comfortably Numb* (1991) and the feature *Saint Clara* (1996) with Ari Folman. Sivan co-created the Israeli series *Be'Tipul* (2005–2008), which was adapted internationally as *In Treatment*. He appears as himself (voice) in Folman's *Waltz with Bashir* (2008) and later directed *Harmonia* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sonyclassics.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Waltz with Bashir* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Self (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/waltz-with-bashir.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *In Treatment* (2020), series, Original Film Writer
- *En terapia* (2019), series, Creator
- *Mouna* (2019), series, Director
- *Harmonia* (2016), Director, Screenplay
- *In Treatment* (2016), series, Creator
- *Sessão de Terapia* (2012), series, Creator
- *En Terapia* (2012), series, Writer, Creator
- *In therapie* (2010), series, Creator
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Original Series Creator, Story
- *Shabatot VeHagim* (2000), series, Creator
- *Short Stories About Love* (1998), series, Director
- *Saint Clara* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Short film* (1993), Lighting Design
- *Comfortably Numb* (1991), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Ophir Award (best director) 1996: Ophir Award (best director) (won), for *Saint Clara*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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