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Professional Training:
2000 – 2001: “Famu”, Prague. Studies in screenplay writing.
1993 – 1994: “Theatre On the Vien”. Vienna, Austria – Theatre acting and direction
studies.
1986 – 1990: Private acting studies, three times a week: Teacher: Hillel Neeman,
Director and Lecturer in Theatre.
1981 – 1986: “Netanya Municipal Theatre” – Acting studies, including participation in
productions and plays.
Work Experience:
2007: Worked as casting director and scriptwriter on different projects in Paris.
2006: : Establishment and management of the “Oved machpud internationalquot;-
2005: Opening of the music department, managing singers and artists in the music
industry and functioning as a record company in every sense. This included the
recording of singles and full length discs; their distribution to radio stations and
record stores, in Israel and around the world and the associated public relations
work.
2004: Selected from a list of thousands of candidates with elite talents and training, to
be invited by the British Home Office to work for two years as salaried or
independent artist in London and the UK at large. At the end of that period, the
successful candidates are granted UK citizenship. Each year, only a very small
number of artists are selected and they are all well known, exceptionally talented
representatives of the creative arts in their home countries. The British
Government invites them to develop and contribute to the broader aspects of
culture as part of the program called: The Highly Skilled Migrant Program,
established in Law by the Immigration Act of 1971.
Establishment of the Agency: “Oved Machpud International” in London – The
Agency looks after more than 100 promising talents from all over the globe. The
Agency also specializes in the promotion of Israeli talent seeking to succeed
abroad.
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1997 – 2003: Establishment and management of the “Oved Machpud Agency for
Actors” – an agency specializing in personal management for actors in the
film industry, theatre, television and advertising – beginning with the
discovery of new talents, the shaping of their public image. Oved Machpud
prepares the candidates for auditions through acting classes and provides
personal chaperoning. Talents are also provided with complete scheduling
and public relations services. The agency has created a completely new
style of personal management in the film industry, theatre, and television in
Israel and was the progenitor of the “Age of the Stars” during the 1990s.
The agency has built up and launched onto the public scene, more than 200
actors, artists and stars around the world.
1999 - 2000: “To Love Rona” – an original rock drama. Script, direction and
production: Oved Machpud. The play was first presented at the “Zohar” theatre,
an old cinema, which was specially refurbished for this philanthropic production
and to provide a stage for all young artists seeking to create and put their
creations on display. Six actors participate in the play, which also includes video
clips (this was the first time in Israel that a play included video art, providing
complete scenes in the play), live music on stage (the plays songs were recorded
and distributed as singles by the Hed Artzi Company and broadcast by various
radio stations). As part of the exposition for this play, the tens of thousands of
stickers distributed read: “To Love”. Construction of the theatre (its conversion
from the cinema it was previously took a year) and the play itself, was part of a
project, which was a joint effort, which included the participation of the Association
of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, the “Hadran” ticket agency and the “Netking”
internet company. (I chose to name the theater after one of the amazing women I
met at the Rape Crisis Center, who gave me the inspiration and understanding
supporting those parts of the play that deal with rape). The complete project
included the construction of a bar in the theater foyer, as is commonplace in great
theaters around the world, live vocals during the rock opera, full choreography
and my own direction. The entire project, including the construction of the theater,
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created much attention and resonance in Israel. I took the essential inspiration for
the project from Oscar Wilde, one of the most important influences on me during
my theatrical studies, and who said: “The most important knowledge I have
always acquired through pleasure, I assume. Therefore, it was very important for
me that the design of the theater was warm and welcoming, that there was a bar
in the foyer and even a billiard table. Enjoying these pleasures, the audiences
entering the theater would be able to absorb culture which was not patronizing,
but instead, embracing and loving for all.
1995 – 1996: Establishment and management of the “Eden” agency – an agency
specializing in models and actors working with agencies and production
companies around the world.
Public Acclaim:
1998: Chose by the “Maariv” newspaper as one of the most important people of
1998, together with media people, artists and politicians.
1999: Chose by “Maariv Culture” as one of the ten people that would shape the
media in the coming decade.
1999: Included in the “Tikshoret” newspaper’s list of the “most influential people
in the Israeli media”
2002: Initiator and provider of the grant for the Oved Mahphud film monologue at
the Yoram Levenstein Acting Studio. The film monologue competition at the
acting school was founded by Oved Mahphud and has been held each year for
the past five years. Some of the most senior directors in Israel are selected each
year to participate and among whom the winners of this grant are selected. This
provides an opportunity to get to know and be exposed to all the young actors
completing their second and third years at the school. This project has created
large numbers of working actors, now well known in the Israeli film industry after
their careers have been launched thanks to this unique grant competition.
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Member of the Israeli Film Academi
Member of the ACUM Association – a non-profit corporation administering the rights
assigned to it by its members – authors, composers, lyricists, poets, arrangers and
music publishers.
Member of the Producer’s Association
Additional Skills:
Knowledge in fashion, textile, and styling. Feels and understands textile with a unique
yet fashionable taste. During the past 15 years I have designed and dressed outfits for
the TV, cinema, and front cover appearances of my stars. This includes the outfits,
which were often fully designed and at other times altered, make up and decided on the
design and make up of stars in various projects. Ongoing decisions about the hair style
according to the star’s evolution.
Additional skills include negotiations with leading companies from around the world.
Preparation of contracts, deep understanding of acting, movement, singing, fashion,
styling, and picking locations for shooting movies.
