Amichai Chasson is an Israeli poet, curator and filmmaker.
10 Facts About Amichai Chasson
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Since 2015, Chasson has served as the artistic director and chief curator at the Beit Avi Chai cultural museum in Jerusalem.
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Amichai Chasson was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, in 1987, to an Orthodox Jewish family.
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Amichai Chasson's father is from Tripoli, Libya, and his mother, granddaughter of Samuel S Bloom, is from New York City, United States.
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Amichai Chasson attended state-religious schools in Bnei Brak, and after high school, he moved to the hesder yeshiva in Yeshivat Otniel.
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Amichai Chasson studied at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem.
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Amichai Chasson has worked as a journalist and literary critic for the papers Yedioth Ahronoth, Makor Rishon, and Maariv, and as a speechwriter for then President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin.
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In 2013, Amichai Chasson co-directed the documentary film "Footsteps in Jerusalem", a tribute to the late Israeli documentary filmmaker David Perlov.
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Amichai Chasson has written and directed a number of films and TV series, including "The Conductor" and "Iron Dome".
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Amichai Chasson served in a number of public offices, including jury judge for the Sapir Prize in Literature in 2020, and in 2021 serving as a member of the Israel Film Council and Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts.