Amit Gicelter

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Amit Gicelter
Born (1981-04-25) April 25, 1981 (age 42)
Jerusalem
CitizenshipIsraeli
British
Alma mater Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
OccupationAnimation producer
Known for Letter to a Pig

Amit Russell Gicelter is an Oscar-nominated [1] animation producer from Israel, founder of The Hive Studio, an Israeli animation studio based in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Sderot. [2] He is mostly known for producing the animated series The Fenestas (2023) and Summer Memories (2022), and the award-winning films Black Slide (2021) and Letter to a Pig (2022), winner of the Ophir Award at the Israel Academy Awards. [3]

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Career

Gicelter studied at the University of Westminster (London, England), where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Film & Animation in 2007. [4] After graduation, Gicelter pursued a career as a freelance producer for advertising agencies in the UK, before returning to Israel, [2] where he founded the Tel Aviv-based animation studio The Hive Studio in 2010. [5]

Gicelter has been involved in several initiatives to promote and support the development of the animation industry in Israel. [6] In 2021, he signed the first ever co-production agreement between the United Emirates and Israel, on the animated series Crab & Cake. [7] He also served as an associate producer on the first ever serial co-production between Israel and Canada, Summer Memories (2022) [8] In 2022, he initiated the West Negev Animation (WNA) initiative, to encourage animation production services in the south of Israel. [9] [10]

Filmography

Films

TV Series

Recognition

In 2022, Gicelter was shortlisted to the 95th Academy Awards [18] and nominated to the Annie Awards for the short film Black Slide (2021). [19] [20]

In 2022, he won the Ophir Award at the Israel Academy Awards [3] [21] and was nominated for the 96th Academy Awards on the 23rd of January 2024 with the short film Letter to a Pig (2022). [1]

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