Arad Sawat

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Arad Sawat
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Born (1975-01-23) 23 January 1975 (age 49)
OccupationProduction designer
Years active1996-present
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Arad Sawat

Arad Sawat (born January 23, 1975), is an Israeli set and production designer for television and in the film industry. He has designed and created sets for many television drama series and feature films, as well as designing conceptual spaces for industrial complexes. Sawat received international acclaim[ citation needed ] for his artistic design in Oscar-nominated Footnote (2011), winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He is a three time Ophir Award winner for Best Artistic Direction.[ citation needed ]

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Biography

Early life

He was born in Tzfat, Israel, to Jewish parents. In 1993 he enlisted in the IDF and served in the Intelligence Corps. On completion of his military service in 1996 he moved to Tel Aviv.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 1996 Sawat began work as a props man and stylist for television. In the late 90s he began working as a set designer in television productions, as well as designing sets for commercial advertising. In particular, he designed and created sets which were built outside the television studios.

Over the years he broadened the scope of his portfolio, and applied his professional expertise to include architectural and spatial design in commercial and industrial complexes.

In 2011, based on his experience in set, product and interior design, Sawat began working in feature film production design. On the same year, his first feature film credit as a production designer, Footnote, was released. For his work on the film, he was awarded the Israeli Film Academy Award for best production design.[ citation needed ] Following the film's great success, Sawat continued to work with leading directors.

In 2014, Sawat designed Natalie Portman's debut film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, based on the autobiographical best seller by Amos Oz. The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Following his second visit to Cannes, Sawat drew the attention of international film industry professionals.[ citation needed ] In 2016 he was signed by the Dattner Dispoto and Associates talent agency, and has since begun to focus on international projects.

Today Sawat lives in Lisbon, Portugal and works in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Croatia, Bulgaria, Morocco, Singapore, India, and China.

He is in a relationship with film director and writer Maysaloun Hamoud and they have a daughter named Layla.

Design Projects

Cinema

Sawat on the Lanvin store set designed by him, during shooting of Norman Sawat Norman Lanvin.jpg
Sawat on the Lanvin store set designed by him, during shooting of Norman
Sawat at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, with lead crew members of A Tale of Love and Darkness Cannes 2015 14 (cropped).jpg
Sawat at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, with lead crew members of A Tale of Love and Darkness

Television series

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Israel Sports News Studio designed by Sawat

Commercial Spaces

Awards

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