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Chaim Sharir is one of the busiest producers in Israel. Among his feature film production, Circus Palestina (feature film) directed by Eyal Halfon, won the Israeli Academy awards for Best Film, Script, Music and Actors and represents Israel for U.S Foreign Film Oscar nomination. His philosophical-comedy by director Igal Bursztyn entitled EVERLASTING JOY or The Life and Adventures of Baruch Spinoza as Reported by His Vigilant Neighbors; (1996), has been running in movie theaters in Tel-Aviv for 3 consecutive months. The film won the 1997 Haifa Film Festival - Critic's Award, the 1996 Israeli Academy Award, and the Jerusalem Film Festival Cash Prize for Best Screenplay. Sharirs' other feature film productions include The Italians Are Coming (1995) directed by Eyal Halfon, an Israeli-Italian co-production starring Franco Nero; New Land (1994), directed by Orna Ben Dor; Audience Favorite at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, and Blind Mans Bluff (1993) directed by Aner Preminger, Winner of Best Film Awards at the Jerusalem International, Montpellier Mediterranean and Montevideo Film Festivals.
Among Sharirs' other productions are: Gentila (feature film) directed by Agur Schif winner of the Haifa Film Festival for Best Film, and Leviathan on the Beach (3 part mini-series), directed by Moshe (Zil) Zimmerman, starring Assi Dayan, Miluim (20 episodes TV's drama-series hit), Melanoma My Love (4 parts mini-series drama) winner of the Israeli Academy awards for Best Drama, and I Didn't Promise You (15 episodes TV's drama-series now in Pre-production for 15 episodes 2nd Season).
Sharir worked for many years as a top Line Producer on such international films as "The Mummy", starring Tony Curtis; Paramount Pictures "Best Defense", starring Eddie Murphy; "The Fairytale Theater Series" with Diana Rigg and Christopher Walken, and "Iron Eagle II", Directed by Sidney Furie. His international television credits include films and mini-series produced by ABC Television in the U.S., Granada TV in Great Britain and Studio Hamburg in Germany.
Chaim Sharir is now the Chairman of Israel's Film and Television Producer's Association. He has served as the Chairman of Israel’s Academy of Motion Pictures and T.V. and for 7 years he was the Head of Productions and later the Vice President of RESHET (NCP) 2nd channel – The Israeli biggest broadcast channel.

 

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