Erez Laufer is an Israeli documentary director and editor with an extensive international career. He served as co editor on two Academy Award nominated documentaries: The War Room by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, nominated for Best Documentary in 1993, and My Country, My Country by Laura Poitras, nominated in 2006.
His own documentary Mike Brant, Laisse moi t’aimer won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary and had its international premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Alongside his directing work, Laufer has collaborated on numerous projects with Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, including the three part series Woodstock Diary, as well as the documentaries Startup.com and Only the Strong Survive.
Laufer has also been involved in a wide range of international documentary initiatives. These include STEPS, an international HIV and AIDS film campaign produced in South Africa for the global television market, Project 10, a series marking ten years of South African independence, and large scale documentary projects such as Why Democracy? and Steps India.
In addition to his filmmaking work, Erez Laufer is an active mentor and educator. He regularly leads workshops and training programmes around the world, including X Orient, The Green House, the IDFA Summer School, and Archidoc at La Fémis in Paris.
