Guy Sahaf iS a director of photography based in Tel-Aviv.
A graduate of the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School's 5-year program, Guy is working in the field of narrative films, documentaries and commercials. He has been nominated for an Israeli Academy Award for his work on DEAD LANGUAGE. Aside from cinematography, his directorial debut, 2015's short THIRST, has screened worldwide and won several awards.
FEATURE FILMs & TELEVISION
שפה זרה NOMINATED FOR 12 ISRAELI ACADEMY AWARDS
DEAD LANGUAGE
Based on the Academy Award Nominated Short AYA
Full-length feature film by Oded Bin-Nun & Mihal Brezis
Aya, who's waiting for her husband at the airport, picks up a complete stranger instead and drives him to his hotel. The stranger disappears, but leaves Aya with the key to his room, and the question how far she'll go to recreate intimacy.
Starring Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Eidinger, Yehezkel Lazarov
WORLD PREMIERE at TRIBECA 2025
SHORT FILMS
2019 Directed by Mattan Kedem In Post Production
2016 Special Mention Haifa Film Festival Camerimage 2016 Panorama Student Etudes Directed by Yair Agmon
2018 Best Indie Short - Haifa Film Festival Directed by Eyel Tzadik & Yotam Kislev
2017 Directed by Dina Zilberg
2017 Directed by Yinon Beéri
2014 Directed by Nadav Biran
2016 Directed by Nitzan Hazwi
2019 Directed by Yotam Kislev & Eyal Tzadik In post production
MUSIC VIDEOS & COMMISSION
DIRECTORIAL
THIRST
צמא
2015, Short, Drama; On an intense desert hike, two friends get in a deadlock when one of them seems to willfully lose their water and their way, intent on pushing their friendship to a new level.
WINNER Best LGBT Film at NYC Shorts; WINNER Best Short at TLVFest 10. Screened at dozens of film festivals around the world.