Eli Zuzovsky

Eli Zuzovsky is a film and theatre director and writer, born and raised in Tel Aviv. He is currently reading for a practice-led DPhil in Fine Art at the University of Oxford (the Ruskin School of Art) on a Rhodes Scholarship. Zuzovsky graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with an A.B. in Filmmaking and English. He holds an MSt with distinction in Modern Languages from Oxford. In 2022, he was selected for the Israeli Forbes list of 30Under30, the Zurich Film Festival Academy, and the London Library Emerging Writers Programme.

Zuzovsky’s undergraduate thesis film Mazel Tov was shortlisted for an Israeli Academy Award. At Harvard, he received honours like the Sudler Prize in the Arts, the Hoopes Prize, and the Artist Development Fellowship. Zuzovsky’s work has been presented at the New York Jewish Film Festival, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the American Repertory Theater, among others.