| Sameh Zoabi | |
| Birth Place: | Iksal, Israel |
| Education: | Tel Aviv University (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Occupation: | Director, screenwriter |
| Employer: | New York University |
| Notable Works: | Tel Aviv on Fire |
Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film Tel Aviv on Fire.
Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel.[1] His father is a farmer.[2] He studied at Tel Aviv University, graduating with a dual degree in film studies and literature, and then attended Columbia University on a Fulbright scholarship, receiving his MFA in 2005.[2] [1] [3]
Zoabi lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.[4] [5]
Zoabi made Be Quiet, a short film, in 2005. His feature length debut was Man Without a Cell Phone (2010).[1] He won Best Screenplay Award at 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Tel Aviv on Fire (2019). The movie was also nominated for a 2019 European Film Award for Best Comedy and was Luxembourg's submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.