I spent the first 45 days of my life separated from my family, as doctors fought for my mother’s life.

Perhaps that early experience—or other losses along the way—shaped me into someone who cherishes family stories and works to preserve them.

After studying photojournalism, I turned my lens toward deeply personal narratives: a man adopting a child from a mental institution, the last residents of disappearing villages.

When I moved to Israel in 2011, I learned that much of my family had perished in the Holocaust. That discovery inspired a large-scale project capturing the portraits and testimonies of Holocaust survivors—stories and faces that might otherwise have been lost.

By 2013, I was filming for humanitarian organizations and families, documenting stories of love, resilience, and connection. I’ve been honored to be welcomed with my camera into thousands of homes, all across Israel, the former USSR, and Eastern Europe. I also apply my skills to document my own family—my grandparents’ WWII experiences, my father’s story, and annual interviews with my thoughtful 15-year-old daughter.

Today, I bring that same experience and compassion into legacy films for families—so your stories and memories can be preserved, too.