A film, television and commercial director, Oded Davidoff is one of Israel’s most experienced and sought-after directors. He is the recipient of two Israeli Television Academy Awards.

A graduate with honors from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Davidoff’s graduation film, In Good Hands, was selected as one of the ten best films in the school’s history, screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and won awards at international film festivals.

Davidoff quickly established himself as a prominent and in-demand director in the industry, directing commercials, films and television series across a wide range of genres and styles. His notable advertising campaigns include a five-year campaign for 012 starring Eyal Kitzis, Elite Cakes commercials featuring Gidi Gov, and numerous campaigns for Orange, Pelephone and other leading brands.

Davidoff has directed an extensive slate of acclaimed television series for various networks, spanning comedy, thriller and period drama. His credits include Antarctica, The Exchange Principle, Lazvi Has a Problem, Hakol Dvash, Ta’marot Ashan and The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, whose first season he directed in 2021. He won Television Director of the Year for his work on Hakol Dvash and Ta’marot Ashan, the second season of which was sold to NBC.

Alongside his directing work, Davidoff is also a creator of television series. In 2019, he co-created and directed the comedy Abba Mishtadel with Tal Friedman, inspired by Friedman’s life as the father of a daughter with an intellectual disability. The series received widespread critical acclaim and was hailed as one of the year’s most significant television productions. That same year, Davidoff directed the thriller Missing File, broadcast on Kan 11, and was among its creators. In 2023, he created the mystical drama Malach Mashchit, also broadcast on Kan 11. In 2024, he co-created and directed One Day in October (Shachar Adom) with Tal Friedman, a seven part Israeli-American miniseries based on true stories from the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks.

Davidoff has also directed beloved and widely recognized films, including Turkish March, which became an Israeli cult classic, and Someone to Run With, which opened the Jerusalem Film Festival at Sultan’s Pool, won an award at the Miami International Film Festival, and was acquired for commercial distribution in Europe.