Daniel Syrkin is an Israeli movie and TV director and screenwriter. Syrkin moved to Jerusalem, Israel, in his childhood, he graduated from Tel-Aviv University’s School of Cinema. His thesis project at the School of Cinema, a short film AND NOW RACHMANINOV won a prize at the Turin Film Festival in Italy. Syrkin has had a successful professional career in Israel, with many of his films winning prestigious international prizes and participating in major film festivals across the globe. His film OUT OF SIGHT (2006) won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Director, and was presented at the Cannes International Film Festival in that same year.