About

Shira Chait

is a director, colorist, and filmmaker, currently based in Austin, Texas. Born and raised in New York, Shira completed her B.A. in Film Studies & American Studies at Tel Aviv University summa cum laude in 2022, and is now completing her M.F.A. in film production at the University of Texas at Austin.

When not working on her own projects, Shira is a freelance colorist and online editor, and considers her color work integral to her filmmaking journey.

Shira's works often focus on the liminality of national and personal identity, and especially on the experience of those in the seams between cultures. She takes great inspiration from everyday life, and the nuances that fill our personal stories.

Shira can be contacted via Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn or by email at shirachait9@gmail.com

Selected Filmography:

Short Films

Director

• “I Dream at Night” – UT Austin RTF Short Film (2024)

• “The Day After” – UT Austin RTF Short Documentary Film (2024)

• “Safe Space” – Independent Short Film (2023)

• “My Life in Six Pieces” – Independent Short Film (2022), Best Direction Wick Monet Film Festival 2024

Colorist

• “Sketches” – Independent Short Film

• “The Traveller's Prayer” – Independent Short Film

Documentaries

Colorist

• “Healer: The Dr. Joycelyn Elders Story” – Digital Feature Documentary, Official Selection Black History Film Festival 2024, Winner Indiefare International Film Festival 2024, Best Educational Film Cannes World Film Festival 2024, Honorable Mention AIMAFF 2024, Award Winner MPIFF 2024

• “Ripples” – Digital Short Documentary – TLVFest winner, Israeli short film competition; Solidarity Film Festival winner, student film competition

Restoration

• “Wedding in Jerusalem” – 16 mm Short Documentary

Online Editor

• “Vaxxed Nation” – Documentary Television Film

• “The Therapy” – Documentary Film

• “The Fourth Window” – Documentary Film

Television Shows

Colorist

• “The Unimportant” – Documentary, 10 Episodes

• “Malon Hotel” – Children's TV Show, 5 Episodes

• “This Boy is Me” – Children’s Documentary, 2 Episodes

• “Milano High” – Teen TV Drama, 1 Episode

Online Editor

• “Why is This Good?” – Documentary and Live Action children’s show, 20 Episodes

• “The Unimportant” – Documentary, 23 Episodes

• “Dear Diary” – Documentary, 12 Episodes

Music Videos

Colorist

• “What Am I Doing With My Life” – Digital Music Video // Adam Claude

• “The Song I Sang for You” – Digital Music Video // Neta Abecassis

• “What Are You Dreaming?” – Digital Music Video // Dudu Tassa

• “Kulam Al Hagal” – Digital Music Video // Echo

Student Films

Producer

• “Squall Mouth” – UT Austin RTF Thesis Film (In Post-Production)

• “The Sky is Falling” – Tel Aviv University, Jerusalem International Film Festival Official Competition 2022, Winner - Toronto Lift Off Film Festival 2023, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival Official Selection 2023, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Official Selection 2023, JFBB Jüdisches Filmfestival Berlin Brandenburg 2023

• “First Steps” – Tel Aviv University

Colorist

• “Digital Diary” – Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Jerusalem International Film Festival Official Competition 2023, Tbilisi International Student Film Festival 2023, Official Selection Poitiers Film Festival 2023, Official Selection Berkshire International Film Festival 2024, Short Shorts Film Festival Tokyo 2024

• “Love Letter to a Garden” – Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Jerusalem International Film Festival Official Competition 2023, Official Selection TLVFest 2023

• “Tzahala” – Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School Documentary, Best Student Film DocAviv Official Competition 2023, Israeli Documentary Film Awards 2023

• “See You 'Round the Block” – Tel Aviv University, Best Film Israeli Film Critics' Society - Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2023, Official Selection BAFICI Film Festival 2024, Official Selection TLVFest 2023, Rio LGTBQ Film Festival 2024

• “Scratch That” – Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2023, Official Selection TLVFest 2023

• “Nothing is Always” – Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Documentary, Best Student Film DocAviv Official Competition 2022

• “Journey” – Tel Aviv University, Moscow Film Festival 2022, Arte Mare Film Festival 2022

• “Show Me Everyone” – Tel Aviv University, Tokyo International Short Film Festival Official Competition 2023 Best Director, New Wave Short Film Festival Munich Official Competition 2023 Best LGBT Film

• “Echo” – Tel Aviv University, VAEFF Official Competition 2022 Honorable Mention, Berlin Indie Film Festival 2022, Tucson Film & Music Festival 2022, Experimental, Dance & Music Festival Toronto 2022 Best Film

• “Personal Reader” – Tel Aviv University, TLVFest Official Competition 2022, Lethal Lesbian Film Festival 2022

• “Field Trip” – Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Haifa International Film Festival Official Competition 2022

Restoration

• “Homeland” – 35 mm short film, Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School

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