A Director of Mostly-Funny Things

about

Oren is a commercial and narrative filmmaker.
He grew up in Israel and now lives in LA.

Oren has helmed commercial campaigns for brands including AMAZON, JEEP, FORD, MICROSOFT, MATTEL, PEPSI and QUIZNOS, where he also served as a creative director. His QUIZNOS campaign videos have won two Telly Awards, an IAC award, thrice landed on Ad Week’s Top 10 Spots list. He directed a bunch of episodic shows including the Sci-Fi Comedy Series MISS 2059, for Go90, which was nominated for three Streamy Awards.

Oren’s debut feature, THE HAMMER, premiered at the AFI Film Festival, winning the Breakthrough Film Award. The movie is based on the life of UFC Fighter Matt Hamill and features a cast of primarily Deaf actors. It won seven consecutive audience awards before its theatrical run and release on Netflix. He followed it up with the pulpy action thriller, A MOTHER’S RAGE starring everyone’s favorite aunt and college admissions advisor Lori Loughlin.

Between directing jobs, Oren works as a Visual Effects Artist on films such as Oscar-winners Nomadland and 20th Century Women. He loves talking to other directors and has hosted over 375 episodes of "Just Shoot It", a podcast about the craft and business of being a filmmaker.

Oren is repped commercially by artclass and undivided - You can email him directly - oren (at) orenfilm.com