Tzvi

Tzvi was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that viewed most modern cinema as contraband. As a result, Tzvi grew up clandestinely watching films, including his favorites: Stanley Donen's Charade, Star Wars: A New Hope, and Fellini's 8 1/2. His debut feature film, Killer of Men, made on a $10,000 budget, premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, which Eric Kohn hailed as "one of the best debuts of 2024" and oscar-nominated director Ramin Bahrani said "Tzvi has created the definition of low-budget auteur cinema " Filmmaker magazine called it "an eerily austere serial killer drama, with a (possible) science fiction twist." In his free time, Tzvi writes short fiction, essays on cinema, and runs the monthly screening series The Film Underground, focused on democratizing cinema.