Amit Gicelter

Amit Russell Gicelter is an Oscar-nominated animation producer from Israel, founder of The Hive Studio, an Israeli animation studio based in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Sderot. He is mostly known for producing the animated series The Fenestas (2023) and Summer Memories (2022), and the award-winning films Black Slide (2021) and Letter to a Pig (2022), winner of the Ophir Award at the Israel Academy Awards.

Career
Gicelter studied at the University of Westminster (London, England), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in film & animation in 2007. After graduation, Gicelter pursued a career as a freelance producer for advertising agencies in the UK, before returning to Israel, where he founded the Tel Aviv-based animation studio The Hive Studio in 2010.

Gicelter has been involved in several initiatives to promote and support the development of the animation industry in Israel. In 2021, he signed the first ever co-production agreement between the United Emirates and Israel, on the animated series Crab & Cake. He also served as an associate producer on the first ever serial co-production between Israel and Canada, Summer Memories (2022) In 2022, he initiated the West Negev Animation (WNA) initiative, to encourage animation production services in the south of Israel.

Films

 * 2014: Broken Branches (documentary short) - producer
 * 2018: Guide de Jardinage (documentary short) - producer
 * 2021: Fledge (short film) - producer
 * 2021: Black Slide (short film) - producer
 * 2022: Letter to a Pig (short film) - producer
 * 2022: Pisces (short film) - producer
 * 2022: Swimming with Wings (short film) - co-producer

TV Series

 * 2019: Discovering Sounds with Luli - director and producer
 * 2021: Parpar Nechmad - producer of the animated content
 * 2022: Summer Memories - Associate Producer
 * 2022-23: Kol Hator (web series) - producer
 * 2023: The Fenestas (web series) - producer

Recognition
In 2022, Gicelter was shortlisted to the 95th Academy Awards and nominated to the Annie Awards for the short film Black Slide (2021).

In 2022, he won the Ophir Award at the Israel Academy Awards and was nominated for the 96th Academy Awards on the 23rd of January 2024 with the short film Letter to a Pig (2022).