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Chaim Sharir is the one of the busiest producers in Israel. Among the feature films he produced: CIRCUS PALESTINA (1997), winner of the Israeli Academy awards for Best Film, Script, Music and Actors and represents Israel for U.S Foreign Film Oscar nomination; EVERLASTING JOY (1996), winner of the Haifa Film Festival - Critic's Award, the Israeli Academy Award, and the Jerusalem Film Festival Cash Prize for Best Screenplay; THE ITALIANS ARE COMING (1995), an Israeli-Italian co-production starring Franco Nero; NEW LAND (1994), Audience Favorite at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival; BLIND NAN’S BLUFF (1993), Winner of Best Film Awards at the Jerusalem International, Montpellier Mediterranean and Montevideo Film Festivals; GENTILA (1996), winner of the Haifa Film Festival for Best Film.

Among his T.V drama series: Leviathan on the Beach (3 epis.), Miluim(20 epis.), Melanoma My Love (4 epis.) winner of the Israeli academy award for best drama; I Didn't Promise You (30 epis.) and Good intentions (10 epis.). Sharir worked for many years as a top Line Producer on such international productions as "The Mummy", starring Tony Curtis; Paramount Pictures "Best Defense", starring Eddie Murphy; "The Fairytale Theater Series" with Diana Rigg and Christopher Walken, and "Iron Eagle II", Directed by Sidney Furie. His international television credits include films and mini-series produced by ABC Television in the U.S., Granada TV in Great Britain and Studio Hamburg in Germany.

Chaim Sharir was until recently the Chairman of Israel's Film and Television Producer's Association. He has served as the Chairman of Israel’s Academy of Motion Pictures and T.V. and for 7 years he was the Head of Productions and later the Vice President of RESHET (NCP) 2nd channel – The Israeli biggest broadcast channel.

Now Sharir is producing a feature film financed by the Israeli Film Fund: FIDELMAN and is developing some feature films among them:TERA (starring Yeal Abecassis), CAPA (with Belgian co-producer Jean-Luc Van Damme), and BORDERLINE.