Sharon Maymon

Sharon Maymon


Ramla, Israel

Biography

Sharon Maymon, was born in Ramle in 1973. He graduated from the Camera Obscura film school. Maymon co-wrote the feature film A Matter of Size (2009, 90 mins) with Danny Cohen-Solal and co-directed it with Erez Tadmor. A Matter of Size premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009 and was the opening film of the Jerusalem Film Festival the same year. The film also won the Audience Award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Best Comedy Award at Traverse City Film Festival. It was awarded the Discovery Award at the Sarlat Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez . A Matter of Size was nominated in thirteen categories in the Israeli Academy Awards and won three of them, and it was the blockbuster film in Israel in 2009. Paramount Pictures bought the rights for an American remake of the film.

Together with Tal Granit, Sharon wrote and directed To Kill a Bumblebee (2009, 7 min), which won the Best Short Film Award at Valladolid Film Festival , and Haifa Film Festival and won prizes all over the world. His other short film, Mortgage (52 min, 2006), won the Best Drama Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.

My Sweet Euthanasia, a feature film script he wrote with Tal Granit, was selected to participate in Talent Project Market of the Berlinale 2010 and won the best pitch award.

Green Productions

Director

Movies
2023

My Happy Ending

2018

Flawless

2014

The Farewell Party

2009

A Matter of Size

2006

Mortgage (TV movie)

Series
2024

The Best Worst Thing

Short
2012

Summer Vacation

2010

To Kill a Bumblebee

Screenwriter

Movies
2018

Flawless

2014

The Farewell Party

Series
2024

The Best Worst Thing

Short
2012

Summer Vacation