Personal info
Known for
Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
10 September
Location
Jerusalem District, Israel
Edit pageGideon Raff
Biography
Gideon "Gidi" Raff (born 10 September 1972) is an Israeli film and television director, screenwriter, and writer. He is best known for his creation of the Channel 2 thriller drama series Prisoners of War, from which he later co-developed the American version of the series, Homeland.
Raff made his feature-length directorial debut in 2007 with The Killing Floor, a psychological thriller (which he also co-wrote and co-produced; the film's executive producers were Doug Liman and Avi Arad).
His second feature was released in 2008—a horror film, Train, starring Thora Birch.
2009 saw Raff return home for the production of Prisoners of War, an Israeli television drama series that he created, wrote, and directed.
Filming began in August 2009, and the show was broadcast in Israel in the spring of 2010. The series became the country's highest-rated drama of all time and went on to win several Israeli television awards.
In November 2013 Raff and Heroes creator Tim Kring finalized a six-episode deal with USA Network for Dig, an archaeological thriller about an American FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem. The TV series premiered in late 2014. S.J. Clarkson directed the pilot episode.
In 2017, it was announced that Raff would write and direct The Spy about the life of Eli Cohen. The series aired on Canal+ in France and streamed on Netflix internationally.
His Netflix film The Red Sea Diving Resort was released on 31 July 2019.
