The short film Studio Visit with Oren Lavie is available to watch at the top of the page.
Oren Lavie is a multidisciplinary artist, adeptly balancing his roles as a musician, director, and writer. In the featured video, Lavie provides an engaging discussion on the creation of his second album, Bedroom Crimes, and the thought process behind the music videos he directed for it. Bedroom Crimes is an exploration of intimacy, elusive emotions, and heart’s transgressions, beautifully expressed through Lavie’s lyrical, visual, and melodic creations. These creations tenderly portray the array of internal dialogues triggered in our intimate relationships.
His distinctive fusion of talents peaks in a resonant experience — songs that he pens, vocalizes, and composes, followed by meticulously directed music videos that add a captivating visual dimension to his music. These videos invite the viewers to plunge into the depths of his introspective universe.
Lavie’s first album, The Opposite Side Of The Sea, garnered global recognition and was distributed worldwide by Warner. His sophomore album, Bedroom Crimes, found its audience in France and various other European nations, courtesy of SONY. In 2018, Lavie won awards for directing the music video for Second Hand Lovers, the second single from the album. His creation earned the judges’ award at the SXSW festival and subsequently at the Cannes Lions International Festival.
Apart from his success in music, Lavie is a published author. His debut children’s book, The Bear Who Isn’t There, was published in Germany in 2015. It has since been translated into twelve languages and distributed in several countries, including the United States, China, and Korea. His second book, Book of Silences (The Really Important Ones!), was published by Modan-Keter in 2018 and received the Tel Aviv Museum Award. Oren Lavie is truly a creative tour-de-force, continually inspiring audiences with his multifaceted artistic expressions.
The featured video Studio Visit with Oren Lavie is part of the web series Yotsrim by Shachaf Dekel. Yotsrim includes five seasons and 73 episodes. The series won the Best Documentary award at the NYC Web Fest in 2019.
