Eytan Fox was born in New York and grew up in Israel. Sublet (2020) is his fourth film in the Tribeca Film Festival. Yossi & Jagger (2002), a groundbreaking love story about male Israeli soldiers, won the Best Actor Award in 2003. Its 2012 sequel, Yossi (2012), opened the competition. The Bubble (2006), about a group of friends in Tel Aviv and a young Palestinian who comes to live with them, was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007.

His 2004 movie, Walk on Water, about a Mossad agent tracking the grandson of a Nazi, opened the Panorama at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004, was nominated for a César Award, and named one of the top foreign films of 2005 by the National Board of Review. His 2013 film, Cupcakes, is a musical comedy about friends entering an international song contest. Fox’s films have won 28 international awards altogether. His television shows include the critically acclaimed Israeli series Florentine (1997-2000) and Mary Lou (2009 – ).