Dikla Elkaslassy
Dikla Elkaslassy (born 1 November) (Hebrew:דקלה (ג'יקה) אלקסלסי) is an Israeli director, screenwriter and actress. Biography Dikla (Jika) was born and raised in Israel. At the age of 18, she attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and studied Animation (1998). In 2003 she studied acting at the HaDerech Studio of acting in Tel Aviv. In 2013, Elkaslassy completed the filmmaking track at the Minshar for Art, a film school in Tel Aviv, and graduated with honors. Her movie Here I am… There you are was an Official Selection at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, an Official Selection at the Seattle International Film Festival, and selected for the Official Competition at the American Film Institute's AFI Fest. The film received a nomination for the Ophir, the Israeli Academy of Film and Television award, for Best Short Film of 2014. Following the film’s success, Elkaslassy was invited to be a judge in the official competition at the Vilnius International Film Festival in 2014. In 2015, Elkaslassy directed the second season of the television series Breaking Waves. The show was nominated for Best Youth Program that year, and I received a Best Director nomination at the Israeli Television Academy