Yael lives in Paris, she has been making films for over 20 years. She received a masters degree in filmmaking from INSAS film school in Brussels. She has directed two feature length documentaries : Not for Sale, 2003; The Rabbi's 12 children, 2007; as well as various shorter formats for television (ARTE, RTS). From1995 to1999 she worked as a script supervisor on various feature films in the USA, including Lisbon story by Wim Wenders, Girlfight by Karin Kusama, Hamlet by Michael Almereyda... She currently works as an editing tutor at the HEAD in Geneva, as well as an editing and story consultant for Dok Incubator and Rough Cut Services, hosted by Ikka Vehkalahti. She also has participated as a tutor at Greenhouse, Femis, Cinédoc and NYU. Her latest editorial credits include: Las fantasmas del Caribe by Felipe Monroy 2017; Disappearances by Anat Even 2016 and Machines by Rahul Jain 2016, which was awarded in many festivals (Sundance Cinematography winner; International Jury award, Human value award, FIPRESCI award Thessaloniki International film festival …)