ACTOR
Recent Credits:
CULPRITS(2023, Character 7)
HEART OF STONE(2023, Skydance)
SECRET INVASION(2023, Marvel)
VIKINGS VALHALLA(2023, MGM TV)
THE BASTARD SON & THE DEVIL HIMSELF (2022, Imaginarium Productions)
CASUALTY (2019 – 2021 , BBC)
WILDFIRE (2020, Cowboy films)
CLEANING UP (2018, ITV)
SILENT WITNESS (2018, BBC)
ENTEBBE (2018, Working Title)
WE DIE YOUNG (2018, Dream Team Films)
SALOME (2017, National Theatre)
HOMELAND (2015, Fox)
THE HONOURABLE WOMAN (2014, BBC)
WRITER - DIRECTOR
current projects:
TUNNELS
14min psychological drama, currently in festivals, dir. Paul Bloomfield.
logline: Under strain from her relationships with her neighbours, doctor and estranged partner, nothing seems to be clear for Rosie and the pain seems to be getting worse except her love for her child.
WINNER Best Editing at at Mansfield Town FF 2024
WINNER Best Story at HB Film Festival 2024
HONOURABLE MENTION
Champion Film Salon Festival
Brighton Rock FF 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Ignite FF 20024
Mansfield Town FF 2024
The West London Film Festival
St. Andrews Film Festival
Waterford Film Festival
Reel East Texas Film Festival
SLAG
view online: https://vimeo.com/687891781?share=copy
(2022), 3min drama.
logline: A writer busy observing obnoxious humans around him, forgets to attend to his own baby.
WINNER BEST MICRO SHORT:
Dublin World FF 2022
Milan Arthouse Film Awards Summer 2022
Atlanta After Dark FF 2022
HONOURABLE MENTION:
SCREEN ATX FF 2022
London Rocks International FF 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Scotland International Festival of Cinema 2023
Golden State FF 2023
The Indie Gathering Intl. FF 2022 (nominated Best Micro Short)
Studio City International Film&TV Festival 2022
North East International FF 2022
WSE Europe IFF 2022
Philadelphia Unnamed FF 2022
Ignite FF 2022
Southport FF 2022
Swindon Independent (Intl.) FF 2022
SUE
(2022), 28page unproduced short drama.
logline: Sue killed her baby while suffering from a severe postnatal depression. Now, 15 years later, she gets released from a mental institution and tries to come to terms with her family, society and her past.
WINNER BEST UN-PRODUCED SHORT SCRIPT: Dublin World FF 2022
FINALIST: Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition 2022
selected past projects:
SLAP
(2007, 35mm, 3min drama, wri&dir. Uriel Emil)
An abused housewife gets a chance to change her life when her husband chokes on his lunch.
Winner SP Film of the Month August 2013 (judged by Kerry Fox)
British Council Selection 2007
East End Film Festival 2007
Emden Film Festival 2007
View online: https://vimeo.com/27510379
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401145/
MARINA ON TOP
(2011, 16mm, 7min drama, wri&dir. Uriel Emil)
During his lunch break, David goes to see a prostitute.
“Haunting. Disturbing, with a clear eye brought to bear on the relationship between decency and disturbance. A strong film” (Paul Greengrass)
Runner Up SP Film of the Month July 2013 (judged by Paul Greengrass)
British Council Selection 2011
East End Film Festival 2011
London Short Film Festival 2011
View online: http://vimeo.com/13488348
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1367160/
THE JUMP
(2018), 9min sci-fi drama, dir. Andy Sowerby
Best Short Sci-fi – New Forest Film Festival 2018
Official selection: Sci-Fi London Film Fest 2018, Berlin Sci-fi Fest 2018, Leiden International Short Film Experience 2018, Court Métrange Film Festival 2018, Jim Thorpe Independent Film Fest 2018
Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syAvWTK45a4
A space scientist on a solo mission into deep space. ‘The Jump’ is a short sci-fi drama on the elasticity of time, love and loss.
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
(2017), 5min black comedy, dir. Federica Pacifico
Best Comedy Short in the Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival 2017
Finalist at Marquee on Main Film Festival 2017, Washington, NC
Official selection Festival Internazionale del Cinema 2017 d’Arte
View online: https://vimeo.com/172528712
An invigilator in an art gallery decides to add his own artistic contribution before an exhibition opens.
(Updated 18/12/2024)
NOTES FROM THE DIARY
Short stories, poems, receipts and recipes
Originally trained as a classical actor (after abandoning his Mathematics degree), Uriel began working professionally in 2000 in the show A Flea In Her Ear @ Haifa Theatre (Israel). Since 2003 he resides on an Island at the edge of West Europe. He continues acting, writing and directing.