Amit Russell Gicelter is an Oscar-nominated[1] animation producer from Israel, founder of The Hive Studio, an Israeli animation studio based in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Sderot.

[4][5] Gicelter studied at the University of Westminster (London, England), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in film & animation in 2007.

[6] After graduation, Gicelter pursued a career as a freelance producer for advertising agencies in the UK, before returning to Israel,[2] where he founded the Tel Aviv-based animation studio The Hive Studio in 2010.

[9] In 2021, he signed the first ever co-production agreement between the United Emirates and Israel, on the animated series Crab & Cake.

[10] He also served as an associate producer on the first ever serial co-production between Israel and Canada, Summer Memories (2022)[11] In 2022, he initiated the West Negev Animation (WNA) initiative, to encourage animation production services in the south of Israel.