Sawat received international acclaim[citation needed] for his artistic design in Oscar-nominated Footnote (2011), winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Over the years he broadened the scope of his portfolio, and applied his professional expertise to include architectural and spatial design in commercial and industrial complexes.

In 2014, Sawat designed Natalie Portman's debut film as a director, A Tale of Love and Darkness, based on the autobiographical best seller by Amos Oz.

[citation needed] In 2016 he was signed by the Dattner Dispoto and Associates talent agency, and has since begun to focus on international projects.

Today Sawat lives in Lisbon, Portugal and works in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Croatia, Bulgaria, Morocco, Singapore, India, and China.