Avi Nir

Avi Nir (Hebrew: אבי ניר; born 1961) is an Israeli television executive, entrepreneur, writer and producer.

He is the CEO of the Israeli media group Keshet Broadcasting serving as a leading content and programming director.

Keshet Studios' second feature, Save Yourselves!, received its world premiere as part of 2020 Sundance Film Festival's US dramatic competition.

[12][13][14][15] The success of Homeland at the behest of Nir is credited as the catalyst for the annual doubling of foreign deals done by Keshet.

[16] He produced talent program Rising Star which is the first show on television to incorporate real-time voting via a fully integrated app.

[4][18] Nir is credited as an executive producer on American TV shows Tyrant, Your Family Or Mine, Deal With It and Allegiance which is based on the Keshet program The Gordin Cell, aka MICE.

[25] In 2015, HBO announced that Ari Shavit's My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel would be made into a documentary film with Nir as executive producer.

[26] Nir has executively produced over 30 shows in the last 20 years,[27] including the critically acclaimed mini-series Our Boys, co-produced by Keshet Studios and HBO.

[40][41][42][43] In 2009 he was awarded the title "TV Personality of the Decade" at the Rosh Pina Festival and by Israeli web portal Walla!.

[9][48][49][50] He was also named "Executive of the Year" and "Television Personality of the Decade" Israeli business magazines TheMarker and Globes, respectively.