Guilhad Emilio Schenker (Hebrew: גלעד אמיליו שנקר; born 2 October 1980)[1] is a Venezuelan-born[2] Israeli filmmaker, producer, and the co-founder and CEO of international entertainment studio SIPUR.
He is a Berlinale Talents graduate of the Berlin International Film Festival[8] and was a scholar at the German bursary program of the Nordrhein-Westfalen's government.
[5] Schenker's final project at Tel Aviv University was a 28-minute short film called Lavan which was produced by the Rabinovich Foundation.
It starred Razia Israeli, Sigal Rosh and Tomer Ben David and was shortlisted at the Oscars’ short film category.
It starred Keren Mor, Hana Laszlo, Ania Bukstein, Yiftach Klein and Lea Koenig - in the titular role as Madam Yankelova.