Omri Marcus

[2] Prior to that he was a senior writer on Israel’s top comedy panel show, as well as a consultant of Israeli production companies in analyzing global TV and new-media trends.

As a director in the development department for Israel’s leading TV network, Channel 2 Reshet, Marcus is credited with the creation of the original dating show Buzz Off,[3] recently optioned to France, Spain, Ireland and China.

Among his successes is Eretz Nehederet (What a Wonderful Country), enjoying regular ratings of over 30% and winning four Israeli Academy Awards.

[5] Marcus also writes regularly for numerous leading American and European papers and blogs (Huffington Post, Tablet, MediaPost etc.)

[6] In his spare time, Marcus runs a unique Israeli-Palestinian tech venture and volunteers at Eye from Zion, a humanitarian organization that performs free medical surgeries in third-world countries.