Talya Lavie (Hebrew: טליה לביא; born on 27 April 1978) is an Israeli filmmaker best known for her 2014 debut feature, Zero Motivation.
Lavie attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design as well as the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.
In 2006 she created a 19-minute short called The Substitute which played at the Tribeca Film Festival about a young woman working for the IDF.
[2] Lavie was inspired to write Zero Motivation based on her own experience serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
[6] Lavie is currently developing Seven Eyes, a new feature drama film about female soldiers stationed on the Israel-Gaza border during the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel.