Split (TV series)

Split
Promotional poster for the first season of Split. Central character: Ella. Other characters from left to right: Omer, Zohar, Guy, Nicky, Leo
Genre	Supernatural, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Comedy-drama
Created by	Ilan Rosenfeld, Shira Alon
Starring	Yon Tumarkin Amit Farkash Maya Shoef Avi Kornick Anna Zaikin Yedidia Vital Idan Ashkenazi Gal Lev Alex Ansky Meir Swisa Sasha Demidov Eliana Bekier
Country of origin	Israel
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	135 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Dori Media Darset
Running time	approx. 22 min.
Production company(s)	HOT Noga Communications
Release
Original network	HOT VOD Young Arutz HaYeladim
Original release	May 28, 2009 – January 31, 2012
External links
Website

Split (Hebrew: חֲצוּיָה‎, Khatzuya) is an Israeli supernatural drama series. It is directed by Shai Kapon and airs on the HOT VOD Young channel. It is produced by the Dori Media Group through its subsidiary (formerly Darset Productions).

Split is created by Ilan Rosenfeld and Shira Alon. Shai Kapon directs the television series, which is produced by the Dori Media Group for the HOT VOD Young channel. Amit Farkash plays the 15-year-old Ella Rosen, who finds out that she is half human and half vampire. Yon Tumarkin supports her as the 600-year-old vampire Leo. The series became the most popular show at the HOT VOD Young Channel. Until January 2010 seven million viewers watched the series.Split became also popular outside of Israel. The Boomerang Channel bought the series and broadcast Split in South America. According to TSN Split was sold to 78 different countries. The first season was filmed within 30 days. They started filming in the middle of February and ended at the beginning of April 2009.Split was influenced by the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and True Blood and Stephenie Meyers Twilight series.

The series centers around 15-year-old Ella Rosen who begins high school along with her best friend, Omer Teneh. The school is managed by the stone-hearted Amnon Green, who is secretly the head of "The Order of Blood" - An order which was founded 1000 years ago – its purpose is to cleanse the world of Vampires.