Dror Soref

Dror Soref
Photo for the promotion of the film Not Forgotten
Born	Dror Soref Israel
Occupation	Writer, Director, and Producer
Years active	1983-present

Dror Soref (Hebrew: דרור סורף) is a filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the I Love Rocky Road music video for a then unknown "Weird Al" Yankovic in 1983, shortly after attending USC Film School. Soref later directed the Best Short Film nominated “Platinum Blonde”, which drew the attention of Paramount Studios President. Consequently, Soref was retained under contract to develop projects at Paramount Studios for him to write and direct. With the help of Paramount, “The Seventh Coin” became Soref’s debut as a feature film writer/director. Starring Peter O’Toole, “The Seventh Coin” won two festival awards in 1993, including Best Picture. Throughout the following decade Soref directed or executive produced over a hundred commercials and music videos. In 2003, Soref returned to feature films, co-producing Basic for Columbia Pictures, starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. In 2009 Soref wrote, directed and produced the critically acclaimed thriller Not Forgotten starring Simon Baker, Paz Vega and Chloë Grace Moretz.

Dror Soref was born and raised in Israel and is of Spanish ancestry. He attended the University of Haifa, earning degrees in economics, sociology and anthropology. During his first year at the university, Soref founded a repertory theater, bringing to the stage original material with politically satirical content. His studies were interrupted when as a lieutenant in the elite Golani Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces, Soref was called for service during several military conflicts, including the Yom Kippur War. The unit under Soref's command was cited for excellence by the IDF Chief-of-Staff.