Shai Frumkin
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Shai Frumkin is an Award-Winning Actress and Writer based between Los Angeles and New York City. Originally from Tel Aviv, Israel, she served two years in the Israel Defense Force. As a musician, she has been playing Flute and Piccolo in Europe, Israel, and the USA. She graduated from the Two Year Conservatory Program at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, NYC, where she was the Vincent D'Onofrio Scholarship award winner.
Her short film, Crush, which she co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in, went to the Hip Hop Film Festival (NYC), Festival De Cannes - Court Metrage (France), Chelsea Film Festival (NYC), The Collaborative Film Festival (LA), Picture's Up Film Festival (LA), Oakville Film Festival (Canada), Boulevard Film Festival (NYC), Lift-Off Sessions (UK), First-Time Filmmakers (UK), The First Take Shorts Series (PA) and Strasberg Film Festival (NYC). For the latter, she won the award of Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film also won the awards of Best of Fest, Best Director, and Best Actor in a Leading Role. Crush received worldwide distribution on the platform Omeleto.
Her new film Dream State, which she wrote, starred in, and produced, was recently an Official Selection to the Chelsea Film Festival (NYC), Filmmaker Session (UK) Lift-Off Sessions on Vimeo On-Demand, Hip Hop Film Festival (NYC), the Changing Minds Young Filmmakers Film Festival (NYC).
Both films Crush and Dream State aired on CUNY TV Channels for a limited time.
Shai is writing her first Mini-Series about Mia, a traumatized soldier that struggles with her new reality, after losing her partner in a military mission gone wrong.
Her short film, Crush, which she co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in, went to the Hip Hop Film Festival (NYC), Festival De Cannes - Court Metrage (France), Chelsea Film Festival (NYC), The Collaborative Film Festival (LA), Picture's Up Film Festival (LA), Oakville Film Festival (Canada), Boulevard Film Festival (NYC), Lift-Off Sessions (UK), First-Time Filmmakers (UK), The First Take Shorts Series (PA) and Strasberg Film Festival (NYC). For the latter, she won the award of Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film also won the awards of Best of Fest, Best Director, and Best Actor in a Leading Role. Crush received worldwide distribution on the platform Omeleto.
Her new film Dream State, which she wrote, starred in, and produced, was recently an Official Selection to the Chelsea Film Festival (NYC), Filmmaker Session (UK) Lift-Off Sessions on Vimeo On-Demand, Hip Hop Film Festival (NYC), the Changing Minds Young Filmmakers Film Festival (NYC).
Both films Crush and Dream State aired on CUNY TV Channels for a limited time.
Shai is writing her first Mini-Series about Mia, a traumatized soldier that struggles with her new reality, after losing her partner in a military mission gone wrong.