Highlight Films

Highlight Films

Type	Private
ISIN	🆔
Industry	Film production, Television production
Founded 📆	1998
Founder 👔	Noam Shalev
Area served 🗺️
Services	Production services, camera crews, fixers, post-production, stock footage
Members
Number of employees
🌐 Website	highlight.co.il
📇 Address
📞 telephone

Highlight Films is an Israeli film, television, and video production services company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Tel Aviv. The company provides production services for international broadcasters, streaming platforms, corporations, and news organizations filming in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and across the Middle East. It is one of the longest-operating production services companies in Israel.

History

Highlight Films was founded in 1998 by Noam Shalev, a filmmaker and producer educated in New York City. The company positioned itself as a local production partner for international crews filming in Israel and the Palestinian territories. It operates offices in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem.

In 2009, Highlight Films produced Jerusalem 3D, an IMAX documentary film, described as one of the first IMAX productions made in Israel.

The company served as production services company in Israel for Transparent, an Amazon Studios drama series, for episodes filmed in Israel.

In 2023–2025, Highlight Films was commissioned by the Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem, to produce a video installation about women survivors of the October 7, 2023 attack.

Services

Highlight Films provides production services for visiting international crews and for remote productions. Services include camera crews, equipment rental (including 4K and HD cameras, aerial drone rigs, IMAX, VR 360, and 3D), producer and fixer services, research, logistics, location scouting, security coordination, film permits, post-production, uplink and satellite feed services, and remote production including live video and audio feeds. The company maintains a stock footage library and also operates the filminisrael.com resource for international production information.

Notable clients

Among the international clients for which Highlight Films has provided production services are BBC, BBC Ireland, Netflix, National Geographic, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, Arte, Showtime, FOX, PBS, Microsoft, Intel, HP, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, GE, Verizon, AT&T, The World Bank, USAID, and Yale University.

References

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Category:Film production companies of Israel Category:Companies based in Tel Aviv Category:Film production companies established in 1998 Category:Production services companies

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