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Adi Spektor actor, director, screenwriter and producer

Born Andrzej Spektor, June 23, 1968 in Legnica, Poland. In 1988 Spektor left communist Poland for Israel in search of independence, adventure and dreams of acting. He worked in a kibbutz picking bananas, lemons and avocados. He studied Economics and Management at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After completing his studies he worked at the Central Bureau of Statistics in Tel-Aviv. In 1999 he moved to Los Angeles. He studied method acting at the famed Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in West Hollywood (its famous graduates include Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando) and is also a graduate of the Meisner Technique program at the acclaimed Joanne Baron Studio in Santa Monica. Spektor studied with numerous other coaches including Brian Reise and Bill Howey. Adi has appeared in the theatrical productions of Rocket to The Moon and Awake and Sing at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre in Los Angeles. He has also appeared in many independent films, including Cross with Academy Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan and Angel of Death with Armand Assante, and has been involved in many television projects. Adi excels in other art forms as well, playing cello and piano. He is fluent in English, Polish, Hebrew and Russian. Besides acting, Adi also produces his own films. His latest project How to Rob a House, which he also wrote and directed, received Best Screenplay Award at 2014 Cinephone International Short Film Festival in Barcelona and is the Early Bird Winner of the 2015 FiLMiC Pro International Video Contest. The film was shot entirely on an iPhone and it is Spektor's directorial debut.

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