Eldad Eitan is Craft-Driven Storyteller, Experimental Visualist, Practical-Effects Believer, Studio MatchBox Co-Founder, Columbia University Film School Graduate,
Fortune-500 Wrangler (Samsung, SAP, Ford, Universal Music, ALDI, REWE)
VR/Hologram Tinkerer (Musical Dialogues, APA Intemporal)
Festival Magnet (Docaviv & CUFF winner; Cannes Film Festival Marché screenings)
Documentary Humanist (Paris a Soul, My Naked Friends, Offstage)
Character-First Editor, Design-Led World-Builder, Sound-and-Rhythm Chaser, Berlin-Based Global Collaborator, Dark-Chocolate Appreciator, Fluffy-Animal Enthusiast...
Basically, a badass director.
Fortune-500 Wrangler (Samsung, SAP, Ford, Universal Music, ALDI, REWE)
VR/Hologram Tinkerer (Musical Dialogues, APA Intemporal)
Festival Magnet (Docaviv & CUFF winner; Cannes Film Festival Marché screenings)
Documentary Humanist (Paris a Soul, My Naked Friends, Offstage)
Character-First Editor, Design-Led World-Builder, Sound-and-Rhythm Chaser, Berlin-Based Global Collaborator, Dark-Chocolate Appreciator, Fluffy-Animal Enthusiast...
Basically, a badass director.
Selected Awards
Eldad Eitan is a Berlin-based documentary and commercial director whose work blends cinematic craft with lived-in authenticity. A Juilliard-educated musician and Columbia University Film School graduate (with honors), he brings a composer’s sense of rhythm and structure to stories that feel as immersive as narrative films. Since beginning his career in New York in 2016, he has specialized in music films (Paris a Soul, My Naked Friends, Offstage), Mixed Media experiences (Musical Dialogues, APA Intemporal) and brand campaigns (Samsung, SAP, Ford, Universal Music, ALDI, REWE among others), shaping emotionally resonant narratives that balance realism with a refined visual precision. Whether leading intimate shoots or large-scale productions across Europe, he keeps the human story at the center, using both traditional filmmaking, VFX and emerging tools to create bold, grounded work that connects.
- 2023 —APA Intemporal - Antwerp Mix Media Fashion Tech Award
- 2022 — APA Intemporal Campaign - HubBrussels Export Award, 1st Prize Kickstarter Creator Jam, l'Auberge Españole competition Winner
- 2020 — Paris A Soul, Winner 1st Prize CUFF (Columbia University Film Festival)
- 2018 — Offstage, Winner at the Jerusalem Film Festival VR program.
- 2016 — Musical Dialogues, Cannes – Marché du Film, Jeruslem Film Festival / Cross Video Days & 12+ festival awards
- 2014 — My Naked Friends - Winner Docaviv Film Festival
Eldad Eitan is a Berlin-based documentary and commercial director whose work blends cinematic craft with lived-in authenticity. A Juilliard-educated musician and Columbia University Film School graduate (with honors), he brings a composer’s sense of rhythm and structure to stories that feel as immersive as narrative films. Since beginning his career in New York in 2016, he has specialized in music films (Paris a Soul, My Naked Friends, Offstage), Mixed Media experiences (Musical Dialogues, APA Intemporal) and brand campaigns (Samsung, SAP, Ford, Universal Music, ALDI, REWE among others), shaping emotionally resonant narratives that balance realism with a refined visual precision. Whether leading intimate shoots or large-scale productions across Europe, he keeps the human story at the center, using both traditional filmmaking, VFX and emerging tools to create bold, grounded work that connects.