Daniel "Danny" Syrkin is an Israeli film and television director and screenwriter. He was born in Moscow to a Jewish family, but immigrated with his family to Israel as a baby residing in Jerusalem. Syrkin studied at the Tel-Aviv University's School of Cinema and started his professional career in the late 1990s.
Tamar is a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity to help destroy Iran's nuclear reactor. But when her mission fails, Tamar must plan an operation that will place everyone dear to her in jeopardy.
Release Date:2020-06-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:24
Vote Count:260
A comedy-thriller created by mixing ISIS operatives, tough Mossad agents and a unique relationship between two young Muslim guys in the most rainbow-colored, song contest imaginable. Was previously a miniseries, now edited into a feature film for the festival circuit.
Release Date:2019-05-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The black comedy starts with the death of Avishai Sar-Shalom, a renowned economist and leading Nobel prize candidate. His body is found by his four close old friends, and moments before calling an ambulance, one of them brings up with an idea. Only a few days separate between an economy professor that would be forgotten and a Nobel Prize winner.
Release Date:2018-07-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:3
Cadets from every level of Israeli society undergo intense training to join their country's elite, highly classified intelligence service, the Mossad. The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is surrounded by surveillance cameras and is equipped with technological devices. The compound operates a training course in which 13 trainees are sent to complicated missions in order to test their suitability for the occupation, and their improvisation, seduction and impersonation abilities. Yonna, the commander of the course, criticizes the mediocrity of Mossad's agents and demands from the new trainees a higher level of execution. He decides to create a new training program to test his trainees via unusual and radical situations, in which, apart from excellence, Yonna demands a creative "out of the box" thinking.
Release Date:2015-10-31
Department:Writing
Job:Script Editor
Episode Count:25
Vote Count:8
Signed to play soccer for an English team, Israeli athlete Adir is elated -- until his eccentric family and diva girlfriend accompany him to London. He's in a big new city with an exciting new job ... and a family that has tagged along. Just to make sure he's miserable.
Release Date:2015-06-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:2
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Release Date:2012-01-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:
Episode Count:22
Vote Count:2
“Lies in Plain Sight” tells the story of Eva and her blind cousin Sofia (Martha Higareda), who were inseparable as children, with Eva the loyal companion who helped Sofia through her tough adolescent years. When Eva suddenly commits suicide, Sofia rushes home to her father, Hector (Benito Martinez), and Eva’s parents, Marisol (Rosie Perez) and Rafael (Yul Vásquez), to find answers. But the more she delves into Eva’s life, questioning her past boyfriends Ethan (Chad Michael Murray) and Christian (Christoph Sanders), the more Sofia realizes that their childhood was actually filled with dark, disturbing secrets.
Release Date:2010-10-03
Department:Production
Job:Associate Producer
Vote Count:6
Ya'ara, a blind PhD candidate in Mathematics at Princeton University, hears of her cousin Talia's suicide. Ya'ara rushes back to Israel. They were best of friends and twin spirits. Talia saw for both of them, and was always the one who believed and led Ya'ara to believe, that in spite of her blindness, Ya'ara could see everything. Ya'ara joins Talia's family for the traditional 7-day mourning period and there, she discovers the secrets of Talia's life and embarks on an investigation trying to discover the reason that led Talia to commit suicide.
Release Date:2006-01-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
When Israel is hosting the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest soldier Shuki knows it is his chance to ask his girlfriend's father for her hand. His commander, major Magen David, will do his best to prevent this from happening.
Release Date:2003-09-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Release Date:2003-08-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1