# Solo Avital

Solo Avital is an American inventor, product designer, award-winning filmmaker, digital artist, musician, and entrepreneur. He has served as the CEO of Happyzoda Film Productions since 2001 and as the chief product designer at SoloQi since 2019. Avital is based in Los Angeles, California.
In 2023, Avital co-founded Eyemix Visuals with partner and film director Ariel Vromen, where he currently holds the position of head of production. Eyemix Visuals garnered significant attention for creating a viral AI-generated satire video, dubbed the Trump Gaza AI video, which was posted by U.S. President Donald Trump. The short video spread rapidly across the internet, igniting a media frenzy after being shared without context or White House consent. According to Time Magazine and other leading publications, the "Trump Gaza" video has been described as one of the most controversial videos in history, sparking an international debate about the use and misuse of artificial intelligence. The video was also featured on Saturday Night Live coming full circle as a satire piece that the creators intended it to be.

## Career
### Israel

In 2001 Avital directed his documentary film Keep on Dancing about youth culture in Israel.
In 2003 Avital released his second documentary 'Art Liberates produced for the Israeli documentary channel 8 about artists in Germany.
Avital's 2006 award-winning documentary film ...More Than 1000 Words portrays two years in the life of Israel's war photographer Ziv Koren, The film was banned by the Iranian regime and stirred controversy Variety Magazin

### Comedy

In 2008 Avital filmed and directed the German comedy titled Laughing in Tears Starring: Iris Berben Featuring: Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, Ephraim Kishon, Harald Schmidt, Mario Barth, Gerhard Polt, Hana Laszlo among other comedians. Produced by Oliver Berben "MOOVIE the art of entertainment"
From 2008 to 2010 Avital had written the script for an animated feature film titled THE POINT OF NO RETURN. An espionage thriller based on the bestseller book by Dr. Ronen Bergman "The Secret War with Iran. (Simon & Schuster)

### Sound track

In 2011 Solo was responsible for all the visual design and also composed the complete 240 minutes soundtrack for the German mini series CRIME. Stories taken from Ferdinand von Schirach bestseller VERBRECHEN. The soundtrack was released on iTunes Germany under the title VERBRECHEN SOUNDTRACK by Solo Avital.

### Berlin

In 2012 Avital returned to Berlin for the second time and started to focus on developing hardware solutions for mobile phones while continuing his work in the German film industry as a visual effects artist for cinema and music composer.

## Director's filmography

* 2008 - Laughing in Tears 90:MIN ZDF
* 2006 - ...More Than 1000 Words, 79:MIN
* 2004 - Art Liberates, 54:MIN
* 2003 - Keep On Dancing, 24:MIN

## Highlights

2012 - Directing RED Music video for the New York City based music group Nanuchka.
2012 - Creating the artwork Signation for mini-series Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga [de] by ZDF.
2011 - Verbrechen - Soundtrack and visual effects for Moovie the art of entertainment.
2009 - Directed the 4K digital cinema logo animation for UFA Cinema, Germany.
2008 - Directed the music video Drom America for Dani Reichental, Israel.
2007 - VFX supervision Rosa Roth, Germany.
2006 - VFX supervision Africa Mon Amour, Germany.
2005 - VFX supervision Die Patriarchin, Germany.
1998 - Digital compositor The Legend of 1900 (Giuseppe Tornatore), UK.
1997 - Digital compositor Lost In Space (Stephen Hopkins), UK.

## Awards

Startup Award for ChargeShare:
* 2013 ChargeShare wins the Berlin Hardware Accelerator "HERE'S MY WALLET AWARD" by KPMG
Awards for his film ...More Than 1000 Words:
* 2007 Warsaw Phoenix Award and Best Audience Choice, Warsaw Film Festival - Poland
* 2006 Best Feature Documentary, Winnipeg International Film Festival - Canada
* 2006 Margrit & Robert Mondavi Film Prize for Peace and Understanding, Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival - USA
* 2006 Best Feature Film, BRIDGE International Film Festival - Canada
* 2006 Best Professional Documentary, REEL to REAL Film Festival - USA
* 2006 Best Israeli Film and Best Film of the Festival, Youngstown's Jewish Film Festival - USA