On The Cusp, Longlist - Music Video

Claudio Olachea, Left Brain

Omer Ben Shachar, Gome Alon

Omer Ben-Shachar is a Los Angeles based director born and raised in Tel-Aviv. Omer has directed music videos which have been featured on Rolling Stone, Billboard, Directors’ Library and Nowness. His video ‘Down Here’ for composer Claudio Olachea is a 2023 Webby Award Winner, a 2022 Vimeo Staff Pick and was nominated for a Cannes Lions Young Directors Award. His previous short, TREE #3, won a 2019 Student Academy Award, was nominated for a Student Emmy, and received top prizes at UrbanWorld, HollyShorts, Palm Springs and Comic-Con, among others. Omer’s short films have screened at over 60 film festivals around the world including the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Bentonville Film Festival. Omer was a participant of the 2023 Film Independent Project Involve Program, the 2020 Warner Bros. TV Directors’ Workshop, and the 2019-20 ViacomCBS’s Emerging Directors Program. Omer is a graduate of the AFI Conservatory, where he received the Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award for Directing, presented by AFI Fest. Omer has also done extensive commercial work for clients such as Microsoft, Bayer, Amdocs and Sabon. Omer is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) as well as a BAFTA North America Newcomer. In 2020, he was named to Forbes Israel’s 30 Under 30 list. Gome Alon is a muralist and animator from Haifa, Israel, currently living in New York. He is part of Ghostown, an artists collective owned by the Broken Fingaz crew - painting murals around the world and animating music videos for artists such as U2, Beck and Chronixx. His animations appeared on SNL and were featured on Vimeo Staff Picks.