Evgeny Ruman

{{Short description|Israeli film director, editor and writer}}

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Evgeny Ruman ({{langx|he|יבגני רומן}}; born 1979) is an Israeli film director, editor and writer.

Ruman was born in Minsk, Belarus. In 1990, he immigrated to Israel with family. He graduated from Tel-Aviv University. During his studies, he wrote and directed several award-winning short films, and participated in numerous international film festivals.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475034/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Evgeny Ruman Biography|work=IMDb|accessdate=16 July 2015}}

He is the creator, head scriptwriter and director of In Between the Lines. He edited Five Hours from Paris which won Best Film at the Haifa Film Festival in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.yetifilms.com/file/storage/IGOR-and-CRANES-JOURNEY_press_kit_EN.pdf|title=Igor and Cranes Journey Press Kit|publisher=Yeti Films|accessdate=16 July 2015}}

His debut feature film, Igor and the Cranes' Journey (2012), premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, and received awards at film festivals in Chicago, Haifa, and Minsk.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1906396/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title=Igor & the Cranes' Journey (2012) Awards|work=IMDb|accessdate=16 July 2015}} His second feature film, The Man in the Wall (2015), premiered at Rotterdam International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=283367|title=The Man in the Wall to have its world premiere at Rotterdam|last=Raffin|first=Nicolas|date=15 January 2015|work=Cineuropa|accessdate=16 July 2015}} His third feature film Ruby Strangelove Young Witch was released later in 2015.

In 2013, Ruman received the Excellence Award from the Israeli Culture and Sport Ministry for contribution to Israeli film.