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Daniel Amsel
דניאל אמסל
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Years active2012-present

Daniel Amsel is an Israeli screenwriter, producer, and development executive, best known for co-writing the Israeli TV series Euphoria, which was later adapted by HBO into an Emmy Award-winning show with the same name.[1][2]

Career

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In 2012, Amsel co-wrote the Israeli teen drama Euphoria with Ron Leshem, which was later adapted by HBO into a critically acclaimed American series, starring American actress Zendaya.[3][4] The Israeli series premeried in 2012 and was created by Leshem and Daphan Levin. The adaptation became one of HBO's most-watched shows of the 2010s and 2020s, earning a significant place in popular culture.[5]

In 2018, Leshem and Israeli writer Amit Cohen, who had together created the Israeli psychological thriller series The Gordin Cell, which was remade in the United States as Allegiance,[6][7] signed a development deal with Red Arrow Studios.[8] The deal created a new label, later named Crossing Ocean.[9] Amsel became head of development for the label.[8]

Amsel co-created and co-wrote, with Leshem, Cohen and Yaron Zilberman, Valley of Tears, a historical drama centered on the Yom Kippur War, which was described as Israel's "biggest-budget TV drama series."[10] The series was produced by London-based WestEnd Films and global rights were purchased by HBO Max.[11] The show premiered in Israel on Kan 11 on October 19, 2020, and then on HBO Max, billed as an "HBO Max original," on November 12, 2020.[12][13][11]

In 2020, Amsel co-wrote No Man's Land, a thriller exploring the Syrian civil war through personal and global narratives, created by Leshem, Cohen and Maria Feldman.[14] The series focused on the Women's Protection Units, or YPJ, an elite unite of female Kurdish freedom fighter.[15] The series premiered on Hulu on November 18, 2020, and French television network Arte's streaming service on November 26, 2020.[16][15] The series, under the name Fertile Crescent, won best series at Series Mania, after which Fremantle boarded as a production company.[17] In November 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.[18]

In 2023, Amsel, Leshem, Cohen and Daniel Shinar created the Israeli drama Red Skies, based on the novel of the same name by Shinar.[19] Amsel served as showrunner on the show, which premiered on Reshet's Channel 13 on June 19, 2023.[19] In February 2023, the series was nominated for the Best Series award at the Series Mania festival in Lille, France. In July 2023, it won "Best Drama Series Award" at the Berlin Festival for Television,[20] as well as awards at the Buenos Aires Film Festival and India International Film Festival.[21] In May 2023, the show was renewed for a second season, before the first season aired.[22]

In January 2023, Amsel co-created Trust No One, with Leshem, Cohen and Israeli writer Ofir Lobel, who wrote and created the thriller series Black Space.[23] The Israeli thriller series debuted at Monte-Carlo Television Festival, where it was nominated for Best Drama, and premiered on Netflix and Channel 12 in November 2023.[24][25]

That same year, Amsel co-wrote the Israeli television thriller series Traitor, which was created by Leshem and Cohen.[26] The show premiered on Channel 12 on Israel. In September 2023, Keshet International sold the show to Netflix.[26] Amsel was lead writer on the show, which premiered at the Berlinale Series Market, a part of the Berlin International Film Festival focused on television series, where it was a "Series Market Select" show.[27][19]

In 2024, Amsel, Leshem, Cohen and Israeli comedian Daniel Chen created Bad Boy, based on Chen's four-year stint in a youth detention center in Israel and his current life as a comedian.[28] The series first launched on Israeli cable channel HOT in November 2024 and premiered on Netflix on May 2, 2025, after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.[29][30]

References

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  1. ↑ "Euphoria". Television Academy. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Watson, Averie (14 February 2022). "The Show That Inspired Euphoria Has a Tragic Ending". CBR. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Birnbaum, Debra (13 March 2018). "HBO Orders Pilot for Israeli Drama 'Euphoria'". Variety. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (20 November 2018). "Red Arrow Inks Development Deal With 'The Gordin Cell' Producers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Maas, Jennifer (28 February 2022). "'Euphoria' Is Now HBO's Second-Most Watched Show Behind 'Game of Thrones'". Variety. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Caspi, David (5 February 2015). "NBC's 'Allegiance': How It Stacks Up to the Israeli Original". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (3 December 2014). "Israeli Spy Drama 'The Gordin Cell' Picked Up For a South Korean Remake". Variety. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 Keslassy, Elsa (20 November 2018). "Red Arrow Studios Inks Development Deal With Amit Cohen, Ron Leshem". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Hopewell, John (12 October 2025). "Ron Leshem, Janeiro Studios, Globoplay to Produce 'Paranoia' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Hopewell, John (25 March 2020). "Series Mania Confirms Titles, Launches Pioneering Virtual Digital Forum". Variety. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  11. 1 2 Grater, Tom (13 October 2020). "HBO Max Swoops On Global Rights To Israel's Most Expensive TV Series 'Valley Of Tears' In Deal With WestEnd". Deadline. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "הסדרה שמחברת בין משחקי הכס ומלחמת יום כיפור". ynet (in Hebrew). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  13. ↑ Riesman, Abraham (12 November 2020). "Valley of Tears Is Historical Fiction for Today's Grim Reality". Vulture. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  14. ↑ Fuente, Anna Marie de la (19 November 2025). "'Bad Boy' Co-Creator Ron Leshem: 'The Human Capacity to Feel Compassion and Empathy for Those Who Are Different Is Dying'". Variety. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  15. 1 2 Fienberg, Daniel (19 November 2020). "'No Man's Land': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  16. ↑ Gazzano, Christophe (26 November 2020). ""No Man's Land" : Felix Moati et Mélanie Thierry au coeur du conflit syrien pour la nouvelle série d'Arte ce soir". www.ozap.com. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  17. ↑ Hopewell, John; Lang, Jamie (31 March 2020). "Amit Cohen, Ron Leshem Talk Fremantle Banner Title 'No Man's Land'". Variety. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  18. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (29 November 2022). "'Fauda' Director Rotem Shamir Commences 'No Man's Land' Second Season in Morocco". Variety. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  19. 1 2 3 Balaga, Marta (17 March 2023). "Access Entertainment Invests in Israeli Series 'Red Skies,' Co-Created by 'Euphoria's' Ron Leshem (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  20. ↑ SemiColonWeb. "FormatBiz | Israeli drama Red Skies takes top honors at the TV Series Festival Berlin". www.formatbiz.it. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "גאווה ישראלית: "שמיים אדומים" קטפה הישג בינלאומי אדיר". www.maariv.co.il (in Hebrew). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  22. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (18 May 2023). "'Red Skies': Big-Ticket Israeli Drama From 'Euphoria' And 'Shtisel' Execs Lands Second Season Before First Run Launch". Deadline. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  23. ↑ Brown, Hannah (23 September 2023). "Israeli thriller 'Trust No One' sold to Netflix | The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  24. ↑ Croll, Ben (19 June 2023). "No One Is Safe in Israeli Cyber Security Thriller 'Trust No One'". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  25. ↑ "Trust No One Nominated for the Official Selection of the 62nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival". www.keshetinternational.com (Press release). Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  26. 1 2 "Keshet International sells Keshet 12's Trust No One to Netflix". www.prensario.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  27. ↑ Balaga, Marta (20 February 2023). "7 TV Shows Not To Miss at Berlin". Variety. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  28. ↑ Goldbart, Max (26 November 2024). "Netflix Picks Up Israeli Juvenile Prison Series 'Bad Boy' From 'Euphoria' Creator Ron Leshem & Hagar Ben-Asher". Deadline. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "Bad Boy". TIFF. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  30. ↑ Steinberg, Jessica (21 April 2025). "Award-winning show about comic jailed as a teen comes to Netflix". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
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