Maya Dreifuss
Born in Israël, she studied at Tel-Aviv University. She wrote and directed her first short film Wax Hurts in 2001. In 2005, she won the 2nd prize from the Cinefondation at Cannes with her second short Visiting Hours. In 2013, she made her feature debut She Is Coming Home. The film won three awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, including the Award for Best First FiIm, and the Award for Best Supporting Actress at the Israeli Academy Awards. She was then the co-creator and artistic director of Heroine (2016) and Heroine 2 (2020), two anthologies of five female-directed short films. Highway 65 is her second feature film.
