Omri Marcus

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Omri Marcus (b. 1979) is an Israeli comedy writer. Between 2002-2006 he was a staff writer at Eretz Nehederet, Israel's leading comedy show. The show won Marcus three Academy's awards. Further more, Marcus was a staff writer for plenty of prime time hits shows in the Israeli television. Today Marcus is working as senior comedy writer and program developer for channel 2's Reshet

Marcus started his career as a writer in 1999 in a satirical review that was published in Maariv daily newspaper. Two years later he created with Lior Schlaien and Erez Ben-Ari the popular satire column Sof Haderech which was also published in Maariv.

Marcus received his bachelor's degree in Television and Cinema Studies and in History of the Western World from Tel Aviv University in 2005.

[edit] External links

  • Article in the New York Times[1]
  • Interview with the writers of Eretz Nehederet[2]