Amotz Zakai

Amotz Zakai is a partner at Echo Lake Entertainment and has worked at the company since 2001, first in the production/financing division and now on the management side representing an international roster of directors, writers, and former spies. He grew up in Jerusalem, Israel, and received his BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology and his MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California. He and his wife Abigail live in Los Angeles with their three children.

He received the UCLA Extension Department of the Arts Instructor of the Year Award in 2013.