Lior Ashkenazi, the son of Jewish immigrants from Turkey who moved to Israel in 1964, is a well-known stage, television and film actor. He studied at Beit Zvi, one of Israel’s top drama schools. After graduating in 1994, he performed for several theatre companies, including Beit Lessin. He has been nominated for and won a number of acting awards from the Israeli Film Academy and has appeared in many television programs.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
