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Governing board
| • | Shaul Kesslassi (1964), founder and general director of Nefesh, studied film and television at the University of Tel Aviv and has been a freelance documentary filmmaker and producer since 1997. | • | Jaime Ruben Halegue (1957), secretary of Nefesh, is a photographer at NRC Handelsblad and the NIW and an entrepreneur. |
• | Tamar Ravid (1976), treasurer of Nefesh, studied at the Dutch Academy of Film and Television and has been a freelance scriptwriter, filmmaker and writer since 2004. |
The members of the governing board are also active in the divers aspects of producing and realizing the Nefesh films/ productions/ TV Programmes, often at a rate lower than the market rate in order to guarantee a high quality productions for a lower cost.
Nefesh Foundation works with a number of freelancers including:
| • | Hedda van Gennep (1929), scenario writer and consultant, has been a film director and teacher at the Media Academy since 1969 and a freelance writer for innumerable documentary films since 1987. | • | Kester Dixon (1954), studied at the Amsterdam Film Academy and has been a film and video cameraman since 1980. |
• | Daphne Meijer (1961), writer and scriptwriter, studied Dutch at the University of Amsterdam and has been a novelist and a journalist for the NIW and Het Parool since 1991 and has worked on other projects. She co-produced several short films and documentaries. |
• | José Martin (1975), production staff member, studied Spanish and Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam and worked on several documentaries. |
• | Nadav Monselise (1969) has a Law degree from Tel Aviv University and a degree in Art and Design from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. | • | Bastiaan Piloo,adviser, previously a consultant at Van Dishoeck & Jongbloed consultancy bureau in Amsterdam, assists the Nefesh Foundation. He has been an adviser in the non-profit sector since 1998 and plays a role in the financial planning, PR, and organizational developments. |
