Born in Giv’at Shmuel, Alon Sahar graduated magna cum laude from Tel Aviv University in 2018. His short film, Gelem (2014), premiered in Clermont-Ferrand and won the special jury prize at the Haifa International Film Festival. His diploma film, OUT (2018), held its world premiere in the Pardi di Domani section at Locarno Film Festival and won the best short film at Haifa.
He is currently living in Tel-Aviv/Berlin and developing his first feature film with several development grants.