A post-retirement filmmaker, I am currently working on my third documentary. The first two — “Back to the House of Tomorrow" (2023) and "The Windows on Rue Saint-Dominique" (2025) — screened at multiple film festivals.
Early in my career, I co-founded and served as Creative Director of a small Israeli media firm, producing museum presentations, culture-focused online magazines, CD-ROMs, and two books: "Beyond the Sambatyon: The Myth of the Ten Lost Tribes," and "Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense" (both with accompanying CD-ROMs).
I retrained as a psychotherapist, opening a 15-year private practice with a specialization in couples and relationship counseling (and also created a blog for my clients:
www.therelationshipblog.net).
In retirement, I have returned to the art of visual storytelling. Starting out making short videos for family and friends, I took the leap to producing documentaries for the large screen.
Filmography
Writer (2 Credits)
The Windows on Rue Saint-Dominique2025
Documentary
Back to the House of Tomorrow2023
Documentary
Director (2 Credits)
The Windows on Rue Saint-Dominique2025
Documentary
Back to the House of Tomorrow2023
Documentary
Producer (1 Credit)
Back to the House of Tomorrow2023
Documentary
2 Awards & Selections
Gold Award Winner for Documentary Feature Back to the House of Tomorrow
International Independent Film Awards
2023
Best Short Documentary, 2023 Back to the House of Tomorrow
Southern California International Film Festival (SoCAL Fest) San Diego, CA
2023
Education
College
Antioch University Seattle
MA, Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
College
Barnard College, Columbia University
BA, History
College
Gratz Hebrew College
MHL, Hebrew Literature
Personal Details
Birth Date
October 6, 1955
Nickname
Sim
Current City
Seattle, WA
Children
4 grown kids + grandchildren
Trivia
I am fluent in Hebrew, and am currently learning Arabic.
I am mother to four adult children who live across the globe, and grandmother to a tribe of lovely children.
Quotes
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response, lie our growth and our freedom.”
-- Victor Frankl
A post-retirement filmmaker, I am currently working on my third documentary. The first two — “Back to the House of Tomorrow" (2023) and "The Windows on Rue Saint-Dominique" (2025) — screened at multiple film festivals.
