From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Dror Shaul born in 1971 is an Israeli filmmaker He came to prominence with the release of his first film the 50minutes Mivtza Savta Operation Grandma a comedy with a focus on the kibbutz experience It is considered a cult movie especially amongst kibbutzniks He returned to the kibbutz with his second fulllength feature Adama Meshugaat Sweet Mud a drama following an unhappy childhood on a kibbutz It won an Israeli Film Academy Best Picture Award and a Sundance Grand Jury Prize Shaul has confirmed that both films are based on reallife events In between he wrote and directed Sima Vaknin Machshefa Sima Vaknin the Witch Description above from the Wikipedia article Dror Shaul licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia