Solo Avital

Solo Avital is an American AI Artist and filmmaker who is the co-founder of EyeMix Visuals, a Los Angeles based AI and production studio.[1]

He has served as the CEO of Happyzoda Film Productions since 2001 and as the chief product designer at SoloQi since 2019. Avital is based in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed]

Avital co-founded Eyemix Visuals with partner and film director Ariel Vromen.[1][2] Eyemix Visuals garnered significant attention for creating a viral AI-generated satire video, dubbed the Trump Gaza AI video, which was posted by U.S. President Donald Trump.[1] The short video spread rapidly across the internet, igniting a media frenzy after being shared without context or consent.[3] According to Time Magazine and other leading publications, the "Trump Gaza" video has been described as one of the most viral videos in history with nearly 1 billion views and tens of millions of shares, sparking an international debate about the use and misuse of artificial intelligence. The video was also featured on Saturday Night Live coming full circle as the satire piece its creators intended.[4]

Career

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FILMS

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In 2001, Avital directed his documentary film Keep on Dancing about youth culture.

In 2003, Avital released his second documentary 'Art Liberates produced for the documentary channel 8 about artists in Germany.

Avital's 2006 award-winning documentary film ...More Than 1000 Words portrays two years in the life of war photographer Ziv Koren, The film was banned by the Iranian regime and stirred controversy

Comedy

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In 2008, Avital filmed and directed the German comedy titled Laughing in Tears Starring: Iris Berben Featuring: Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, Ephraim Kishon, Harald Schmidt, Mario Barth, Gerhard Polt, Hana Laszlo among other comedians. Produced by Oliver Berben "MOOVIE the art of entertainment"

From 2008 to 2010, Avital had written the script for an animated feature film titled THE POINT OF NO RETURN. An espionage thriller based on the bestseller book by Dr. Ronen Bergman "The Secret War with Iran. (Simon & Schuster)

Sound track

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In 2011, Solo was responsible for all the visual design and also composed the complete 240 minutes soundtrack for the German mini series CRIME. Stories taken from Ferdinand von Schirach bestseller VERBRECHEN. The soundtrack was released on iTunes Germany under the title VERBRECHEN SOUNDTRACK by Solo Avital.

Berlin

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In 2012, Avital returned to Berlin for the second time and started to focus on developing hardware solutions for mobile phones while continuing his work in the German film industry as a visual effects artist for cinema and music composer.

Director's filmography

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  • 2008 - Laughing in Tears 90:MIN ZDF
  • 2006 - ...More Than 1000 Words, 79:MIN
  • 2004 - Art Liberates, 54:MIN
  • 2003 - Keep On Dancing, 24:MIN

Highlights

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2012 - Directing RED Music video for the New York City based music group Nanuchka.

2012 - Creating the artwork Signation for mini-series Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga [de] by ZDF.

2011 - Verbrechen - Soundtrack and visual effects for Moovie the art of entertainment.

2009 - Directed the 4K digital cinema logo animation for UFA Cinema, Germany.

2008 - Directed the music video Drom America for Dani Reichental.

2007 - VFX supervision Rosa Roth, Germany.

2006 - VFX supervision Africa Mon Amour, Germany.

2005 - VFX supervision Die Patriarchin, Germany.

1998 - Digital compositor The Legend of 1900 (Giuseppe Tornatore), UK.

1997 - Digital compositor Lost In Space (Stephen Hopkins), UK.

Awards

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Startup Award for ChargeShare:

  • 2013 ChargeShare wins the Berlin Hardware Accelerator "HERE'S MY WALLET AWARD" by KPMG

Awards for his film ...More Than 1000 Words:

  • 2007 Warsaw Phoenix Award and Best Audience Choice, Warsaw Film Festival - Poland
  • 2006 Best Feature Documentary, Winnipeg International Film Festival - Canada
  • 2006 Margrit & Robert Mondavi Film Prize for Peace and Understanding, Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival - USA
  • 2006 Best Feature Film, BRIDGE International Film Festival - Canada
  • 2006 Best Professional Documentary, REEL to REAL Film Festival - USA
  • 2006 Best CA Film and Best Film of the Festival, Youngstown's Film Festival - USA

References

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  1. ^ a b c Goggin, Ben (2025-02-28). "'Trump Gaza' AI video creators say they don't want to be the president's 'propaganda machine'". NBC News. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  2. ^ Olson, Ben (2025-03-06). "Is 'Gaz-a-Lago' a harbinger of doom — or dumb? » Sandpoint Reader". Sandpoint Reader. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  3. ^ "Filmmaker behind Gaza AI video says Donald Trump shared clip without consent | The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2025-03-08. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
  4. ^ Hall, Rachel (2025-03-06). "'Trump Gaza' AI video intended as political satire, says creator". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-16.