Shaylee Atary is a graduate of the “Nissan Native” Tel Aviv Acting Studio and Ruth Dytches Acting for Camera school. In her film “NEURIM” she acts as the main character alongside with Igal Brener and Rita Shukroon Tsarfati. Shaylee was born in 1989 in Rishon Lezion, Israel. As a youngster, she joined the local youth band, then served as a singer in a military band, and studied in “Rimon” music school. In 2015 Shaylee released a debut album – “Be’emet Sheratziti” with songs like “Etzlenu Ba Gan” (In our kindergarden). In parallel, she acted in Television series like “Zaguri Empire” and “Johnny and the Knights of Galilee”.

In 2016 Shaylee went through a severe car accident followed by a long rehabilitation as a wheelchair user. In that recovery period, she was exposed to the world of cinema that holds both of her loves: acting and music.

Today Shaylee Atary is a fourth-year student at the “Steve Tisch School of Film & Television”, Tel Aviv University. In 2020 she got an honorable mention from “David Perlov Film Fund״ competition on her suggestion for a film “I SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS”.

NEURIM is Shaylee Atary’s second year film as part of her studies. Shaylee was mentored by a leading director and scriptwriter Maya Dreifus, her teacher. The film was inspired by Shaylee’s personal story. From the point of view of a woman with a disability, she started to explore the liberation of the soul from the physical body.

NEURIM was selected for the “Cinéfondation” FESTIAL DE CANNES 2020. the film participated at Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2020 as part of the international competition, Solidarity Tel Aviv human rights film festival 2020, and was nominated to Ofir’s prize from the The Israeli Academy of Film & Television. The film is part of the ARTE TV channel from 2021 until 2023.

Shaylee specializes in video editing and gradually paves her way as a filmmaker in the world of Cinema.