Yisrael Rigler grew up in the Old City of Jerusalem in an ultra-Orthodox American family. After military service and a trip to the East he came out of the closet as bisexual. Yisrael graduated the Maaleh film school after 4 years of full-time study in October 2022. During his studies, he worked as a stills and video photographer, commercial video director, and established an independent video production business - Lensko Productions. Yisrael’s second year film "Something Blue" has been screened at numerous international film festivals. “Fatman” is Yisrael’s graduating narrative film.