Assaf Bernstein graduated cum laude from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. His award-winning credits include show-running and directing the groundbreaking first season of Netflix's "Fauda," which was voted one of the top ten best international TV shows of the decade by The New York Times. He also executive produced and directed the pilot episode for HBO/Cinemax's "Warrior," which was listed as one of the top twenty American series of 2019 by Rolling Stone Magazine and spent three weeks on Netflix's top ten list in 2024.