Shirly Brener
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Shirly Brener is an Israeli and American actress, producer, show host, art connoisseur and writer. (Pronounced Sheer-Lee)
. Raised in London
and Los Angeles
, her breakthrough role was in the late '90s opposite Henry Thomas
in the comedy
Hijacking Hollywood. Moving then her career to Israel she went on to star as one of the series leads in the nation’s highest rated prime time drama “Ramat Aviv Gimmel”. She quickly became a household name and landed recurring roles on shows such as the prime time drama
Deadly Fortune and the sitcom “Fisfusim- with Dr. Margoa”. Recruited by MTV
to host the popular teen dating show Singled Out
, as well as the CO-Host for Love Story, Brener was one of the few talents with 3 successful shows in prime-time that ran concurrently. She then went on to play one of the leads in the two time Israeli Academy Award winner- Mr. Baum, directed by Assi Dayan
. Also the host of two radio shows and her name and face were used for product endorsements such as “Burger King
”, the “Milk Company”, “Planet Hollywood
”, “Honda
”, “Disney” and others.
Named by Esquire
magazine (April 2009) as one of the 5 up and coming Israeli actresses in Hollywood today, She has completed dozens of projects working with a slew of A list actors and directors such as alongside Robert De Niro
and Al Pacino
in Righteous Kill
directed by Jon Avnet
for Overture, Sharon Stone
and Val Kilmer
in Streets of Blood
, directed by Charles Winkler and produced by Irwin Winkler
- one of the highest grossing video/DVD of all times. Jessica Simpson
and Dane Cook
in Employee of the Month
, for Lions Gate Entertainment
, John Cusack
and Hilary Duff
in War Inc., Aaron Eckhart
and Jessica Alba
in Meet Bill, Steven Seagal
in Mercenary For Justice, Armand Assante
in The Killing Grounds for the Weinstein Co., James Spader
in Shadow of Fear, Sam Shepard
in Blind Horizon
and Harvey Keitel
and Mira Sorvino
in the The Grey Zone
directed by Tim Blake Nelson
. On TV she has appeared with Lindsay Lohan
in ABC Family
Film Labor Pains
and Dean Stockwell
in the H.P. Lovecraft adapted for TV story - "The Dunwich Horror
", Judgment Day for Spike TV
and most recently guest starred on CBS
’s Criminal Minds
, and a series regular on the web-series Santa Monica 90404. She has landed leading role in the films such as the dramedy Letting Go (with Bokeem Woodbine
and Christopher Knight), the human drama Touched from French producers of The Class (with Shalim Ortiz
and Aloma Wright
), which was picked as the opening feature at the Dominican International Film Festival
to critical acclaim . The romantic dark comedy Hit List (with John Savage
and Joey Lawrence
), "Stitch" as the lead opposite Eduard Furlong and a supporting in Pendejo (the Idiot) a comedy opposite Danny Trejo. And the soon to be shot National Lampoon’s Cheerleaders Must Die! (with Lochlyn Munro
and Danielle Harris
).
Brener has graced covers, fashion shoots and editorial in magazines in the US and all over the world such as Maxim, FHM, Esquire, Mint, Balance, LA Health, ManTalk, Summum, BC, The Jewish Journal to name a few.
On the stage she is currently starring in the sketch comedy improv show- "The All American Wholesome Family Variety Hour" on the famous Second City Stage in Los Angeles. She also starred in the production of Eccentric in NoHo, named by LA Weekly
as pick of the week and nominated for and LA Weekly award. Also to her credit are “The Heidi Chronicles
”, “It Had to be you” and “The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”.
and Steven Bauer
as well as the political drama The Chicago 8 recently Grand Prize winner in The Peachtrea Film Festival and picked for opening night of the Beverly Hills Film Festival, in both films she showcases her acting abilities as well. In 2010 Shirly joins Radar Pictures – One of the 10 highest grossing hollywood companies of all times (The Last Samurai, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Runaway Bride, All About Steve, Chronicles of Riddick) as the new VP of Business Development and Producer for them. Brener is thrilled to be working under Ted Field. One of the greatest figures in business and entertainment in the last 3 decades. Known for starting "Interscope Records" and singing acts such as No Doubt and Eminem. As wll as producing 60 of the most famous titles in film history (Cocktail, Bill and Ted's Greatest ...and many many others). Some of her recent independent projects include: "Everyone Wants the Kush" a whacky stoner comedy, "The Embryo who came In From the Cold" a dramedy animated film for adults about 5IVF embryos looking for their biological mother, “Blood Hostage” a mixed martial arts action film, will be shot on Location in Israel starring Vinnie Jones and Scott Adkins directed by famous action director-winner of "actionfest"- Isaac Florentine. Brener is committed to bringing economic growth to the film industry in Israel by promoting a synergy of products across both continents. Under her Production Company, Brener is developing numerous projects for film and TV. Currently in production on Asleep At The Wheel, directed by Billy Chartoff and Starring Donald Sutherland Justin Chatwin and Rosie Perez, as well as Everyone Wants the Kush starring Treat Williams, John Savage and Rachel Minor. She recently set up a reality show Demolition Chef to SmallWorld (company that produces How I Survived a Japanese Game Show) She also produced the documentary Danny the Golden Fish and the feature Shoot starring Nikki Sixx
and Jonathan Silverman
.
- The University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and film Critical Studies. She is currently enrolled in the Masters of Business Administration program at Pepperdine University
.
She is a member of the master and alumni program of the prestigious Beverly Hills Playhouse
, alongside Doris Roberts
, Michelle Pfeiffer
, Alec Baldwin
and Joel Schumacher
founded by acclaimed acting teacher and director Milton Katselas
. Brener is on her way on a teacher’s training program at the school.
She is also a member of Second City, the famed improv comedy staple, with graduates such as Tina Fay, Amy Pohler and Steve Carrel.
On the humanitarian side, she works with and lends her support to such organizations as Narconon
(the most successful drug rehabilitation program internationally), “Gan Hayeled” (the most unique facility for disabled children in Israel which serves after school programs, education and physiotherapy), The National Council for the Child (against abused childre, which she attached to the film "Touched") and The Young Storytellers (Founded by JJ Abrams, it promoted literacy in elementary schools in Los Angeles) . Brener also serves as an ambassador for the Israeli Film Festival in the US.
Theater and The Kodak Center. And produced art shows in Los Angeles such as The Spendlove Show (2004), the Hunter Gallery Show (2005), the Primera Gallery show (2009)and most recently The Art District Show (2010). Brener is committed to the art world and her hubby’s career and is often a fixture at galleries and museums local and international. She is currently developing a new project alongside with Rubenstein to own their own gallery in LA.
Her writing can be read in a BI column in the newspaper “Shavua Israeli” (Israeli Week) in LA titled “Café Late with Shirly Brener.”
Brener is married to screenwriter (Bullet, starring Adrien Brody
and Mickey Rourke
and Hendrix
for Showtime), artist and designer Bruce Rubenstein and is the committed mother of daughter Mila Rubenstein who is a "Ford Models
" model and has already starred in campaigns for Wal-Mart
, JC Penny, Saurette, Disney and has graced magazines such as BC, Style Café Moms, BabyTalk, Fit Pregnancy
and SELF. And recently landed the Lead girl in Tobe Hooper's "ToolBox Murders 2". The Brener/Rubenstein clan is joyfully expecting their newest addition- baby #2 early 2012. The artistic happy family resides in the Hollywood Hills in a gorgeous home that has been featured in architectural and lifestyle magazines designed by Rubenstein.
Actress
Brener was born in IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Raised in London
London
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and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, her breakthrough role was in the late '90s opposite Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas
Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.-Early life:...
in the comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Hijacking Hollywood. Moving then her career to Israel she went on to star as one of the series leads in the nation’s highest rated prime time drama “Ramat Aviv Gimmel”. She quickly became a household name and landed recurring roles on shows such as the prime time drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Deadly Fortune and the sitcom “Fisfusim- with Dr. Margoa”. Recruited by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
to host the popular teen dating show Singled Out
Singled Out
Singled Out was a game show that ran on MTV from 1995-1998. Each episode featured a group of 50 men and a group of 50 women competing for a date with one main contestant of the opposite sex.The original hosts were Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy...
, as well as the CO-Host for Love Story, Brener was one of the few talents with 3 successful shows in prime-time that ran concurrently. She then went on to play one of the leads in the two time Israeli Academy Award winner- Mr. Baum, directed by Assi Dayan
Assi Dayan
Asaf "Assi" Dayan is an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.-Personal life:Assi Dayan is the youngest son of Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan and peace activist Ruth Dayan . He has two siblings: politician and author Yael Dayan, born 1939, and sculptor Ehud ...
. Also the host of two radio shows and her name and face were used for product endorsements such as “Burger King
Burger King
Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain...
”, the “Milk Company”, “Planet Hollywood
Planet Hollywood
Planet Hollywood, a restaurant inspired by the popular portrayal of Hollywood, was launched in New York on October 22, 1991, with the backing of Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.-History:...
”, “Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
”, “Disney” and others.
Named by Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
magazine (April 2009) as one of the 5 up and coming Israeli actresses in Hollywood today, She has completed dozens of projects working with a slew of A list actors and directors such as alongside Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
and Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
in Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill is a 2008 crime thriller film with elements of a buddy cop film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Righteous Kill also features John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson...
directed by Jon Avnet
Jon Avnet
Jonathan Michael "Jon" Avnet is an American director, writer and producer.-Early life:Avnet was born in Brooklyn, the son of Joan Bertha and Lester Francis Avnet, a corporate executive and electronics distributor. He attended Great Neck North High School in Great Neck, New York...
for Overture, Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...
and Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a supporting role in Top Gun and a...
in Streets of Blood
Streets of Blood
Streets of Blood is a 2009 action-drama film starring Val Kilmer, 50 Cent, Michael Biehn and Sharon Stone. It is directed by Charles Winkler with a screenplay written by Eugene Hess based on a story by Hess and Dennis Fanning...
, directed by Charles Winkler and produced by Irwin Winkler
Irwin Winkler
Irwin Winkler is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of 50 major motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? , starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards...
- one of the highest grossing video/DVD of all times. Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...
and Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...
in Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month (2006 film)
Employee of the Month is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Greg Coolidge, written by Don Calame, Chris Conroy, and Coolidge, and starring Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard. The main plot revolves around two shop employees who compete for the affection of their newest co-worker...
, for Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
, John Cusack
John Cusack
John Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...
and Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...
in War Inc., Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American film and stage actor. Born in California, he moved to England at the age of 13, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Sydney, Australia, for his high school senior year...
and Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack . Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel...
in Meet Bill, Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
in Mercenary For Justice, Armand Assante
Armand Assante
-Personal life:Assante was born in New York City and raised in Cornwall, New York, the son of Katherine , a music teacher and poet, and Armand Anthony Assante, Sr., a painter and artist. His father was Italian and his mother was Irish, and was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic family...
in The Killing Grounds for the Weinstein Co., James Spader
James Spader
James Todd Spader is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as Pretty in Pink, Less Than Zero, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Crash, Stargate, and Secretary...
in Shadow of Fear, Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
in Blind Horizon
Blind Horizon
Blind Horizon is a 2003 conspiracy thriller film directed by Michael Haussman. The screenplay was co-written by F. Paul Benz and Steve Tomlin. The leading cast includes Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Amy Smart, and Faye Dunaway.-Plot:...
and Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...
and Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite and is also known for her role as Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.- Early life :Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey...
in the The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone is a 2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli....
directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Tim Blake Nelson
Tim Blake Nelson is an American director, writer, singer, and actor.-Early life:Nelson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth Kaiser Nelson, who is a noted social activist and philanthropist in Tulsa, and a geologist father...
. On TV she has appeared with Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
in ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
Film Labor Pains
Labor Pains
Labor Pains is a 2009 romantic comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Luke Kirby, Cheryl Hines, Chris Parnell, Bridgit Mendler, and Kevin Covais. The film received a television premiere on ABC Family on July 19, 2009. It was originally scheduled to be released in theatres...
and Dean Stockwell
Stockwell
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in the H.P. Lovecraft adapted for TV story - "The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror
"The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales . It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts...
", Judgment Day for Spike TV
Spike TV
Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...
and most recently guest starred on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
’s Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
, and a series regular on the web-series Santa Monica 90404. She has landed leading role in the films such as the dramedy Letting Go (with Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine is an American film and television actor.-Personal life:Woodbine was born in Harlem, New York to an actress mother. He attended the prestigious Dalton School in New York before transferring to the also prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city...
and Christopher Knight), the human drama Touched from French producers of The Class (with Shalim Ortiz
Shalim Ortiz
Shalim Gerardo Ortiz Goyco is a singer/actor. He is the eldest son of Puerto Rican entertainer Elin Ortiz and his wife, the Dominican singer, television presenter, and actress Charytín Goyco.-Television:...
and Aloma Wright
Aloma Wright
Aloma Wright is an American actress. She was born in New York and raised in California.- Career :Wright was cast as Laverne Roberts for Scrubs. After six seasons, her character was killed off in My Long Goodbye. She returned in season seven playing a new character, Nurse Shirley...
), which was picked as the opening feature at the Dominican International Film Festival
Dominican International Film Festival
The Dominican International Film Festival is held annually in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. and was created by Vincent Partners in 2004.The festival features independent Spanish language films....
to critical acclaim . The romantic dark comedy Hit List (with John Savage
John Savage
John Savage may refer to:* John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers * John F. Savage Hall, the basketball arena for the University of Toledo* John Savage , actor* John Savage , baseball head coach...
and Joey Lawrence
Joey Lawrence
Joseph "Joey" Lawrence is an American actor, R&B-singer, and TV-host. He is known for his roles in the TV-series Gimme a Break!, Blossom, and Melissa & Joey.- Early life :...
), "Stitch" as the lead opposite Eduard Furlong and a supporting in Pendejo (the Idiot) a comedy opposite Danny Trejo. And the soon to be shot National Lampoon’s Cheerleaders Must Die! (with Lochlyn Munro
Lochlyn Munro
Richard Laughlain "Lochlyn" Munro is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:Munro was born in Lac La Hache, British Columbia. He started his acting career after a serious sports injury ended his dream of playing professional hockey. While playing music in various clubs around Vancouver, British...
and Danielle Harris
Danielle Harris
Danielle Andrea Harris is an American film and television actress, best known as a scream queen for her roles in several horror films, four of them in the Halloween series: in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Jamie Lloyd and in Halloween and...
).
Brener has graced covers, fashion shoots and editorial in magazines in the US and all over the world such as Maxim, FHM, Esquire, Mint, Balance, LA Health, ManTalk, Summum, BC, The Jewish Journal to name a few.
On the stage she is currently starring in the sketch comedy improv show- "The All American Wholesome Family Variety Hour" on the famous Second City Stage in Los Angeles. She also starred in the production of Eccentric in NoHo, named by LA Weekly
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
as pick of the week and nominated for and LA Weekly award. Also to her credit are “The Heidi Chronicles
The Heidi Chronicles
The Heidi Chronicles is a 1988 play by Wendy Wasserstein. The play won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.-Production history:A workshop production at Seattle Repertory Theatre was held in April 1988, directed by Daniel J. Sullivan....
”, “It Had to be you” and “The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”.
Producer
Raised in a family of MBA’s , and opening Brener Films, Shirly was always destined to business savvy and success. She has completed the psychological suspense thriller film directed by award winning Haim Bouzaglo titled Session, starring Bar RefaeliBar Refaeli
Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model and occasional actress, most known for her modeling work and for her relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.-Early life:...
and Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer is a Cuban-American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa, USA.-Early life:...
as well as the political drama The Chicago 8 recently Grand Prize winner in The Peachtrea Film Festival and picked for opening night of the Beverly Hills Film Festival, in both films she showcases her acting abilities as well. In 2010 Shirly joins Radar Pictures – One of the 10 highest grossing hollywood companies of all times (The Last Samurai, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Runaway Bride, All About Steve, Chronicles of Riddick) as the new VP of Business Development and Producer for them. Brener is thrilled to be working under Ted Field. One of the greatest figures in business and entertainment in the last 3 decades. Known for starting "Interscope Records" and singing acts such as No Doubt and Eminem. As wll as producing 60 of the most famous titles in film history (Cocktail, Bill and Ted's Greatest ...and many many others). Some of her recent independent projects include: "Everyone Wants the Kush" a whacky stoner comedy, "The Embryo who came In From the Cold" a dramedy animated film for adults about 5IVF embryos looking for their biological mother, “Blood Hostage” a mixed martial arts action film, will be shot on Location in Israel starring Vinnie Jones and Scott Adkins directed by famous action director-winner of "actionfest"- Isaac Florentine. Brener is committed to bringing economic growth to the film industry in Israel by promoting a synergy of products across both continents. Under her Production Company, Brener is developing numerous projects for film and TV. Currently in production on Asleep At The Wheel, directed by Billy Chartoff and Starring Donald Sutherland Justin Chatwin and Rosie Perez, as well as Everyone Wants the Kush starring Treat Williams, John Savage and Rachel Minor. She recently set up a reality show Demolition Chef to SmallWorld (company that produces How I Survived a Japanese Game Show) She also produced the documentary Danny the Golden Fish and the feature Shoot starring Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, author, fashion designer, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey...
and Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Silverman
-Personal life:Silverman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Devora and Hillel Emanuel Silverman, a rabbi. He is the grandson of famous Conservative Rabbi Morris Silverman. David Schwimmer was his best friend in high school. He is married to actress Jennifer Finnigan who he briefly co...
.
Education and Organizations
Shirly graduated with honors (on the Dean’s List) from USCUniversity of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
- The University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and film Critical Studies. She is currently enrolled in the Masters of Business Administration program at Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...
.
She is a member of the master and alumni program of the prestigious Beverly Hills Playhouse
Beverly Hills Playhouse
The Beverly Hills Playhouse is one of the oldest acting schools and theatres in Los Angeles. Located at 254 South Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, United States.-The early years:...
, alongside Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts is an American character actress of film, stage and television. She has received five Emmy Awards. She began her career in 1952, and may be best-known as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996–2005....
, Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
, Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...
and Joel Schumacher
Joel Schumacher
Joel T. Schumacher is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:Schumacher was born in New York City, the son of Marian and Francis Schumacher. His mother was a Swedish Jew, and his father was a Baptist from Knoxville, Tennessee, who died when Joel was four years old...
founded by acclaimed acting teacher and director Milton Katselas
Milton Katselas
Milton Katselas was an American film director and famous Hollywood coach for The Beverly Hills Playhouse...
. Brener is on her way on a teacher’s training program at the school.
She is also a member of Second City, the famed improv comedy staple, with graduates such as Tina Fay, Amy Pohler and Steve Carrel.
On the humanitarian side, she works with and lends her support to such organizations as Narconon
Narconon
Narconon is a residential program aimed at substance abusers, headquartered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It operates through several dozen treatment centers worldwide, chiefly in the United States and Western Europe. Each Narconon center is independently owned and operated under a license...
(the most successful drug rehabilitation program internationally), “Gan Hayeled” (the most unique facility for disabled children in Israel which serves after school programs, education and physiotherapy), The National Council for the Child (against abused childre, which she attached to the film "Touched") and The Young Storytellers (Founded by JJ Abrams, it promoted literacy in elementary schools in Los Angeles) . Brener also serves as an ambassador for the Israeli Film Festival in the US.
Art and Writing
Utilizing her passion for higher education in Art. She had written and published various catalogues and art essays for acclaimed artist Bruce Rubenstein (her hubby) whose art is collected by the likes of MOCA Hot Springs, Governor Schwarzenegger, The Martziano Family, and Meshulam Riklis and is responsible for the reconstruction of such Hollywood landmarks as The Henry FondaHenry Fonda
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Theater and The Kodak Center. And produced art shows in Los Angeles such as The Spendlove Show (2004), the Hunter Gallery Show (2005), the Primera Gallery show (2009)and most recently The Art District Show (2010). Brener is committed to the art world and her hubby’s career and is often a fixture at galleries and museums local and international. She is currently developing a new project alongside with Rubenstein to own their own gallery in LA.
Her writing can be read in a BI column in the newspaper “Shavua Israeli” (Israeli Week) in LA titled “Café Late with Shirly Brener.”
Family
Born to Danny Brener- Israeli record holder and gold winner in 100 m and 200 m freestyle, Smadar Brener - a famous film and theater actress. Grandfather Mila Brener, a shipping tycoon, owner of Maritime Shipping Company and is one of the ancestors to Haim Weizman (the first president of Israel).Brener is married to screenwriter (Bullet, starring Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody
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and Mickey Rourke
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and Hendrix
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for Showtime), artist and designer Bruce Rubenstein and is the committed mother of daughter Mila Rubenstein who is a "Ford Models
Ford Models
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" model and has already starred in campaigns for Wal-Mart
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, JC Penny, Saurette, Disney and has graced magazines such as BC, Style Café Moms, BabyTalk, Fit Pregnancy
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and SELF. And recently landed the Lead girl in Tobe Hooper's "ToolBox Murders 2". The Brener/Rubenstein clan is joyfully expecting their newest addition- baby #2 early 2012. The artistic happy family resides in the Hollywood Hills in a gorgeous home that has been featured in architectural and lifestyle magazines designed by Rubenstein.
Filmography
- The Killing Time (2012)
- Stitch (2012)
- Pendejo (the Idiot) (2012)
- Touched (2012)
- Hit List (2012)
- Blood Hostage (2013)
- Asleep At the Wheel (2012)
- Everyone Wants the Kush (2012)
- The Chicago 8 (2011)
- Hit List (2011)
- Cheerleaders Must Die! (2012)
- Letting Go (2012)
- Unraveled (2010)
- “Kavod” (2012)
- Session (2011)
- Movin' In (2010)
- Streets Of Blood (2009)
- Autodoc (2009)
- 30 Days to Die (2009)
- What Goes Around (2009)
- Righteous Kill (2008)
- War, Inc.(2008)
- You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (2008)
- Blonde Ambition (2007)
- Meet Bill (2007)
- The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
- Employee of the Month (2006)
- Petrified (2006)
- Mercenary for Justice (2006)
- Holly (2006)
- Children of Wax (2005)
- Shadow of Fear (2004)
- Blind Horizon (2003)
- Connecting Dots (2003)
- Diary of A Sex Addict (2001)
- The Grey Zone (2001)
- Married People (2001)
- Tail Sting (2001)
- “Chatunat Hashanah” (1998)
- Four Men Entered the Grove (1998)
- Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
- “Mar Baum” (1997)
TV Series, MOWs and Guest Appearances
- The Mondays (2011)
- The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno (2011)
- 2.3 Per Week(2011)
- The Monica 90404(2010)
- Quantum Apocalypse (2010)
- The Dunwich Horror (2009)
- Labor Pains (2009)
- Criminal Minds (2008)
- “Chochavim Beshmei Hollywood” (2007)
- Diary of an Affair (2004)
- Run (2001)
- “Kesef Katlani” (1999–2000)
- “Ramat Aviv Gimmel” (1996–1999)
- Singled Out (1997–1999)
- “Sipur Ahava” (1998–1999)
- “Fisfusim” (1997)
External links
- http://www.shirlybrener.com/ official website