Tom Kouris is a graduate of the Photography Department at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem, and a winner of a two-year merit scholarship from the America Israel Cultural Foundation. He then studied animation, focusing in stop-motion, at the Minshar for Art Academy, Tel Aviv. His films Sweet Dreams, Chair and Table, Regulator and Bore participated in many festivals and exhibitions in Israel and around the world. He lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.