{{Short description|Israeli musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Nir Yaniv | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}} | birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel | occupation = Author, editor, musician | nationality = Israeli | period = | genre = Science fiction | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | website = | native_name = ניר יניב | native_name_lang = he }}
'''Nir Yaniv''' ({{langx|he|ניר יניב}}; born 1972) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Multidisciplinary Artist Nir Yaniv Releases New EP the Voice Remains |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Multidisciplinary-Artist-Nir-Yaniv-Releases-New-EP-The-Voice-Remains-20180615}}</ref>
He was active early on as a science fiction editor in Israel. In 2000 he founded the webzine of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy,<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2008 |title=The Universe in a Pita: An Interview with Nir Yaniv |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/the-universe-in-a-pita-an-interview-with-nir-yaniv/}}</ref> and in 2007 he became chief editor of ''Chalomot Be'aspamia'', Israel's only professionally printed SF&F magazine.<ref name="yn">{{Cite web |title=SFE: Yaniv, Nir |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yaniv_nir |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=sf-encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
As an author, Yaniv's short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales,<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2007 |title=Weird Tales: Nir Yaniv on Writing Speculative Fiction in Israel |url=https://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2007/12/09/weird-tales-nir-yaniv-on-writing-speculative-fiction-in-israel/}}</ref> Apex Magazine,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nir yaniv Archives |url=https://apex-magazine.com/tag/nir-yaniv/}}</ref> ''The Best of World SF''<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2020 |title=Celebrating International Speculative Fiction: Lavie Tidhar on the Best of World SF Anthology |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/12/04/celebrating-international-speculative-fiction-lavie-tidhar-on-the-best-of-world-sf-anthology/}}</ref> and others. He collaborated with World Fantasy Award winning author Lavie Tidhar on two novels, including the "deranged sci-fi extravaganza" (per The Jewish Quarterly) ''The Tel Aviv Dossier'' and released the English language collection ''The Love Machine & Other Contraptions''.<ref name="yn" /> Yaniv returned to fiction publishing in 2024 with the novel ''The Good Soldier'', an " amiable satire of the gung-ho heroics of military sci-fi".<ref>https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781989398821</ref>
Yaniv has been active as a musician from early on, initially with the Israeli jazz-funk band Plutonium<ref>{{Cite web |title=מוזיקה – להקת פלוטוניום |url=http://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Event.aspx?Subj=3&Area=1&EventId=36673}}</ref> and more recently with the Emmy Award winning soprano Hila Plitmann.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1077252398689640449 |user=HilaPlitmann |title=@niryanivmusic a.k.a 💝 @nyfiction sharing love from us two yokels to all of you #sunny #losangeles…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=24 December 2018}}</ref> He released several independent albums, including "the first Hebrew-language SF Music themed album", ''The Universe in a Pita''.<ref name="yn" />
From 2013 he has also been making short films as a writer/director,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nir Yaniv |website=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5635505/}}</ref> including the animated ''Liftoff'', a "touching, hand-illustrated piece of a man’s journey to the moon".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2013 |title=UK Film Festival 2013: Animation and Student Shorts |url=https://www.counterfeitmag.co.uk/arts/uk-film-festival-2013-animation-and-student-shorts/}}</ref> ''Welcome To Your A.I. Future'' (2023) dealing with emergent A.I. technology, was featured in ''New Scientist''.<ref>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2369244-sci-fi-author-lavie-tidhar-using-midjourney-to-explore-ethics-of-ai/</ref> ''Loontown'' (also 2023), imagines "a Dystopian Los Angeles populated by sentient Balloons".<ref>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/loontown</ref>
== Fiction ==
===In Hebrew=== * ''Ktov Ke'shed Mi'shachat'' (One Hell of a Writer). Israel: Odyssey Press, 2006. A short story collection. * ''Retzach Bidyoni'' (Fictional Murder). Israel: Odyssey Press, 2009. A novel, with Lavie Tidhar. * ''Melech Yerushlaim'' (King of Jerusalem). Israel: Yaniv Publishing, 2019. a novel.
===In English=== * ''The Tel Aviv Dossier''. Canada: ChiZine Publications, 2009. A novel, with Lavie Tidhar. * ''The Love Machine & Other Contraptions''. UK: Infinity Plus Books, 2012. A short story collection. * ''The Good Soldier''. Canada: Shadowpaw Press, 2024. Novel.
===Selected Short Stories===
* "A Wizard on the Road". ''Shimmer Magazine'', 2006 * "The Dream of the Blue Man". ''Weird Tales'', September 2008 * "A Painter, a Sheep, and a Boa Constrictor". ''Shimmer Magazine'', 2009. Reprinted in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010'' ed. Rich Horton (2010). * "Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys". ''Apex Magazine'', November 2009. Reprinted in ''The Best of World SF'', ed Lavie Tidhar (2021). * "The Believers". ''Chizine'', March 2010. Reprinted in ''Zion's Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature'', ed. Lottem & Teitelbaum. * "Undercity". ''Apex Magazine'', August 2012.
== Music == * ''The Universe in a Pita'': a Hebrew science fiction rock album. * ''Funkapella'': a concept-album using vocals and drums only, with no other instruments. * ''Happiness is Real'': a live dance and music performance with choreographer and dancer Ilanit Tadmor. * ''The Voice Remains''<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 2018 |title=In Conversation—with Nir Yaniv |url=https://www.voicemagazine.org/2018/06/08/in-conversation-with-nir-yaniv/}}</ref>
==Filmography== '''Short film''' {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer |- | 2013 | ''MicroTime'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | 2017 | ''Addict'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |}
'''Animated short film''' {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer |- | 2014 | ''Liftoff'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | 2018 | ''Memories of a Third Planet'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | 2023 | ''Welcome To Your A.I. Future'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | 2023 | ''Loontown'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | 2024 | ''The Radio'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- |}
'''Short Form Animated Series''' {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Executive<br>producer ! Creator |- | 2024 |''Mars Machines'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [https://niryaniv.com/ Nir Yaniv's web site] * [https://www.positronish.com/ Positronish]
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