{{Short description|Israeli-American author and television producer (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | native_name = רון לשם | native_name_lang = he | image = Ron Leshem.jpg | alt = Ron Leshem | caption = Leshem at the 2006 Sapir Prize | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}} | birth_place = Tel-Aviv, Israel<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leshem |first=Ron |title=Ron Leshem on Hamas attack: The little innocence that was left might be dead |url=https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/ron-leshem-on-hamas-attack-the-little-innocence-that-was-left-might-be-dead |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Der Freitag |language=de}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Television producer|film director|screenwriter|author}} | years_active = 1998–present | children = 2 }}
'''Ron Leshem''' ({{langx|he|רון לשם}}) is an Israeli American screenwriter, producer, and author. He is an executive producer of ''Euphoria'', which was based on the Israeli television series he co-created and co-wrote in 2012. His first film as a screenwriter, ''Beaufort,'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and based on his novel of the same name that received the Sapir Prize in 2006.<ref name=thr>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Lily |date=2024-11-26 |title=Israeli Drama 'Bad Boy' From 'Euphoria' Creator Ron Leshem, Hagar Ben-Asher Gets Netflix Debut |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bad-boy-euphoria-creator-ron-leshem-netflix-1236070480/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
Leshem has worked on television series including ''No Man's Land'', ''Valley of Tears'', and ''The Gordin Cell'', and the film ''Incitement.''
==Career== ===Initial television work and journalism=== By age 15, Leshem was working in the television industry on educational and youth programming as a researcher and editing coordinator. He helped to develop ''Zombit'', a computer program that became a television show about technology and the internet. Leshem was also a journalist for ''Ma'ariv La'noar'' at this time.<ref name=haaretz>{{Cite web |author=נעמה לנסקי |title=ראש ענף התנהלות |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2007-02-06/ty-article/0000017f-f4d4-d044-adff-f7fd80ec0000 |website=Haaretz הארץ |language=he}}</ref>
He worked as a news editor at ''Yediot Ahronot'' in 1998 and became the head of the reporters' department two years later. During those years, he also worked as a magazine writer publishing investigative reports about Israel's prison system and animal testing, conducting interviews with Palestinian figures and politicians as well as what was going on within Palestinian territories.<ref name=ynet>{{Cite web |last=לשם |first=רון |date=2024-11-28 |title="משנות ה'לא' בחיי למדתי יותר מכל תחנה אחרת" |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/yokra14162890 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Ynet |language=he}}</ref>
Leshem was appointed deputy editor-in-chief and head of the news division at ''Maariv'' in 2001. He also founded the newspaper's website.<ref name=haaretz/><ref>{{Cite web |last=We-Ha |date=2015-04-09 |title='Beaufort' Author and Screenwriter to Speak at JCC |url=https://we-ha.com/beaufort-author-and-screenwriter-to-speak-at-jcc/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=We-Ha {{!}} West Hartford News |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Television production and adaptation of ''Euphoria''=== Leshem transitioned from print media to television in 2005.<ref name="Israel_2007_JustinRudzki" /> From 2006 to 2009, he worked in content development for Keshet Broadcasting, where he became chief of content and programming at the network. Leshem managed both its reality/entertainment/documentary and drama divisions. Israeli television series he was involved with include ''Arab Labor'', ''the A-word'', ''Beauty and the Baker'', ''False Flag'' and ''Prisoners of War'', which was later adapted into the American series ''Homeland''.<ref name="AICF">{{cite web |title=Ron Leshem |url=https://aicf.org/artist/ron-leshem/|access-date=November 29, 2020 |work=America-Israel Cultural Foundation}}</ref>
In 2011, Leshem co-created and co-wrote his first original drama series, ''The Gordin Cell'', which was about a Russian spy family pressured by their Moscow handlers to recruit their young son.<ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" /> It received multiple nominations at the Awards of the Israeli Television Academy.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}} The series was sold for adaptation to NBC, first by Peter Berg and later by George Nolfi. ''Allegiance'' aired on NBC in 2015 and was canceled after one season.<ref name="AICF" />
He co-created the original ''Euphoria'' in 2012 along with director Daphna Levin.<ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" /> It was motivated by Leshem wanting to create a more realistic show about teenagers and described as "''Trainspotting'' meets Gus Van Sant".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orlin |first1=Scott |title=Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen: “Valley of Tears” |url=https://goldenglobes.com/articles/ron-leshem-and-amit-cohen-valley-tears/ |website=Golden Globes |date=1 December 2020}}</ref> The series had a low budget and did not have the resources to film shorter scenes. It also contained cultural specificities relevant to Israelis and received mixed reviews due to adult content for a conservative audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://momentmag.com/euphorias-israeli-predecessor-shows-that-teen-trauma-transcends-culture/?srsltid=AfmBOoq8DxYE-n-gkC4aEpcHUmWCNtluzQwuViMYROmX_mSOn3t_1r1R|title=Euphoria's Israeli Predecessor Shows that Teen Trauma Transcends Culture|website=Moment Mag|date=August 18, 2022|author1=Sarah Sachs|author2=Sasha Tuddenham|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> Over the following years, Leshem pitched an adaptation of the series to American networks and studios. HBO ordered an American adaption in 2018 where Leshem was an executive producer alongside being credited as a writer for the pilot episode.<ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" /><ref name="HollywoodReporter_2018_RickPorter">{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Rick |date=July 30, 2018|title=HBO Orders 'Euphoria' to Series, Drake Joins as Executive Producer|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hbo-picks-teen-drama-euphoria-adds-drake-as-executive-producer-1130660|work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=November 29, 2020 }}</ref>
=== Move to United States, development deals and serial television creation === In early 2013, Leshem moved from Israel to the United States, joining Legendary Entertainment as a development producer.<ref name=ynet/> He is based in Boston and has an office in Los Angeles.<ref name="LionsHouseAgency_2020">{{cite web |title=Representing Israel's Top Speakers Authors, Filmmakers, and Cultural Icons |url=https://www.lionhouseagency.com/ron-leshem|work=Lion House Agency|access-date=November 29, 2020 }}</ref>
Influenced by the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin at a rally in support of the Oslo Accords, Leshem co-wrote ''Incitement'' in 2019 as a political thriller profiling Rabin’s assassin, Yigal Amir, and the influences that shaped his decisions. Leshem stated that "it was never a film about 1995...it's about today—how people are losing faith in democracy and how the politics of hate are taking over."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2020/03/incitement-co-writer-leshem-sees-israels-political-path-traced|title=In 'Incitement,' co-writer Leshem sees Israel's political path traced|website=Tufts Daily|date=March 3, 2020|author=Tommy Gillespie|access-date=August 23, 2025}}</ref> He also signed a development deal with Red Arrow Studios International to create scripted dramas.<ref name="Hollywood_2019_LesleyGoldberg">{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=June 13, 2019 |title=James Purefoy to Star in Syrian Civil War Drama for Hulu |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/james-purefoy-star-syrian-civil-war-drama-hulu-1217909|access-date=November 29, 2020 |work=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="Variety_2020_LeoBarraclough">{{cite news |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=November 12, 2020|title=Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen Thriller to Spearhead Anton, WestEnd TV Series Slate |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/ron-leshem-amit-cohen-anton-westend-1234829425/|work=Variety |access-date=November 29, 2020 }}</ref>
Leshem co-created, co-wrote and produced the French series ''No Man's Land'', which followed female Kurdish fighters as well as three British friends who travel to join ISIS during the Syrian civil war. The series was released on Hulu.<ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" /> He also co-created, co-wrote and produced the Max series ''''Valley of Tears'''', a mini-series about the Yom Kippur War, which was released in Israel before being picked up by HBO in 2020.<ref name="TimesofIsrael_2020_JessicaSteinberg">{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Jessica |date=October 14, 2020|title=HBO purchases rights for Israeli TV series about Yom Kippur War |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hbo-purchases-rights-for-israeli-tv-series-about-yom-kippur-war/|work=The Times of Israel |access-date=November 29, 2020 }}</ref>
''Traitor'', an eight-part thriller inspired by the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, premiered in Israel in 2022. Leshem co-created, co-wrote and produced the series that was initially picked up by WestEnd Films in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/westend-films-moves-into-tv-1202586858/|title=Mipcom: WestEnd Films Moves Into TV With 'Traitor' From 'False Flag' Creator|website=Variety|date=October 11, 2017|author=Stewart Clarke|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> The next year he co-created, co-wrote and produced ''Red Skies'' which takes place during the Second Intifada based on a novel by Daniel Shinar. The series was nominated for the Best Series award at the Series Mania festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/tv/Article-979524|title=מתוך כ-500 סדרות מ-62 מדינות: "שמים אדומים" מועמדת בפסטיבל היוקרתי|website=Maariv|date=September 2, 2023|author=קיץ ברבנר|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref>
Leshem has also co-written the Hulu series ''Fertile Crescent'', which focuses on the Syrian Civil War.<ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" />
In 2023, ''Bad Boy'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/bad-boy-review/|title='Bad Boy' Review: 'Euphoria' Creator's New Series Finds Pain & Poetry in Prison|website=Collider|date=September 13, 2023|author=Chase Hutchinson|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref> The drama series was co-created, co-written and produced by Leshem and set in a juvenile detention facility following a boy that is imprisoned who later becomes a comedian.<ref name="thr" /> It received seven Israeli Television Academy Awards following its release in Israel in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/shira-haas-bad-boy-win-israeli-television-academy-awards-1236358250/|title='Bad Boy' & Shira Haas Win Israeli Television Academy Awards|website=Deadline|date=April 3, 2025|author=Max Goldbart|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref> Netflix acquired the global streaming rights after the TIFF premiere and released the series in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/netflix-premiere-date-for-israels-bad-boy-may-2-1236366279/|title=Netflix Unveils Premiere Date For Israeli Series 'Bad Boy'|website=Deadline|date=April 11, 2025|author=Max Goldbart|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref> Upon its Netflix release, ''Bad Boy'' ranked within the top ten shows on the streaming platform in May.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/bad-boy-series-streaming-success-netflix-may/|title=Controversial News 'Adolescence' Dupe From 'Euphoria' Creator Is a Streaming Success Story|website=Collider|date=May 6, 2025|author=Rahul Malhotra|access-date=August 23, 2025}}</ref>
Keshet International announced that it would launch Leshem's spy thriller ''Trust No One'' on its network, which premiered in March 2025, with a later launch on Netflix.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/global/global/keshet-international-ron-leshem-amit-cohen-1235538292/|title=Keshet International Boards Israeli Thriller 'Trust No One' From Ron Leshem/Amit Cohen, Among New Scripted Slate |website=Variety|date=February 28, 2023|author1=Elsa Keslassy|author2=Marta Balaga|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> As of its premiere, See-Saw Films was in early-stage development on an English adaptation of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/see-saw-keshet-trust-no-one-english-language-remake-1236324310/|title=See-Saw Films Plotting English-Language Remake Of Israeli Spy Series 'Trust No One'|website=Deadline|date=March 13, 2025|author=Max Goldbart|access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref>
==Authorship== As a novelist, Leshem's debut novel ''Beaufort<ref>''Beaufort'', British trade paperback edition. London: Harvill Secker</ref><ref name="JPost_2006_VivaPres">{{cite web |last=Sarah Pres |first=Viva |date=December 28, 2006 |title=Right to Left |url=https://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Books/Article.aspx?id=46219|work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref>'' was published in Hebrew in 2006.<ref name="JPost_2006_VivaPres" /><ref name=Haaretz /> Written in the form of a diary of an Israeli army officer, the book was on Israel’s bestseller list for two years and translated into multiple languages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=Beaufort {{!}} Jewish Book Council |url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/beaufort |access-date=2024-12-21|website=www.jewishbookcouncil.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Haaretz_2009_RonLeshem">{{cite web |last=Leshem |first=Ron |title=Ron Leshem, Our man in Tehran |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5407459|work=Haaretz}}</ref><ref name="AICF" /> He co-wrote a film adaptation of the novel with director Joseph Cedar the next year.<ref name="Haaretz_2009_RonLeshem" /><ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" /> The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film<ref name="JewishCuluter_2011">{{cite web |date=September 12, 2011 |title=Ron Leshem |url=https://jewishculture.illinois.edu/ron-leshem|access-date=November 29, 2020 |work=The Program in Jewish Culture & Society}}</ref> and won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
He published his second novel, ''The Underground Bazaar'', a coming-of-age story told in first-person by a student in Tehran. Leshem said his passion was to highlight similarities between Israeli and Iranian societies. The novel was also a bestseller, translated into several languages and published in France, Germany, Italy, and other countries.<ref name="AICF" />
His 2019 novel, ''When We Were Beautiful'' (Hebrew: יפים כמו שהיינו), is a coming-of-age story set in Gaza in the late 1990s, with a parallel narrative set in a magical realist version of Latin America. The book was published in Germany and is being translated into English Jessica Cohen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When we were beautiful |url=https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s12/product/when-we-were-beautiful-markus-lemke-ron-leshem-german-fiction-23239511}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:100px;"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Title ! colspan="4"|Credited as |- ! width=65 |Creator ! width=65 |Writer ! width=65 |Producer ! width=65 |Editor |- style="text-align:center;" |- style="text-align:center;" ||2011–2013 | style="text-align:left;"| ''The Gordin Cell'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2012 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Euphoria'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2015 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Allegiance'' | {{no}} | {{yes}}<ref>Based on his original series "The Gordin Cell".</ref> | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2015 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Spy'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2013–2015 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Beauty and the Baker'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- style="text-align:center;" || 2019–present | style="text-align:left;"| ''Euphoria (HBO)'' | {{no}} | {{yes}}<ref>Based on his original series "Euphoria".</ref><ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun">{{cite news |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=June 26, 2019|title=Original 'Euphoria' Creator Ron Leshem Signs With Anonymous Content (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/original-euphoria-creator-ron-leshem-signs-anonymous-content-1221203 |work=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=November 30, 2020 }}</ref> | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2020–present | style="text-align:left;"| ''No Man's Land''<ref name="HollywoodReporter_2020_DanielFienberg">{{cite news |last=Fienberg |first=Daniel |date=November 18, 2020|title='No Man's Land': TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/no-mans-land-tv-review |work=Hollywood Reporter }}</ref> | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2020–present | style="text-align:left;"| ''Valley of Tears''<ref>Filming began on spring 2019</ref> | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2022 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Traitor'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2023 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Red Skies'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2024 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Bad Boy''<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bad-boy-creator-ron-leshem-who-is-daniel-chen-1236204392/</ref> | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" ||2024 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Trust No One'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- style="text-align:center;" |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title |- ! width=65 | Director ! width=65 | Writer ! width=65 | Executive<br />Producer |- | 2007 | ''Beaufort'' |{{no}} | {{yes}}<ref name="Israel_2007_JustinRudzki">{{cite news|last=Rudzki|first=Justin|date=December 21, 2007|title=Looking for paradise with author Ron Leshem [VIDEO]|url=https://www.israel21c.org/looking-for-paradise-with-author-ron-leshem-video|work=Israel 21 C|access-date=November 29, 2020}}</ref><ref name="HollywoodReporter_2019_RebeccaSun" /> | {{yes}} |- | 2019 | ''Incitement'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |}
===As development executive=== * ''Arab Labor'' (2007–2011) * ''Ramzor (Traffic light)'' (2008–2013) * ''Prisoners of War'' (2010–2012) * ''The A-Word'' (2010–2014) * ''Polishuk'' (2010)
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}. |- | rowspan="2" | 2006 | ''The Sapir Prize for Literature'' | Best Novel of The Year | ''Beaufort'' | {{won}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=Haaretz>{{cite news|date=2006|title=Sapir Prize goes to Ron Leshem|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4915361|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712212907/https://www.haaretz.com/1.4915361|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2020|work=Haaretz}}</ref> |- | ''Yitzhak Sadeh Prize'' | Best Novel of The Year | ''Beaufort'' | {{won}} |- |- | 2007 | Ophir Award, Israeli Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | ''Beaufort'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="IMDB">{{cite news|title=Beaufort, Academy Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758732/awards}}</ref> |- | 2008 | 80th Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film<ref>{{cite press release|title=80th Academy Awards Nominations Announced|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=January 22, 2008|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.01.22.html|accessdate=January 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127144931/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2008/08.01.22.html|archive-date=January 27, 2008}}</ref> | ''Beaufort'' | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3" | 2012 | rowspan="2" | Israeli Television Academy Awards | Best Drama Series | rowspan="3" | ''The Gordin Cell'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | |- | Best Screenplay for Drama Series | {{nom}} |- | Series Mania Festival | Forum Des Images<ref name=SeriesMania>{{cite web|title=Forum Des Images, Paris 2020|url=https://www.forumdesimages.fr/les-programmes/series-mania-saison-3/ta-gordin-mice}}</ref> | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | rowspan="2" | Israeli Television Academy Awards | Best Drama Series | rowspan="2" | ''Euphoria'' | {{nom}} |- | Best Screenplay for Drama Series | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 | rowspan="2" | Israeli Television Academy Awards | Best Drama Series | rowspan="2" | ''The Gordin Cell'' (2nd season) | {{nom}} |- | Best Screenplay for Drama Series | {{nom}} |- | 2019 | Ophir Award, Israeli Academy Awards | Best Film for 2019 | ''Incitement'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=THR>{{cite news|last=Caspi|first= David|date=2020|title=Incitement wins the Israeli Oscars|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2020-oscars-israel-selects-incitement-international-feature-film-category-1242401|work=The Hollywood Reporter }}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" | 2020 | rowspan="2" | Series Mania Festival | rowspan="2" | The Official Competition | ''No Man's Land'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=Screendaily>{{cite news |date=2020|title=Leshem's two series entering the Series Mania 2020 official competition |url=https://seriesmania.com/en/festival/invite/ron-leshem/ |work=Series Mania }}</ref> |- | ''Valley of Tears''<ref name=Variety>{{cite news|last=Hopewell|first=John|date=March 25, 2020|title=Official SeriesMania Competition 2020|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/series-mania-titles-launch-digital-forum-1203544395|work=Variety}}</ref> | {{won}} |- | British Academy Television Awards | Best International Programme | ''Euphoria'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | Israeli Television Academy Awards | Best Drama Series | ''Valley of Tears'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | C21 International Drama Awards | Best Non-English Language Drama Series | ''No Man's Land'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | 2022 | Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series | ''Euphoria'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | rowspan="4" | 2023 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Best Drama TV Series | ''Trust No One'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | Series Mania Festival | Best Series | ''Red Skies'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | Global Indian Film Awards | Best TV Series | ''Red Skies'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | TV Series Festival Berlin | Best TV Drama | ''Red Skies'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | 2024 | Buenos Aires International Film Festival | Best TV Series | ''Red Skies'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- |- | rowspan="2" | 2025 | rowspan="2" | Israeli Television Academy Awards | Best Drama Series | rowspan="2" | ''Bad Boy'' | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |- | Best Screenplay for Drama Series | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | |-
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== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=79187 Ron Leshem bio note at Random House, Inc.] * [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/euphoria-ron-leshem-israel-hamas-conflict-1235619924/ ‘Euphoria’ Creator Ron Leshem on Israel-Hamas Conflict: "The World Must Prevent Further Escalation" (Guest Column)]
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