Yovel graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2001 with a degree in Film &
Digital Media. He has directed six short films, produced several music videos, and been a
producer and production manager for a wide variety of other projects including television
programs and feature films. Having worked on productions of all sizes, from major Hollywood
motion pictures to small independent films, Yovel has spanned his experience across every
type of film production and has worked with a variety of established filmmakers such as Phil Kaufman, Chris Columbus, and Arnold Kopelson. Yovel co-founded Anvil Into Hammer
Productions, a San Francisco based production company, with a profound belief in the
potential of cinema to motivate and inspire both psychological and social evolution. Anvil Into
Hammer has partnered with associates in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and
Mexico City, to run productions across the United States.