Nadav Kurtz began his career as a commercial and film editor and quickly began earning awards. He co-edited Bolden, a feature film shot by Vilmos Zsigmund with music arrangements by Wynton Marsalis. Street Thief, a feature film he edited and co-produced, premiered at the Tribeca International Film Festival and won Best of Chicago at the Chicago International Film Festival. Paraíso (Mountainfilm 2012) is his first short documentary.