Shadow of Truth: History and Key Facts

Shadow of Truth is a true-crime Israeli documentary television series that was created by directors Yotam Guendelman and Ari Pines, and producer Mika Timor. The series was produced by Timor, Guendelman and Ben Giladi through their EGG Films and premiered on Israeli channel HOT8 in March 2016. It was subsequently sold by the producers to Netflix for worldwide distribution and was released with subtitles in over 190 countries on January 27, 2017. In 2018, the series was labeled as one of the most-watched true-crime shows on Netflix.

The series has received positive reviews, and won several awards, including the 2017 Israeli Academy Television Awards for best documentary series, best editing and best visual-design and best special effects.

In 2019, the creators of the show completed a follow-up series titled Coastal Road Killer, which premiered that same year in DOC NYC.

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