Born in 1970 in Tel Aviv, Tomer graduated from the Cinematography Department at the Camera Obscura School of Art in Tel Aviv in 1997. Not certain of his future path, he chose to concentrate on volunteer community work, mainly in the Gay and Lesbian Association as a social leader for youth with sexual identity problems. From 1998-2000 he was involved in an experimental project in Azur, a neighborhood near Tel Aviv. During the second year he started to document his relationship with the youth group he guided, a process that eventually turned into his first award-winning film: "It Kinda Scares Me."


Tomer is drawn mostly to the "anti-heroes" in society and the "darker places"; he tells stories of youth at risk, foreign workers, Jewish and Arab kids studying at the same school, the gay-lesbian community and single mothers - always with great love and compassion. Even when portraying one of Israel's best-known rock stars, Aviv Gefen, Tomer focuses on the musician's ambition and perseverance, lending the film a universal theme of survival and victory. With a natural empathy for his subjects that transcends culture and mentality, he succeeds in touching the hearts of many all over the world.


Tomer has participated in numerous international film festivals, and was the big winner of three awards in the 2006 Berlin Film Festival for his movie "Paper Dolls": the Panorama Audience Award, the Manfred Salzgeber Prize, and the Siegessäule Readers' Prize.
Paper Dolls was released for commercial screening in Switzerland, 15 states in the US, and Tel Aviv.
In November 2006 Tomer presented his movie, "Bridge over the Wadi" at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in Holland, as part of the prestigious Silver Wolf competition.