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Amos Gitai

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Born in Haifa in 1950, as the second son of architect Munio Weinraub and former Sionist activist Efratia Margalit. On the year of his birth, his parents changed the family name to "Gitai", which is the Hebrew translation of the German name "Weinraub". While he was a student in architecture, Amos Gitai joined the Yom Kippur war in 1973 as a reserve duty officer... See full bio »

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2013 Words with Gods (segment The Book of Amos) (post-production)
 
2012 Lullaby to My Father (documentary)
 
2010 Roses à crédit
 
2009 La guerre des fils de la lumière contre les fils des ténèbres
 
2009 Carmel
 
2008 One Day You'll Understand
 
2007 Disengagement
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Le Dibbouk de Haifa")
 
2006 Home: News from House (documentary)
 
2005 Free Zone
 
2004 Welcome to São Paulo (documentary) (segment)
 
2004/II Promised Land
 
2003 Alila
 
2002 September 11 (segment "Israel" / as Amos Gitaï)
 
2002 Kedma
 
2001/I Eden
 
2000 Kippur
 
1999 Zion, Auto-Emancipation (documentary)
 
1999 Kadosh
 
1998 Yom Yom
 
1998 A House in Jerusalem (documentary)
 
1998 Tapuz (documentary)
 
1997 War and Peace in Vesoul (documentary)
 
1996 Zirat Ha'Rezach
 
1996 Metamorphosis of a Melody
 
1995 Zihron Devarim
 
1994 The Neo-Fascist Trilogy: II. In the Name of the Duce (documentary)
 
1994 The Neo-Fascist Trilogy: III. Queen Mary (documentary)
 
1994 The Neo-Fascist Trilogy: I. In the Valley of the Wupper (documentary)
 
1994 Te'atron Hahaim (documentary)
 
1993 Golem, le jardin pétrifié
 
1992 Golem, l'esprit de l'exil
 
1992 Wadi 1981-1991
 
1992 Gibellina, Metamorphosis of a Melody
 
1991 Naissance d'un Golem
 
1989 Berlin-Yerushalaim
 
1988 Brand New Day (documentary)
 
1986 Esther
 
1984 Ananas
 
1984 Bankok Bahrain
 
1984 Regan: Image for Sale
 
1982 Yoman Sadeh (documentary)
 
1981 American Mythologies (documentary)
 
1981 Wadi (documentary short)
 
1980 Bayit (documentary)
 
1980 In Search of Identity
 
1979 Bikur Carter B'Israel (short)
 
1979 Cultural Celebrities (documentary)
 
1979 M'Ora'ot Wadi Salib (short)
 
1978 Architectura (short)
 
1978 Wadi Rushima (short)
 
1977 Political Myths (short)
 
1977 Shikun (short)
 
1976 Charisma (short)
 
1974 Ahare (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (28 titles)
2013 Words with Gods (executive producer - segment "The Book of Amos") (post-production)
 
2012 Lullaby to My Father (documentary) (producer)
 
2009 Carmel (producer)
 
2008 One Day You'll Understand (producer)
 
2006 Home: News from House (documentary) (producer)
 
2005 Free Zone (co-producer: Agav Hafakot)
 
2004/II Promised Land (producer)
 
2003 Alila (executive producer)
 
2002 Kedma (producer)
 
2001/I Eden (producer)
 
2000 Kippur (producer)
 
1999 Kadosh (producer)
 
1998 Tapuz (documentary) (producer)
 
1996 Metamorphosis of a Melody (producer)
 
1994 The Neo-Fascist Trilogy: I. In the Valley of the Wupper (documentary) (producer)
 
1993 Golem, le jardin pétrifié (producer)
 
1991 Naissance d'un Golem (producer)
 
1989 Berlin-Yerushalaim (producer)
 
1988 Brand New Day (documentary) (producer)
 
1986 Esther (producer)
 
1984 Ananas (producer)
 
1984 Bankok Bahrain (producer)
 
1984 Regan: Image for Sale (producer)
 
1982 Yoman Sadeh (documentary) (producer)
 
1981 American Mythologies (documentary) (producer)
 
1981 Wadi (documentary short) (producer)
 
1980 Bayit (documentary) (producer)
 
1979 Cultural Celebrities (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (27 titles)
2010 Roses à crédit (adaptation)
 
2009 Carmel (written by)
 
2008 One Day You'll Understand (adaptation)
 
2007 Disengagement
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "Le Dibbouk de Haifa")
 
2006 Home: News from House (documentary) (screenplay)
 
2005 Free Zone
 
2004/II Promised Land
 
2003 Alila (writer)
 
2002 September 11 (segment "Israel")
 
2002 Kedma
 
2001/I Eden
 
2000 Kippur
 
1999 Kadosh (writer)
 
1998 Yom Yom (writer)
 
1996 Zirat Ha'Rezach
 
1996 Metamorphosis of a Melody
 
1994 The Neo-Fascist Trilogy: I. In the Valley of the Wupper (documentary)
 
1994 Te'atron Hahaim (documentary)
 
1993 Golem, le jardin pétrifié (writer)
 
1992 Golem, l'esprit de l'exil (scenario)
 
1992 Wadi 1981-1991
 
1991 Naissance d'un Golem
 
1989 Berlin-Yerushalaim (writer)
 
1986 Esther
 
1981 Wadi (documentary short)
 
1980 Bayit (documentary)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (4 titles)
2012 Lullaby to My Father (documentary)
 
1996 Metamorphosis of a Melody
 
1979 Cultural Celebrities (documentary)
 
1974 Ahare (short)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2007 Disengagement
Dani
 
1999 Kadosh
Man in the bar (uncredited)
 
1995 Zihron Devarim
Goldman
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2007 The Life and Work of Noriaki Tsuchimoto (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2012 Lullaby to My Father (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2011 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 33-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Elokuvan vuosisata (2010) … Himself
 
2009 A History of Israeli Cinema (documentary)
 
2008 Ceremonia de clausura - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Schegge di cinema e filosofia (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Home: News from House (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (documentary)
Himself (as Amos Gitaï)
 
2003 Walk (documentary short) (voice)
 
2002 Independence: Around the Film 'Kedma', a Film by Amos Gitai (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 War and Peace in Vesoul (documentary)
 
1995 Különbözö helyek (documentary short)
Himself
 

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