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Adib Jahschan was born on 23 December 1943 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for The Delta Force (1986), Lechudim Betoch HaReshet (2015) and Esh Tzolevet (1989).- Ahmed Dahbour was born in 1946 in Haifa, Palestine. He was a writer, known for Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1981). He died on 8 April 2017 in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine.
- Alon Neuman was born in Haifa, Israel. He is known for Inyan Shel Zman (1992), Merhav Yarkon (1997) and Hit & Run (2021).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ami Smolartchik was born on 15 January 1970 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor, known for Scaffolding (2017), Florentine (1997) and Sabri Maranan (2011). He is married to Haya Michelson Smolarchik. They have two children. He was previously married to Dorit Lev-Ari.- Writer
- Editor
- Actor
Amir Ben-David was born in Haifa, a town in the north part of Israel, on 27 December 1965. He grew up in Kiryat-Motskin, where he graduated from the local high school. After he finished his 3 years of duty in the Israeli army service, he moved to Tel-Aviv. He graduated with a law degree from Tel-Aviv university (1993) and started to write for local newspapers. During the years 1990 to 1997 he was a member of "Avtipus", an Israeli rock group that was very successful in the mid 1990's. He was the guitar player of the group, and wrote several of the band songs, among them the theme song for the Israeli film "leylasede" (1995). He currently working as the deputy editor for the weekend magazin of Haaretz daily newspaper. Married to Yael and father to Layla.- Amir D. Aczel was born on 6 November 1950 in Haifa, Israel. He was married to Debra Gross. He died on 26 November 2015 in Nîmes, Gard, France.
- Amir Gutfreund was born in 1963 in Haifa, Israel. Amir was a writer, known for Echo 3 (2022), The Matchmaker (2010) and Bnei Aruba (2013). Amir was married to Neta. Amir died on 27 November 2015 in Haifa, Israel.
- Amir Khoury was born on 16 December 1995 in Haifa, Israel. Amir is an actor, known for Red Skies (2023), The Little Drummer Girl (2018) and Ghosts of Beirut (2023).
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- Actor
- Writer
An actor, writer and producer known as much for his versatility as he is for his creativity, Amir Kovacs background is his success. Kovacs was born Amir Zeev Kovacs on February 12th, 1972, in Haifa, Israel where he lived until he was 22 years old. During his teenage years, Kovacs developed a strong relationship with his maternal grandmother, a woman who rose above the atrocities and preserved the future of her family. As a teenager Amir skipped school on occasion to hear the stories of that era, most of which were ironically about the challenges she faced after the war. During that time Amir also spent two years in South Africa, during the Apartheid, where he developed a strong connection to the primitive landscape of the African culture. After returning to Israel, he graduated with an architectural diploma and joined the Israeli Defense Forces. At the age of 22, Kovacs moved to the United States where he attended the University of Florida, and majored in Nutritional Sciences and Pre Med. He later graduated Medical School in Atlanta, GA before he made a complete career change to film. Over the course of this time Kovacs also became the heir of the family legacy as the token storyteller. When his grandmother passed away, Kovacs carried that torch on her behalf and soon found himself in the world of acting, screenplay writing, and producing, although he never completely left medicine. From a hobby was born a passion. What was once a diversion from his medical studies has since become his profession. It was his 4 times award nominee screenplay Goodbye Komarom, the story of his grandmother's harrowing escape from Hungary after WWII, that inspired Amir's quest to liberate mass consciousness from a perspective of helplessness. As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "You must do the thing you think you cannot do," this conveyed the essence of Amir's philosophy toward achieving any goal, no matter how challenging.- Additional Crew
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- Composer
Amir Ozer was born in Haifa, Israel. She is known for Single Plus (2012), Sharsheret (2006) and Hedva ve'Ani (2007).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Actor
Amnon Kotler was born in 1971 in Haifa, Israel. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Yellow Peppers (2010), Striptease (1998) and Lag B'Omer (1998).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
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, and served as part of a helicopter rescue team. While serving during the war, he started filming with a 8mm camera his mother gave him as his birthday present. On his 23rd birthday, October 11th 1973, his helicopter was shot down by a Syrian missile. Among the 7 crews on board, 6 of them survived, including Gitai himself, who was inspired by this traumatic experience to quit architecture and move to filmmaking. He made a documentary on this incident and his fellow survivors, "Kippur: War Memories" in 1993, then a fictional recreation of it "Kippur" in 2000.
in 1979, Gitai directed his first feature-length documentary "House", commissioned by Israel's public television. The television rejected the film, and the film (originally shot in 16mm) only exists today copied from a VHS tape he managed to secure. The tape traveled on few international festivals and quickly earned a reputation for him. His third documentary, "Field Diary" shot in 1983 was also rejected by the Israeli Television who originally commissioned it. This time, Gitai moved to France with the negative of the film and completed it in France. For the next 10 years, he based himself in Europe.
1n 1986, he directed his first feature fictional film "Esther", based on the Biblical story of the book of Esther.
In 1993, following prime minister Ytzhak Rabin starting the peace process with Palestine, Gitai and his family moved back to live in his native town of Haifa.- Anne Crawford was born on 22 November 1920 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. She was an actress, known for The Peterville Diamond (1943), The Hundred Pound Window (1944) and Knights of the Round Table (1953). She was married to Wallace Douglas and James Hartley. She died on 17 October 1956 in London, England, UK.
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Ari Folman was born on 17 December 1962 in Haifa, Israel. He is a writer and director, known for The Congress (2013), Waltz with Bashir (2008) and Saint Clara (1996).- "In Israel, no one really dies. In Israel no one really lives."
Ariel Lilli Cohen was born on 6th December 1998 in Haifa (Israel) she is a secret agent of Israeli secret service and writer. She is the third of three siblings. Her father Darius Cohen was a former Agent of Ha'Mossad and her mother Noha Avner is now a High Official on Shin Bet, the Israeli Security Agency. She was in the past a Lion Soldier of Magav, the Israeli Border Police in Jerusalem. They are a Jewish family.
Ariel speaks fluently Hebrew, English, French, Arabic, Russian, Urdu and Italian. She also likes travelling and having fun like a girl of her age, but fighting against Islamic terrorism is her mission. Ariel becomes a soldier at the age of sixteen . After her sixteenth birthday, the Army enlists her thanks to her high EIQ (she scored 210). She has been since part of a special team called "Genius", with the task to solve problems in unconventional ways. Ariel is a "former" soldier of the Israeli Security Forces Special Unit (IDF). She joined various "undercover" military actions, living many lives in one.
To avoid going crazy and find herself again, she decided to write this book. To tell all her experiences, fears, hopes, loves, and untold truths, she chose the form of the novel. She started writing her story in 2014, before the last war in Gaza. This novel was published in Hebrew, English, Arabic, Russian, French and Italian. In a short time it became viral with over a thousand of downloads. Her server came down due to the high access requests.
She cares about her Country and believes that Israeli people's desire is to live in peace, but unfortunately they always have to defend themselves, not only from foreign enemies but from their own citizens, too. - Arik Benado was born on 5 December 1973 in Haifa, Israel. He has been married to Ilana Berkovitz since 21 June 2009.
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Arnon Z. Shorr was born on 22 March 1983 in Haifa, Israel. He is a producer and director, known for The Pirate Captain Toledano (2017), Man of Action! (2015) and Glimpse (2015).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Arthur Lessac was born on 9 September 1909 in Haifa, Palestine. He was an actor, known for Micki + Maude (1984), Cheers (1982) and Throb (1986). He died on 7 April 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Avi Grainik was born on 22 November 1971 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor and composer, known for Platfus (1994), HaYisraelim (2007) and Ulai Hapa'am (2006).- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Executive
Avi Lerner is the Chairman and founder of Nu Image, Inc., Millennium Films and all related companies. With more than 350 films to his credit, he is one of the most experienced, prolific and successful independent producers of our time.
Born and raised in Haifa, Israel, Lerner began as manager of Israel's first drive-in cinema. In 1979, Lerner anticipated the explosion of home video rental, which led to his pioneering the largest specialized video distribution company in Israel and becoming a partner in the country's largest theatrical distribution company.
In 1984, he executive produced the remake of King Solomon's Mines. He then sold his Israeli company and relocated to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he founded the Nu Metro Entertainment Group. The company's interests grew to include owned-and-operated theaters, a video distribution division representing top studios and independent companies, and a production arm that made over 60 features distributed worldwide by major studios. Lerner eventually sold Nu Metro to join MGM/United Artists.
In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles and opened Nu Image, Inc., focusing on production and distribution for the home entertainment market. In 1996, he launched Millennium Films, which produces theatrical motion pictures.
Under the Millennium Films label, Lerner has produced such films as Expendables 1, 2, and 3, Rambo IV, Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Brooklyn's Finest, and The Mechanic.- Set Decorator
Aviel Tochterman was born on 22 April 1976 in Haifa, Israel. He is a set decorator, known for The Last Shepherd (2015).- Avinoam Danin was born on 13 January 1939 in Haifa, Israel. He died on 12 December 2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Avital Selinger was born on 10 May 1959 in Haifa, Israel.
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- Director
- Writer
Avni Dilligil was born in 1908 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and director, known for Oglum için (1950), Evlat acisi (1954) and Benli Emine (1960). He was married to Nezahat Tanyeri and Belkis Dilligil. He died on 21 May 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Producer
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Avraham Deshe was born on 6 November 1926 in Haifa, Israel. He was a producer and actor, known for A Woman's Case (1969), The Rooster (1971) and Fish, Football and Girls (1968). He died on 28 April 2004 in Ramat Gan, Israel.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Avraham Heffner was born on 7 May 1935 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and producer, known for The Last Love of Laura Adler (1990), The Winchell Affair (1979) and Slow Down (1967). He died on 19 September 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Avshalom Pollak was born on 5 October 1970 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Wings of the Dove (1997), Ahed's Knee (2021) and Playing by Heart (1998).- Ayelet (also known as Aya) is Israeli-born and is a resident of New York and Los Angeles.
Born in Haifa, Ayelet studied singing, piano, flute, jazz dancing and even karate. She began singing competitively from eight years of age, winning nearly every contest she entered. Ayelet has performed live in almost every venue in her home town of Haifa. During her compulsory military service, Ayelet was a featured performer in the Hil Kesher Military Band, after completing her initial assignments with the Israeli army.
In 2001 Ayelet performed with Spinal Tap, in New York's famous Carnegie Hall, at an event hosted by Elvis Costello and Paul Schaeffer. In 2004 Ayelet further pursued her first love of singing performing in Tokyo with several European bands.
Ayelet moved to the U.S. in the fall of 1999 and began studying at the Lee Strasburg Institute, for both singing and acting. After September 11th, Ayelet personally interviewed former President Bill Clinton for CNN and New York 1. Ayelet, in the leading role, carried the east coast campaign for Azores Eyewear, in commercials that appeared for over two years. In 2005 Ayelet was a guest star on "Law & Order Criminal Intent," playing opposite Peter Bogdonovich. She also had a notable performance in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Ayelet also appeared regularly on the NBC reality show "The Restaurant."
Ayelet is involved with numerous charities including the Israeli Defense Force Fund, the Cancer Research Foundation, and the Ramban Hospital in Haifa Israel. - Bari Simon was born on 24 July 1959 in Haifa, Israel. She is an actress, known for A Bit of Luck (1992), The Seventh Coin (1993) and Mr. Leon (1982).
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Ben Maccabee is an American actor who was born in Haifa, Israel. His mother Sima Cohen Kobby, was a nurse and a house maker, while his father Judah Maccabee Kobby, was a Merchant marine and a restaurant owner. At the age of fourteen, Ben packed his bags and went into a boarding school for the next four years. These were the years where Ben gained his independence and was forced to "survive" the streets. Despite a rough childhood, Ben never turned into the life of a hoodlum and crime. Instead he focused on martial arts and maintaining good grades. Always having in mind to come to America and making it in Hollywood. "Films were always my passion, watching Steve McQueen, Marlon Brando, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, James Coburn, Sylvester Stallone and of course Bruce Lee. I knew this was where I was going". That dream was put on hold. Ben joined the Israeli Defense Force for four years Ranking First Sgt. After being honorably discharged Ben acquired a Bachelor's degree in Automotive Engineering and a degree in Physical Fitness. Finally ready, he packed his bags one last time and moved to America. This was surely his dream come true.
Both focused and determined he started on his journey. Ben attended The Estelle Harmen Actors workshop In Hollywood. A short while after he married his childhood sweetheart, Ronit and the two brought a son together, Judah Dean.
Ben debuted as an actor and was on a show called Knights and Warriors in 1992. Later on in 1994 Ben was cast to play the role of a party host in the low budget film Deadly Eyes. Ben saw the opportunity and later on approached Producer Bob Kronovet with a treatment for a script title 'Lethal Heart'. Days later Gun for Hire Films announced 'Lethal Heart' as their next feature film starring Ben Maccabee. The title was then changed to Enter the Blood Ring. The movie was a big success. Ben starred in another film by Gun for Hire titled Broken Bars. Later on he directed, wrote and starred in a film titled The Ultimate Prey produced by his company Tiberia Pictures. Shortly after Ben and Ronit got divorced. To this day, the two of them remain very good friends.
Things changed and he had to put career on hold to raise his son. In 2005 Ben received a call from the History Channel to come and audition for the role of Hannibal the Great, auditioning up against Hollywood's finest selection of bad asses, Ben ended up booking the role of history's greatest general, Hannibal Barca, Directed by Mark Hafnail. That year Ben wrote directed and star in the second feature film Produced by Tiberia Pictures, Moses, Fallen In the City of Angels. Ben has a strong presence and is a strong leading man who plays multi ethnic roles. Among his other passions is Vintage car racing, Indian motorcycles, small planes and working on his cars and his Motorcycles.
Above all Ben is a dedicated father to his sons J Dean and Harel and Adi Joshua. Dean, is a very talented actor and writer. Growing up with a father who's pride and joy is acting, Dean has also developed a passion for the art of performing.
In 2009 He met Sabit Adry and shortly after they got married. They brought together their son Harel. In Israel, Sabit was The Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon's political assistant for over seven years. After making a life changing decision of moving to the United States, she became and still is certified Children's program director. Ben is also the owner of Steel Buffalo Motors, Inc. Located in west Los Angeles.
Ben and his family reside in Los Angeles, California.- Actor
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Bomba Tzur was born on 26 December 1928 in Haifa, Israel. He was an actor and producer, known for The Hero's Wife (1963), What a Gang (1962) and The Big Dig (1969). He died on 21 March 1979 in Herzliya, Israel.- Actor
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Cavan was born on 5 May 1980 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for Sippuro Shel G.G. Eselmund (2006) and Let Me Cool! (2019).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Clara Khoury was born on 29 December 1976 in Haifa, Israel. She is an actress, known for Baghdad Central (2020), Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf (2019) and Body of Lies (2008).- Dan Bar-On was born in 1938 in Haifa, Palestine. He died on 4 September 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Dan Geva was born in 1964 in Haifa, Israel. He is a cinematographer and director, known for What I Saw in Hebron (1999), Description of a Memory (2005) and Noise (2012).- Actress
- Music Department
- Writer
Dana Berger was born on 2 November 1970 in Haifa, Israel. She is an actress and writer, known for Inyan Shel Zman (1992), Ha-E (2007) and Shabatot VeHagim (2000). She has been married to Lior ? since 9 September 1999.- Animation Department
- Visual Effects
Dani Rosen was born on 14 March 1971 in Haifa, Israel. He is known for Driven (2001), Little Nicky (2000) and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). He has been married to Rina Rosen since 26 June 1996. They have two children.- Daniel Hakerem was born in 1951 in Haifa, Israel.
- Daniel Litman was born on 19 October 1990 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor, known for The Missing (2016), Spell Keepers (2017) and The Girl from Oslo (2021).
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Danniel Danniel was born in 1950 in Haifa, Israel. She is an editor and director, known for Traces (2014), Arna's Children (2004) and Ei (1988).- In 1967, Danny Cohen developed the first real-time visual flight simulator on a general purpose computer. He also developed the first real-time radar simulator. His flight simulator work led to the development of the Cohen-Sutherland computer graphics line clipping algorithms, created with Ivan Sutherland. Then, in 1973, he was the first to implement "packet-video" and "packet voice" (Network Voice Protocol) when he adapted the visual flight simulator to run over the ARPANET. It was the first application of packet switching to real-time applications.
In the 1970s, as a researcher at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI), he started and led several projects including FastXchange (e-commerce), digital library and ATOMIC. Cohen and his research group under ARPA sponsorship developed the USC/ISI ATOMIC LAN, which was based on the Caltech Mosaic components. It was the research prototype for Myrinet, a high-performance system area network. He would go on to co-found Myricom, which commercialized Myrinet. He also started the MOSIS project in 1980.
Danny earned his BSc at the Technion and his PhD at Harvard University. Danny has been on the Computer Science faculty at Harvard, Technion and Caltech. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow and he received a USAF (United States Air Force) Meritorious Civilian Service Award. - Producer
- Writer
- Production Manager
Danny Lerner was born in Israel, his industry career started with working in the distribution of films: he went on to manage a cinema chain and subsequently moved into production when he joined Nu World Productions in 1986.
Since then, he has produced over 70 films, shot on location in South Africa, Namibia, Israel, Mexico, Bulgaria, Canada and United States.
In 2003, he found a Tosca Pictures with a long time friend, Les Weldon with whom he's written and produced many movies. Both of them continue to work closely on many future projects.
His directorial credits include "Traitor's Heart" (1999) with Bryan Genessse and "Shark Zone" (2003) with Dean Cochran, which was followed by "Raging Sharks" (2005), "Rin Tin Tin" (2006), "Shark in Venice" (2007) and "Direct Contact" (2008) with Dolph Lundgren.- Actor
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Danny Litani was born on 30 June 1943 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]. He is an actor and composer, known for Ha-Hofesh Ha'Acharon (1989), Life According to Agfa (1992) and Florentine (1997).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Danny Steg was born on 12 November 1966 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor, known for The World Is Funny (2012), Tzur Hadassim (1999) and Game Over (1996).- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
David Broza was born in Haifa, Israel, but grew in England and Spain, where he began to sing. Then he moved to USA to work as a literature teacher. He lived in Spain till 1975 and then he returned a few years ago because he likes living here. In Madrid, David met most of the singers of his time (Joaquín Sabina, Joan Manuel Serrat, e.g.), but the one that he followed was Javier Ruibal. They became very close friends. In 1998, David had a road accident that caused problems with his left arm,so in 1999 he came to see Javier Ruibal, who gave him two songs to be played with guitar and told him that these songs would help him to recover. He has three CDs in Spanish (Isla Mujeres, Parking Completo and Todo o Nada). Now he's playing very well and has no problems with his arm. He lives five days a week in Israel and two in Spain.- Producer
- Writer
David comes from a background in computer science engineering with a Masters degree from the City College of New York. In 1976, he moved to San Diego and founded Opticomm, a fiber optic video broadcast systems manufacturer, which services high profile names, including NBC, Disney, Viacom and NASA, amongst others.
In 2007, David successfully sold the company to Emcore Corporation, and then relocated to Los Angeles where he received an MFA at the New York Film Academy.
After graduating at the top of his class, David fused his passion for storytelling with his business experience and established, Avyan Productions. In nearly half a decade he has produced multiple films. He is known for his work on The Scroll, Karma, Charlie English and Ziya. David's vision is to enrich the big screen with different, unique storytelling.- Born as a second sun to Lia Shimanovsky and Avrasha Savernsky. Nick named 'Dudik' to distinguish him from his grandfather David. Moved to Tel Aviv as a baby and returned to Haifa when he was 5, and studied in the Reali school of Haifa, and joined his brother in 'Mikve Israel' agricultural high school. He was very good with painting and acting, and performed in the drama class. As part of the "youth worker" movement he joined a core settlement, and went through the training of "Geva". Classes ceased at spring 1948, and Smadar joined the Palmach and fought in the War of Independence. After his discharge he joined Kibbutz 'Avuka' in Beit She'an Valley. The kibbutz sent him to a directors course, and upon return he tried to set up a drama group. Following the breakup of the kibbutz in 1952 , Smadar moved to Tel Aviv and began working as an actor in the Cameri theater. Four years later, in 1958, he became an independent actor and played a variety of roles in theaters 'Ohel', 'Eshnav', 'Zira' and musicals in the 'Giora Godik' theater. He also appeared in Israeli and international productions ('Yehudit', 'Exodus') in the 60s and early 70s cinema. Most known for his role as a tour guide in the 1975 educational TV series 'Ivrit BeSiman Tov', in which he explores the landscapes of Israel, while often engaged with detective mysteries.
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David Sobelman was born in 1950 in Haifa, Israel. David was a writer and director, known for Space Pioneers, a Canadian Story (1988), McLuhan's Wake (2002) and Spasms (1983). David was married to Rishma Dunlop. David died on 7 November 2022 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.- Actor
- Writer
Dor Zweigenboim was born on 17 October 1960 in Haifa, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for Ha-Shminiya (2005), Merhav Yarkon (1997) and Cover-Up (1991).- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Doron Tsabari was born on 8 March 1964 in Haifa, Israel. He is a writer and actor, known for Sewing for Bread (2002), Underdogs: A War Movie (1996) and Revolution 101 (2010).