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Israeli film director and screenwriter ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Amos Gitai ( Hebrew : עמוס גיתאי ) is an artist and an Israeli filmmaker, born 11 October 1950 in Haifa , Israel. Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Lincoln Center in New York, and the British Film Institute in London. To date, Amos Gitai has created over 90 works of art, including a wide variety of formats such as feature and short films, fiction and documentaries, experimental work, television productions, installations and theater works. Between 1999 and 2017 ten of his films participated in the Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or as well as The Venice International Film Festival for the Golden Lion award. Since 2000 he has been collaborating with the French screenwriter Marie-José Sanselme. He received several prestigious prizes, in particular the Leopard of Honor at the Locarno International Film Festival (2008), the Roberto Rossellini Prize (2005), the Robert Bresson Prize (2013), the Paradjanov Prize (2014) and Legion of Honour (2017). In 2018, Amos Gitai was elected professor at the chair of artistic creation at the Collège de France , with a series of 12 lessons on cinema. In 2019 he received the Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella Italia. His film Shikun (2024), starring Irène Jacob and Bahira Ablassi, was an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. Le cinéaste Amos Gitai a reçu la Légion d'Honneur .
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Amos Gitai (born October 11, 1950 in Haifa, Israel ) is an Israeli film director.
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Amos Gitai ( ), born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel , is an Israeli auteur filmmaker.He is mainly known for making documentaries and feature films, surrounding the Middle East and Jewish-Arab conflict.Between 1999 and 2011 seven of his films were entered in the Cannes Film Festival for the Golden Palm Award as well as the Venice Film Festival for the Golden Lion award.
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Israeli film director and screenwriter Amos Gitai (born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect.Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Lincoln Center in New York, and the British Film Institute in London.To date, Amos Gitai has created over 90 works of art, including a wide variety of formats such as feature and short films, fiction and documentaries, experimental work, television productions, installations and theater works.Between 1999 and 2017 ten of his films participated in the Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or as well as The Venice International Film Festival for the Golden Lion award.Since 2000 he has been collaborating with the French screenwriter Marie-José Sanselme.He received several prestigious prizes, in particular the Leopard of Honor at the Locarno International Film Festival (2008), the Roberto Rossellini prize (2005), the Robert Bresson prize (2013), the Paradjanov prize (2014) and Légion d'Honneur (2017).In 2018, Amos Gitai has been elected professor at the chair of artistic creation at the Collège de France , with a series of 12 lessons on cinema.In 2019 he received the Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella Italia.Le cinéaste Amos Gitai a reçu la Légion d'Honneur .
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Israeli film director and screenwriter Amos Gitai ( ; born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect. Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Lincoln Center in New York, and the British Film Institute in London. To date, Amos Gitai has created over 90 works of art, including a wide variety of formats such as feature and short films, fiction and documentaries, experimental work, television productions, installations and theater works. Between 1999 and 2017 ten of his films participated in the Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or as well as The Venice International Film Festival for the Golden Lion award. Since 2000 he has been collaborating with the French screenwriter Marie-José Sanselme. He received several prestigious prizes, in particular the Leopard of Honor at the Locarno International Film Festival (2008), the Roberto Rossellini prize (2005), the Robert Bresson prize (2013), the Paradjanov prize (2014) and Légion d'Honneur (2017). In 2018, Amos Gitai has been elected professor at the chair of artistic creation at the Collège de France , with a series of 12 lessons on cinema. In 2019 he received the Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella Italia. Le cinéaste Amos Gitai a reçu la Légion d'Honneur .
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