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Ram Loevy ( Hebrew : רם לוי, born 1940 in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine ) is an award-winning Israeli television director and screenwriter since the medium first began broadcasting in the country in 1968 .1In a career spanning forty years, he has written and directed some of the most prominent and subversive television movies and documentaries , challenging the status quo on such issues as class conflict , torture , the prison system , and the Israel-Palestinian conflict .2Despite his reputation as a gadfly , facing off against the Israeli establishment , Loevy was awarded the Israel Prize in Communication, Radio and Television in 1993 for his lifework.3Loevy is currently Professor Emeritus of Cinema and Television at Tel Aviv University .4
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Ram Loevy ( Hebrew : רם לוי (b. 1940) is an Israeli television director and screenwriter.He has written and directed and documentary films that challenge the status quo on such issues as class conflict , torture , the prison system , and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . In 1993, Loevy was awarded the Israel Prize in Communication, Radio and Television in 1993 for his life's work.
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Ram Loevy ( Hebrew : רם לוי, born August 1, 1940) is an Israeli television director and screenwriter. He has written and directed and documentary films that challenge the status quo on such issues as class conflict , torture , the prison system , and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . In 1993, Loevy was awarded the Israel Prize in Communication, Radio and Television in 1993 for his life's work.
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Israeli film director Ram Loevy ( Hebrew : רם לוי, born August 1, 1940) is an Israeli television director and screenwriter. He has written and directed and documentary films that challenge the status quo on such issues as class conflict , torture , the prison system , and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . In 1993, Loevy was awarded the Israel Prize in Communication, Radio and Television in 1993 for his life's work.
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Israeli film director Ram Loevy ( Hebrew : רם לוי ; born August 1, 1940) is an Israeli television director and screenwriter. He has written and directed and documentary films that challenge the status quo on such issues as class conflict , torture , the prison system , and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . In 1993, Loevy was awarded the Israel Prize in Communication, Radio and Television in 1993 for his life's work.
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israeli television director and screenwriter
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