FILM DIRECTOR

Amos Gitai

1950 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amos Gitai is the 544th most popular film director (down from 204th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Israel (down from 127th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Amos Gitai ranks 544 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Frank, Luis García Berlanga, George P. Cosmatos, Alexander Kluge, Renato Castellani, and Hong Sang-soo. After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel, Susanne Bier, André Hunebelle, Juraj Jakubisko, László Benedek, and René Laloux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Amos Gitai ranks 199. Before him are Adriano Panatta, Kathy Baker, Willy DeVille, Krzysztof Wielicki, Angelo Branduardi, and Mike Rutherford. After him are Princess Elena of Romania, Kazimierz Nycz, Lenny Kuhr, David Duke, Chung Sye-kyun, and Richard Chase.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Amos Gitai ranks 199 out of 466. Before him are Dan Halutz (1948), Rafael Eitan (1929), Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907), Dani Karavan (1930), Meir Amit (1921), and Yitzhak Hofi (1927). After him are Ilan Pappé (1954), Yaakov Ziv (1931), Justus of Tiberias (35), Hasan Salama (1912), Ahron Daum (1951), and May Ziade (1886).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Israel

Among film directors born in Israel, Amos Gitai ranks 3. Before him are Menahem Golan (1929), and Assi Dayan (1945). After him are Ralph Bakshi (1938), Avi Arad (1948), Ari Folman (1962), Elia Suleiman (1960), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Samuel Maoz (1962), Oren Peli (1970), and Etan Cohen (1974).

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