Amos Gitai
(b. 1950, Haifa) studied architecture in Haifa (1971-75) and at the University of California, Berkeley (1976). While at school he began shooting experimental Super 8 films. He served in the Yom Kippur War, during which he was wounded on a helicopter rescue mission (1973). Traumatic war experiences and sociopolitical events led him to start directing documentaries and acted films. He contributed writing and production talents (on occasion also DOP) to most of his pictures – work that focuses on the still-current issues of exile, integration, racism, and the coexistence of Arab and Jewish inhabitants in various territories. Since the mid-1980s he has worked in both Israel and France. Karlovy Vary audiences first encountered his work in 2002 with Kedma, and a year later the festival presented his “golem trilogy” (Birth of a Golem, 1990;Golem: The Spirit of Exile, 1991; Golem: The Petrified Garden, 1993).
Source: Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2016
Selected filmography
direction
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1999
Zion (1999)
Kadosh (1999)
House in Jerusalem, A (1998)
Tapuz (1998)
Orange
Yom Yom (1998)
Day After Day
War and Peace in Vesoul (1997)
Milim (1996)
Words
Zihron Devarim (1996)
Inventario, L'
Things
Zirat Ha'Rezach (1996)
Arena of Murder, The
Te'atron Hahaim (1994)
Neo-Fascist Trilogy: II. In the Name of the Duce, The (1994)
Neo-Fascist Trilogy: III. Queen Mary, The (1994)
Golem, le jardin pétrifié (1993)
Neo-Fascist Trilogy: I. In the Valley of the Wupper, The (1993)
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil (1992)
Golem, the Ghost of Exile
Naissance d'un Golem (1991)
Wadi 1981-1991 (1991)
Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989)
Berlin-Jerusalem
Brand New Day (1987)
Esther (1986)
Ananas (1984)
Bankok Bahrain (1984)
Regan: Image for Sale (1984)
Yoman Sadeh (1982)
Field Diary
American Mythologies (1981)
Wadi (1981)
Bayit (1980)
House, The
In Search of Identity (1980)
Bikur Carter B'Israel (1979)
Cultural Celebrities (1979)
M'Ora'ot Wadi Salib (1979)
Architectura (1978)
Wadi Rushima (1978)
Political Myths (1977)
Shikun (1977)
Charisma (1976)
Ahare (1974)
screenplay
2020
2014
2013
2010
2009
2005
2004
2000
1999
Kadosh (1999)
Yom Yom (1998)
Day After Day
Milim (1996)
Words
Zirat Ha'Rezach (1996)
Arena of Murder, The
Te'atron Hahaim (1994)
Golem, le jardin pétrifié (1993)
Neo-Fascist Trilogy: I. In the Valley of the Wupper, The (1993)
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil (1992)
Golem, the Spirit of the Exile
Naissance d'un Golem (1991)
Wadi 1981-1991 (1991)
Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989)
Berlin-Jerusalem
Esther (1986)
Wadi (1981)
Bayit (1980)
House, The
producer
2020
2014
2013
2009
2007
2004
1999
Kadosh (1999)
Tapuz (1998)
Orange
Milim (1996)
Words
Golem, le jardin pétrifié (1993)
Neo-Fascist Trilogy: I. In the Valley of the Wupper, The (1993)
Naissance d'un Golem (1991)
Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989)
Berlin-Jerusalem
Brand New Day (1987)
Esther (1986)
Ananas (1984)
Bankok Bahrain (1984)
Regan: Image for Sale (1984)
Yoman Sadeh (1982)
Field Diary
American Mythologies (1981)
Wadi (1981)
Bayit (1980)
House, The
Cultural Celebrities (1979)
cinematography by
Milim (1996)
Words
Cultural Celebrities (1979)
Ahare (1974)
