Biographie
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).
MFF Karlovy Vary
Scénariste
Films | |
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2024 |
Shikun |
2020 |
Laila in Haifa |
2018 |
Un tramway à Jérusalem |
2015 |
Le Dernier Jour d'Yitzhak Rabin |
2014 |
Tsili |
2013 |
Ana Arabia |
2009 |
Carmel |
2007 |
Chacun son cinéma |
Désengagement |
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2005 |
Free Zone |
2004 |
Terre Promise |
2003 |
Alila |
2002 |
11'09''01 - September 11 |
Kedma |
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2001 |
Eden |
2000 |
Kippour |
1999 |
Kadosh |
1998 |
Yom Yom |
1996 |
Milim |
1993 |
Golem, le jardin pétrifié |
1992 |
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil |
1989 |
Berlin Jérusalem |
1986 |
Esther |
Documentaires | |
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2017 |
À l'Ouest du Jourdain |
2006 |
News from House / News from Home |
1996 |
L'Arène du meurtre |
1994 |
Te'atron Hahaim |
1993 |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy : I. In the Valley of the Wupper |
1991 |
Naissance d'un Golem |
Wadi 1981-1991 |
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1981 |
Wadi |
1980 |
La Maison |
Courts métrages | |
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2018 |
A Letter to a Friend in Gaza |
Réalisateur
Films | |
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2024 |
Shikun |
2020 |
Laila in Haifa |
2018 |
Un tramway à Jérusalem |
2015 |
Le Dernier Jour d'Yitzhak Rabin |
2014 |
Palabras de dioses |
Tsili |
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2013 |
Ana Arabia |
2010 |
Roses à crédit |
2009 |
Carmel |
La Guerre des fils de la lumière contre les fils des ténèbres |
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2008 |
Plus tard |
2007 |
Chacun son cinéma |
Désengagement |
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2005 |
Free Zone |
2004 |
Terre Promise |
2003 |
Alila |
2002 |
11'09''01 - September 11 |
Kedma |
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2001 |
Eden |
2000 |
Kippour |
1999 |
Kadosh |
1998 |
Yom Yom |
1996 |
Milim |
1995 |
Devarim |
1993 |
Golem, le jardin pétrifié |
1992 |
Gibellina, Metamorphosis of a Melody |
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil |
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1989 |
Berlin Jérusalem |
1986 |
Esther |
1984 |
Ananas |
Bankok Bahrain |
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Regan : Image for Sale |
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1980 |
In Search of Identity |
Documentaires | |
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2019 |
Lettre à un ami à Gaza (téléfilm) |
2017 |
À l'Ouest du Jourdain |
2013 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded |
2012 |
Lullaby to My Father |
2006 |
News from House / News from Home |
2004 |
Bem-Vindo a São Paulo |
2002 |
Mabatim, Israel 2002 |
2001 |
Wadi Grand Canyon 2001 |
1999 |
Zion, Auto-Emancipation |
1998 |
Tapuz |
Une maison à Jérusalem |
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1997 |
War and Peace in Vesoul |
1996 |
L'Arène du meurtre |
1994 |
Te'atron Hahaim |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy : III. Queen Mary |
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The Neo-Fascist Trilogy II : In the Name of the Duce |
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1993 |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy : I. In the Valley of the Wupper |
1991 |
Naissance d'un Golem |
Wadi 1981-1991 |
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1987 |
Brand New Day |
1982 |
Journal de campagne |
Yoman Sadeh |
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1981 |
American Mythologies (téléfilm) |
Wadi |
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1980 |
La Maison |
1979 |
Cultural Celebrities |
Courts métrages | |
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2018 |
A Letter to a Friend in Gaza |
1979 |
Bikur Carter B'Israel |
M'Ora'ot Wadi Salib |
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1978 |
Architectura |
Wadi Rushima |
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1977 |
Political Myths |
Shikun |
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1976 |
Charisma |
1974 |
Ahare |
1973 |
Fire Eats Paper, Paper Eats Fire |
Shosh |
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1972 |
Hayam |
Maïm |
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Shahor lavan |
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Textures |
Acteur
Films | |
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2007 |
Désengagement |
1999 |
Kadosh |
1995 |
Devarim |
Courts métrages | |
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2018 |
A Letter to a Friend in Gaza |
Producteur
Films | |
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2024 |
Shikun |
2020 |
Laila in Haifa |
2013 |
Ana Arabia |
Documentaires | |
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2017 |
À l'Ouest du Jourdain |
1993 |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy : I. In the Valley of the Wupper |
1982 |
Journal de campagne |
1981 |
American Mythologies (téléfilm) |
Invité
Émissions | |
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1997 |
Le Cercle du cinéma |
Directeur de la photographie
Documentaires | |
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2012 |
Lullaby to My Father |
Courts métrages | |
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1976 |
Charisma |