Eytan Fox
| Eytan Fox | |
|---|---|
 Fox at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of Yossi's Story | |
| Born |
August 21, 1964 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
Eytan Fox (Hebrew: איתן פוקס) (born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director.
Biography
Fox was born in New York City and moved with his family to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a leading professor of Jewish education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox, was the head of the Jerusalem city council and involved in Jerusalem urban planning. Fox has two brothers, David and Danny.[2] He grew up in Jerusalem, served in the army, and studied at Tel Aviv University's School of Film and Television. He is openly gay and many of his films contain themes of homosexuality, as well as the effect the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has on interpersonal relationships.[3]
Fox[4] and his partner, Gal Uchovsky, have been together for 24 years.[5] They are also professional collaborators, Uchovsky, a writer and journalist, is involved in much of the scriptwriting for Fox's movies.[6]
Awards
In 2006, Fox was the first recipient of the Washington Jewish Film Festival's Decade Award, a prize given to a filmmaker whose work has made a significant contribution to Jewish cinema over a period of at least ten years.[7]
Filmography
- After (1990)
- Shirat Ha'Sirena (Siren's Song, 1994)
- Florentin (1997, TV series)
- Ba'al Ba'al Lev (1997)
- Yossi & Jagger (2002) is a portrayal of the love between two young Jewish military men while completing their mandatory national service.
- Walk on Water (2004) takes on the thorny topics of racism/discrimination and confronting the Nazi past of two young upperclass Germans. Lior Ashkenazi plays a Mossad assassin under cover as a tour guide.
- The Bubble (2006) asks the big question: What is love? as the film follows three young Tel Aviv (nicknamed "The Bubble" for its highly insular living situation) residents: a female political activist and her two gay roommates, one of whom (the same actor from Yossi & Jagger) falls in love with a Palestinian (who also appears as a waiter in Walk on Water) while on border guard duty as part of his national military service.
- Tamid oto halom (2009, TV series) released in UK and US in 2011 as Mary Lou, and starring Ido Rosenberg, Alon Levi, and Dana Frider
- Yossi (2012) is a sequel to Yossi & Jagger.
- "'Bananot'" (2013) released in US as "Cupcakes"
References
- ↑ Thejewishweek.com
- ↑ Seymour Fox
- ↑ Eytan Fox, Biography. Omanoot
- ↑ Juergens, Brian (February 11, 2008). "Eytan Fox's "Gad" to tell the story of a gay Jewish hero in World War II". AfterElton.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/most-israeli-gays-are-right-wing-mediocre-and-boring-and-want-a-husband-and-children.premium-1.465922
- ↑ 'Who Will Write the History?' - Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News
- ↑ Washingtondcjcc.org
External links
- Eytan Fox at the Internet Movie Database
- "Between Sex And Country: The Films of Eytan Fox"
- "Eytan Fox Brings Israeli Films to America"
- Fantastic Mr. Fox