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'''Samuel Maoz''' ([[Hebrew]]: שמואל מעוז; born c. 1962) is an [[Israel]]i film director. His
'''Samuel Maoz''' ([[Hebrew]]: שמואל מעוז; born c. 1962) is an Israeli film director. His
2009 film, ''[[Lebanon (film)|Lebanon]]'' won the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name="labiennale.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/premi/awards.html?back=true |title=66th Venice International Film Festival: Official Awards |accessdate=2009-09-13|work=labiennale.org}}</ref>
2009 film, ''[[Lebanon (2009 film)|Lebanon]]'' won the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name="labiennale.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/premi/awards.html?back=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231065337/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/premi/awards.html |archive-date=2009-12-31 |title=66th Venice International Film Festival: Official Awards |date=September 2009 |accessdate=2018-03-17|publisher=La Biennale di Venezia. labiennale.org}}</ref> He also won the award for Best Screenplay for [[Lebanon (2009 film)|Lebanon]] at the [[Asia Pacific Screen Awards]] in 2010.

==Biography==
==Biography==
Shmuel (Shmuel) Maoz was born in [[Tel Aviv]]. At the age of 20, he was a gunner in one of the first Israeli tanks to enter [[Lebanon]] in the [[1982 Lebanon War]].<ref name="NYT tank">{{citation |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/movies/01lebanon.html |title='Lebanon', Samuel Maoz's Tank's-Eye View of War |journal=[[The New York Times]] |last=Erlanger |first=Stephen |date=July 30, 2010 |accessdate=August 3, 2010 }}.</ref>After the war, he trained as a cameraman at the Academy of Art ''Beit Tzvi'' and did [[Art Direction|art direction]] in film and television productions.<ref Name="tiff.net"> see [http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/lebanon profile] in tiff.net (accessed on 5 September 2009) </ref>
Shmuel (Shmuel) Maoz was born in [[Tel Aviv]]. At the age of 20, he was a gunner in one of the first Israeli tanks to enter [[Lebanon]] in the [[1982 Lebanon War]].<ref name="NYT tank">{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/movies/01lebanon.html |title='Lebanon', Samuel Maoz's Tank's-Eye View of War |journal=[[The New York Times]] |last=Erlanger |first=Stephen |date=July 30, 2010 |accessdate=August 3, 2010 }}.</ref> After the war, he trained as a cameraman at the [[Beit Zvi]] theater school, and did [[Art Direction|art direction]] in film and television productions.<ref Name="tiff.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/lebanon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124055839/http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/lebanon |archive-date=November 24, 2009 |date=2009 |title=Lebanon/Levanone {{!}} Samuel Maoz |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival. tiff.net |access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref>


==Film career==
==Film career==
As a director, Maoz was associated with the production of documentary films such as the ARTE production of ''Total Eclipse'' (2000) with Yevgenya Dodina,<ref> see Head, Shula:''Prima Dodina''. In: The Jerusalem Post, 30 May 2003, p. 12 </ref> television series and theatrical responsible.<ref Name="tiff.net"/>
As a director, Maoz was associated with the production of documentary films, directing the [[Arte]] production ''Total Eclipse'' (2000) with [[Evgenia Dodina]].<ref>Head, Shula (May 30, 2003). "Prima Dodina". ''Jerusalem Post''. p. 12.</ref> In 2007, Maoz began working on ''Lebanon'', his first feature film. The script, based on Maoz's personal experiences, describes the traumatic experiences of a four-man Israeli tank crew in a Lebanese village early in the war.<ref>Cooke, Rachel (May&nbsp;1, 2010). "[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/02/israel-lebanon-samuel-maoz-tanks Samuel Maoz: My life at war and my hopes for peace]". ''[[The Guardian]]''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.</ref>


At the end of July 2009, Maoz received an invitation to the competition of the [[66th Venice International Film Festival|66th Venice Film Festival]], where he won the Golden Lion after having had been rejected at the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]] and the [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] film festivals.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elley |first=Derek |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007804.html?categoryid=2653&cs=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923133905/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007804.html?categoryid=2653&cs=1 |archive-date=23 September 2009 |title=U.S. Pics, 3-D Fills Out Lineup |date=August 26, 2009 |publisher=Variety. variety.com |access-date=2018-03-17 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In 2007, Maoz began the process for ''Lebanon'', his first feature film project. The script, based solely on Maoz's personal experiences, describes the traumatic experiences of a four-man Israeli tank crew in a Lebanese village early in the war. "It took 20 years for me, before I had the strength to write the screenplay. When I was in Lebanon, it changed my life. I killed people while I was there. The film looks at very complicated problems."<ref> cf Jaafar, Ali:''tackle Lebanese Israeli occupation''. In: [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 12 to 18 June 2006, p. 12 </ref> was financially supported Maoz 'directing, inter alia, by the Film Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia, which emphasized that the film'' "entirely up to the tank crew" would remain''. '' 'See the war and the oppressive threat is only through the viewfinder of the scope."''<ref> cf NRW''movies''in Venice. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn), 31 July 2009, p. 12 </ref>


Lebanon was praised as one of the most compelling competition entries. That same year the film was nominated for the ''Ophir'', Israel's national film awards, in ten categories.
At the end of July 2009 Maoz received an invitation to the competition of the [[66th Venice International Film Festival|66th Venice Film Festival]], where he won the Golden Lion,<ref> [http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/news/official.html?back=true''Awards''] at labiennale.org, 12 September 2009 </ref> after having had been rejected at the [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]] and the [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] film festivals.<ref> See Elley, Derek [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007804.html?categoryid=2653&cs=1'' pics, 3-D''fills out lineup]. In: Variety, 31 August-6th September 2009 (accessed on September 5, 2009 via LexisNexis business) </ref> The German press said the majority of the audience was excited about the film. Lebanon was praised as one of the most compelling competition entries, as "far beyond the specific historical event out to a universal parable about the war",<ref> cf Zander, Peter: [http://www.welt.de/kultur/article4495717/Deutscher-Wettbewerbsfilm-ist-preisverdaechtig.html''coup and war in Venice: German film in competition is prize-''] at welt.de, 9 September 2009 (ref called on September 12, 2009) </ref> during the Austrian default, the conceptual idea of the claustrophobic chamber game as extremely effective means of emphasizing to address the uncertainties of war.<ref> See Kamalzadeh, Dominik [http://derstandard.at/fs/1252036883873/Filmbiennale-Venedig-2009-Luegen-haben-lange-Wirkung''The Truth About Cats effect''] at derstandard.at, 8 Ref September 2009 (accessed on 12 September 2009) </ref> In the same year the film was nominated in ten categories for the ''Ophir'', Israel's national film awards.

His next film, ''[[Foxtrot (2017 film)|Foxtrot]]'' (2017), won the [[Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)|Grand Jury Prize]] at the Venice Film Festival.<ref name=ynet>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-09-02/in-venice-foxtrot-probes-family-grief-and-israeli-trauma|agency=[[Associated Press]]|last=Lawless|first=Jill|accessdate=18 September 2017|date=2 September 2017|title='Foxtrot' probes family grief and Israeli trauma|newspaper=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref><ref name="Venice-awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/venice-film-festival-awards-announced-1037091|title=Venice: Guillermo del Toro Wins Golden Lion for 'The Shape of Water'|first=Ariston |last=Anderson|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|accessdate=18 September 2017|date=9 September 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
*''Total Eclipse'' (2000)
*[[Lebanon (2009 film)|''Lebanon'']] (2009)
*''[[Foxtrot (2017 film)|Foxtrot]]'' (2017)


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*[http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/5121/interview-samuel-maoz-lebanon IONCINEMA.com interview with Samuel Maoz for Lebanon]
*[http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/5121/interview-samuel-maoz-lebanon IONCINEMA.com interview with Samuel Maoz for Lebanon]


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Samuel Maoz
Bornc. 1962
Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
OccupationFilm director

Samuel Maoz (Hebrew: שמואל מעוז; born c. 1962) is an Israeli film director. His 2009 film, Lebanon won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.[2] He also won the award for Best Screenplay for Lebanon at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2010.

Biography

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Shmuel (Shmuel) Maoz was born in Tel Aviv. At the age of 20, he was a gunner in one of the first Israeli tanks to enter Lebanon in the 1982 Lebanon War.[1] After the war, he trained as a cameraman at the Beit Zvi theater school, and did art direction in film and television productions.[3]

Film career

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As a director, Maoz was associated with the production of documentary films, directing the Arte production Total Eclipse (2000) with Evgenia Dodina.[4] In 2007, Maoz began working on Lebanon, his first feature film. The script, based on Maoz's personal experiences, describes the traumatic experiences of a four-man Israeli tank crew in a Lebanese village early in the war.[5]

At the end of July 2009, Maoz received an invitation to the competition of the 66th Venice Film Festival, where he won the Golden Lion after having had been rejected at the Berlin and the Cannes film festivals.[6]

Lebanon was praised as one of the most compelling competition entries. That same year the film was nominated for the Ophir, Israel's national film awards, in ten categories.

His next film, Foxtrot (2017), won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.[7][8]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b Erlanger, Stephen (30 July 2010), "'Lebanon', Samuel Maoz's Tank's-Eye View of War", The New York Times, retrieved 3 August 2010.
  2. ^ "66th Venice International Film Festival: Official Awards". La Biennale di Venezia. labiennale.org. September 2009. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Lebanon/Levanone | Samuel Maoz". Toronto International Film Festival. tiff.net. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ Head, Shula (May 30, 2003). "Prima Dodina". Jerusalem Post. p. 12.
  5. ^ Cooke, Rachel (May 1, 2010). "Samuel Maoz: My life at war and my hopes for peace". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  6. ^ Elley, Derek (26 August 2009). "U.S. Pics, 3-D Fills Out Lineup". Variety. variety.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ Lawless, Jill (2 September 2017). "'Foxtrot' probes family grief and Israeli trauma". U.S. News & World Report. Associated Press. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. ^ Anderson, Ariston (9 September 2017). "Venice: Guillermo del Toro Wins Golden Lion for 'The Shape of Water'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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