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==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 [[Yevgenya Dodina]].<ref> |
As a director, Maoz was associated with the production of documentary films, directing the ARTE production ''Total Eclipse'' (2000) with [[Yevgenya 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>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/02/israel-lebanon-samuel-maoz-tanks Samuel Maoz: My life at war and my hopes for peace]</ref> |
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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> |
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=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007804.html?categoryid=2653&cs=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923133905/http://www.variety.com:80/article/VR1118007804.html?categoryid=2653&cs=1 |archive-date=2009-09-23 |title=U.S. Pics, 3-D Fills Out Lineup |date=August 26, 2009 |publisher=''Variety''. variety.com |access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref> |
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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. |
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. |
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===Filmography=== |
===Filmography=== |
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*[[Lebanon (2009 film)|''Lebanon'']] |
*[[Lebanon (2009 film)|''Lebanon'']] (2009) |
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*''Total Eclipse'' |
*''Total Eclipse'' (2000) |
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*''[[Foxtrot (2017 film)|Foxtrot]]'' |
*''[[Foxtrot (2017 film)|Foxtrot]]'' (2017) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:24, 17 March 2018
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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
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
As a director, Maoz was associated with the production of documentary films, directing the ARTE production Total Eclipse (2000) with Yevgenya 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.
Filmography
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "66th Venice International Film Festival: Official Awards". labiennale.org. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ "Lebanon/Levanone | Samuel Maoz". Toronto International Film Festival. tiff.net. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Head, Shula (May 30, 2003). "Prima Dodina". Jerusalem Post. p. 12.
- ^ Samuel Maoz: My life at war and my hopes for peace
- ^ 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.
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