Amos Kollek
Amos Kollek (Hebrew: עמוס קולק; born September 15, 1947) is an Israeli film director, writer and actor.
Biography[]
Amos Kollek was born in Jerusalem. He is the son of Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek studied psychology and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] He became interested in film after working as a writer. He produced his first film, Goodbye, New York, in 1985.[1] His film Fast Food Fast Women was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Filmography[]
- Goodbye, New York (1985)
- Forever, Lulu (a.k.a. Crazy Streets) (1987)
- High Stakes (a.k.a. Melanie Rose) (1989)
- Lahav Hatzui (a.k.a. Double Edge) (a.k.a. Three Weeks in Jerusalem) (1992)
- Five Girls (a.k.a. Five Lesbian Girls) (1993)
- Whore II (a.k.a. Bad Girls) (1994)
- Teddy Kollek (a.k.a. Teddy Kollek, from Vienna to Jerusalem) (1995)
- Sue (a.k.a. Sue lost in Manhattan) (1997)
- Fiona (1998)
- Fast Food Fast Women (2000)
- Angela (2000)
- Queenie in Love (2001)
- A Bitter Glory (2001) (TV)
- Beirut (2001)
- Bridget (2002)
- Music (2003)
- Happy End (2003)
- LL (2007)
- Restless (2008)
Books (incomplete)[]
- Don't Ask Me If I Love (1971)
- After They Hang Him (1977)
- Tishali Im Ani Ohev [script for Barbara Noble Tishali Im Ani Ohev ("Worlds Apart") movie] (1980)
- Ha-Tapuah, ha-shir, veha-zahav (1980)
- Ein Leben für Jerusalem (1992)
- Approximately Clint Eastwood (1995)
- Es geschah in Gaza (1996)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b New York Times bio
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Fast Food Fast Women". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
External links[]
- Amos Kollek at IMDb
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Jerusalem
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
- Israeli film directors
- Israeli male film actors
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni