George Ovadiah
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George Ovadiah
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Ovadiah and Uri Zohar on the set of the movie "Call me Shmil", 1973
George Ovadiah, also known as George Obadiah (Hebrew: ג'ורג' עובדיה; Persian: گرجی عبادیا; b. 1925, Bagdad, Iraq - d. 1996, Holon, Israel), was an Iraqi-born Israeli film director, scriptwriter and producer.[1]
Born in Bagdhad, he immigrated to Iran in 1949, where he became an established filmmaker. [1] In Iran he directed 25 films and occasionally was an actor.[2] In 1967 he made "Harbor of Love", an Israeli-Iranian coproduction. In 1969 he immigrated to Israel. Ovadiah directed 13 Israeli films, focused in melodrama and comedy genres, they were Bourekas film. Initially his films were box office successes, but his later films were failures. In 1996 the Israeli Film Academy paid a tribute to his memory.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 204-205.
- ^ Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. p. 385.
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Media related to Gorge Ovadia at Wikimedia Commons
- George Ovadiah at IMDb
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- Israeli film directors
- Israeli film producers
- Israeli male screenwriters
- Israeli Jews
- 1925 births
- 1996 deaths
- People from Baghdad
- Iraqi expatriates in Iran
- Iraqi emigrants to Israel
- Iraqi film people
- Iraqi screenwriters
- Burials at Yarkon Cemetery
- 20th-century screenwriters
- Israeli people stubs