David Perlov
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David Perlov was an israeli film maker born in 1930 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) who died in 2002 in Tel-Aviv.
He is considered to be the founder of israeli cinema and become internationally famous for his Cinematic Essays and, above all, for his filmed journal.
He spent his childhood in Belo Horizonte. At the age of 10, he moved to Sao Paulo.
In 1957 in Paris he made Tante chinoise [Old Aunt China] (17 minutes), based on caustic drawings of a young girl of 12 years of the french provincial bourgeoisie of 1890.
In 1958, he emigrated to Israel where in 1963 he made the essay documentary In Jerusalem (33 minutes), one of the most important films in of Israeli cinema.
After two more academic works his new projects where refused by the bureaucracy. In may 1973 David Perlov decided to buy a 16 mm camera. He used to film Yoman/Journal (six parts, each 52 minutes, 1973-1985). Je filme jour après jour à la recherche d'autre chose. ("I film day after day to find something else.")
Since 1973 Perlov had been professor of cinema at Tel Aviv University.
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