Eytan Fox
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Eytan Fox (Hebrew: איתן פוקס) (born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director.
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[edit] Biography
Fox was born in New York City and moved with his family to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a leading professor of Jewish education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox was the head of the Jerusalem city council and involved in Jerusalem urban planning. Fox has two brothers, David and Danny. [2]. He grew up in Jerusalem, served in the army and studied at Tel Aviv University's School of Film and Television. He is openly gay.
He and his partner, Gal Uchovsky, have been together for over 18 years. They are also professional collaborators, Uchovsky, a writer and journalist, is involved in much of the scriptwriting for Fox's movies. [3] He currently lives in Valbonne.[4]
[edit] Awards
In 2006, Fox was the first recipient of the Decade Award, a prize given to a filmmaker whose work has made a significant contribution to Jewish cinema over a period of at least ten years. The award ceremony took place at a Jewish film festival in Washington D.C.[5]
[edit] Filmography
- After (1990)
- Shirat Ha'Sirena ("Siren's Song," 1994)
- Florentin (1997, TV series)
- Ba'al Ba'al Lev (1997)
- Yossi & Jagger (2002)
- Walk on Water (2004)
- The Bubble (2006)
