Moshe mizrahi biography books
Born to a Jewish family in Egypt, Mr. Mizrahi was the first Israeli filmmaker to win an Academy Award and is still the only one....
He was a director and writer, known for Madame Rosa (), The Customer of the Off Season () and Sophie's Ways ().
Moshé Mizrahi
Israeli film director (1931–2018)
Moshé Mizrahi | |
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Born | (1931-09-05)5 September 1931 Alexandria, Egypt |
Died | 3 August 2018(2018-08-03) (aged 86) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1969–2016 |
Moshé Mizrahi (Hebrew: משה מזרחי; 5 September 1931 – 3 August 2018) was an Israeli film director.
Biography
He was born in Egypt, migrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1946, and studied filmmaking in France in 1950. He directed the Oscar-winning 1977 film Madame Rosa starring Simone Signoret.
The film, which was about a former prostitute in Paris who survived Auschwitz, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film on behalf of France.[1]
He directed 14 films in both Israel and France, three of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; I Love You Rosa,[2]The House on Chelouche Street[3] and Madame Rosa, with the last of these winning the a