Uri Zohar
Uri Zohar | |
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אורי זוהר | |
Zohar in 1969 | |
| Born | 4 November 1935 |
| Died | 2 June 2022 (aged 86) |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Years active | 1956–1988 |
| Notable work | Hole in the Moon Three Days and a Child The Hero |
| Spouse | Eliya Zohar |
Uri Zohar (Hebrew: אורי זוהר [ˈuʁi ˈzoaʁ]; 4 November 1935 – 2 June 2022) was an Israeli film director, actor, comedian and rabbi.A major figure of the New Sensibility movement in Israeli cinema, he became one of the country's most prolific and prominent filmmakers in the 1960s and 1970s.He was named a recipient of the Israel Prize for Cinema in 1976, but he declined to accept the award.
Zohar was born and raised in Tel Aviv. He moved to Jerusalem and studied philosophy at university. As a filmmaker, he rose to prominence with his first full-length feature Hole in the Moon (1964). Three Days and a Child (1967) was nominated for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.
His drama, Every Bastard a King (1968) was a major box office success. He later directed the celebrated comedy Metzitzim (Peeping Toms) (1972), and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.
In the mid-70s he started to become religious, eventually emerging as one of Israel's most prominent Baal teshuva figures. He eschewed his entertainment career by 1978 and became a Haredi rabbi.