Eran Riklis ( he, ערן ריקליס; born October 2, 1954) is an Israeli filmmaker.
His films include
''Cup Final'' (1991), ''
The Syrian Bride
''The Syrian Bride'' ( he, הכלה הסורית) is a 2004 film directed by Eran Riklis. The story deals with a Druze wedding and the troubles the politically unresolved situation creates for the personal lives of the people in and from the vill ...
'' (2004),
''Lemon Tree'' (2008) and ''
Dancing Arabs'' (also known as ''A Borrowed Identity'') (2014).
Early life
Riklis was born in Israel in 1954 and lived in
Montreal
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and
New York City
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until he was six, when the family returned to Israel. He served in the
Israeli Defense Forces
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during the
Yom Kippur War
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in 1973 and went to university in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
. He graduated from the
National Film and Television School in
England
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in 1984, the first Israeli to do so.
Professional career
His first film was the political thriller, ''On a Clear Day You Can See Damascus'' (1984).
His 1991 film ''Cup Final (Gmar gavi'a)'' was entered into the
Venice International Film Festival (1991), Berlin (1992) and many others.
In 1993, he made the film ''Zohar'', the biggest box office success for an Israeli film in the 1990s, followed by several TV series and by the film ''Vulcan Junction'' (1999), which won the Best Film award at the
Haifa International Film Festival
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. In 2004, his film ''The Syrian Bride'', achieved wide international success and won awards including four awards at the
Montreal World Film Festival
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and the Audience Award at the
Locarno International Film Festival
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. In 2008, ''Lemon Tree'' won the Audience Award at the Berlin and San Sebastian International Film Festivals and was released globally to critical and commercial success. He and Suha Arraf received the award for Best Screenplay at the 2008
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
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for ''
Lemon Tree''.
His 2010 film ''
The Human Resources Manager'', was selected as the Israeli entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
83rd Academy Awards,
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
The film also won the Audience Award again for Riklis at the Locarno film festival (2010).
His
adventure
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thriller film ''
Zaytoun'', premiered at the 2012
Toronto International Film Festival
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and in London as well as many other festivals. It was followed by ''Dancing Arabs'' (aka A Borrowed Identity), presented at the Telluride Film Festival, Locarno and many others.
Riklis's 2017 film ''
Shelter
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'', previously titled ''Refuge'', is a spy thriller set mostly in
Hamburg
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.
His film, ''
Spider in the Web'' (2019), starred Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci, Itay Tiran and Itzik Cohen. Riklis is preparing his new film ''Reading Lolita in Tehran'', based on the bestseller by
Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi ( fa, آذر نفیسی; born 1948)Following eighth grade, Nafisi's parents sent her to England for schooling from 1961 to 1963. Nafisi 2010, chapter 8, pp. 69-70; chapter 13, p. 115 is an Iranian-American writer and professor of Englis ...
, that will be shot in late 2020.
Personal life
He is married to Dina Riklis and they have two children, a daughter, Tammy, and a son, Jonathan. The family lives in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
.
See also
*
Cinema of Israel
References
External links
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1954 births
Alumni of the National Film and Television School
Israeli film directors
Israeli film producers
Israeli male screenwriters
Living people
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