Production
Nov 7, 1943
Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]
Boaz Davidson
Production
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boaz Davidson (born 8 November 1943) is an Israeli film director, producer and screenwriter. He was born in Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine and studied film in London. He started his career by directing the television show Lool (1969) and the movie Shablul (1971). Later he directed Israeli cult films such as Charlie Ve'hetzi (1974) and Hagiga B'Snuker (1975). In 1974 he directed the film Mishpahat Tzan'ani. He directed the first four films in the Eskimo Limon series (Eskimo Limon (1978), Yotzim Kavua (1979), Shifshuf Naim (1981), Sapiches (1982). Eskimo Limon was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978. In 1983 he directed Basis Sababa which is based on Sapiches. In 1986 he directed the cult film Alex Holeh Ahavah. In 1979 he moved from Israel to the United States and started working as a director, directing a remake of Eskimo Limon, The Last American Virgin in 1982. He continued to work in the United States as a producer and a screenwriter. Davidson was involved in producing several major films including 16 Blocks, The Wicker Man, The Black Dahlia and 2008's Rambo. He is also listed as a producer in the forthcoming thriller, Trespass. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boaz Davidson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Feature Films (6)
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Eric Friedler, multiple winner of the Grimme and German Television Awards, accompanies the actors from back then on a journey into their past. In intense encounters and interviews, he unearths painful confessions and suppressed feelings of guilt and shows how close fame and misery, rise and fall lie to one another.
Eskimo Limon - Eis am Stiel: Von Siegern und Verlierern
A candid camera comedy where hidden camera films unsuspecting street passers-by reacting to comic situations the filmmakers set up.
Crazy Camera
Television & Series (1)
A musical biography of one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of Israeli culture. "A Standard Love Song" is a musical biography of Arik Einstein, the artist whose voice was an anchor of Israeli culture, and whose story is the story of Tel Aviv and of Israel and Israelis: dreamers, warriors, artists and lovers.