- Raphael Nadjari
Raphael Nadjari (born 1971 in
Marseille ,France ) is a French born writer and director for film and television.In 1993, Nadjari started working for French
television as a writer and director. In 1997, he wrote the television screenplay "Le P'tit Bleu", which was directed byFrancois Vautier forArte as part of the TV drama collection "Petits Gangsters".The same year he wrote and directed his first US feature, "The Shade" (released in 1999), which starred
Richard Edson , Lorie Marino, and Jeff Ware). It was an adaptation of "A Gentle Creature " byDostoevsky that Nadjari updated, setting it in contemporaryNew York . This film was an Official Selection ("Un Certain Regard ") at the 1999Cannes Film Festival and also appeared at the Deauville Film Festival, the film was awarded in Bergamo Film Festival (Italy).At the end of 1999, Raphael directed his second feature, "
I Am Josh Polonski's Brother " (2001). Starring Richard Edson and Jeff Ware, it was shot on Super 8 mm film in New York. The film opened in Paris onJune 6 ,2001 and was selected for the Forum for New Cinema at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001.Also in 2001, Nadjari shot a film in New York, "Apartment #5c" (released in 2002). It starred Richard Edson and Tinkerbell an Israeli actress and was selected in Cannes' "Director's Forthnight."
In 2004, Nadjari shot "
Avanim " inTel Aviv , Israel withAssi Levy who has been nominated for Best Actress in the European Film Award. The film received also The Best film award inCinéma Tout Ecran and the Best director film Award in Cannes 2005 France Culture Award.His latest film set in
Jerusalem and stars Michael Moushanov and Limor Goldstein, two prominent figures of Israeli television and theatre has been shown in Cannes Film Festival 2007 in Official Selection and won the Tokyo Filmex Best Film Award the same year.He lives now between Tel Aviv and
Paris .External links
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2000/03/03/trmovie.2.t_0.php Review the Shade]
* [http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=32686 screen international]
* [http://www.plume-noire.com/movies/reviews/tehilim.html review tehilim plume noire]
* [http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/emissions/radio_libre/fiche.php?diffusion_id=32473 Interview on Radio France] (in French)
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