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{{Short description|Israeli film director (born 1963)}}
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| name        = Duki Dror
| image       =LB 23 Director Duki Dror.jpg
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| birth_date  = {{birth year and age|1963}}
| birth_place =  Israel
| occupation  = Documentary filmmaker, producer, director
| years active = 1996–Present
| website      = {{URL|www.dukidror.com}}<br>{{URL|www.zygotefilm.com}}
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'''Zadok "Duki” Dror''' ({{langx|he|דוקי (צדוק) דרור}}{{lrm}}), (born 1963)  is an independent [[Israelis|Israeli]] filmmaker whose films explore issues of migration, identity and displacement.
==Biography==
Zadok (Duki) Dror was born in Tel Aviv.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/unveiled-the-human-side-behind-the-worlds-most-mysterious-intelligence-agency/ Mossad unveiled: Human side of the world’s most mysterious intelligence agency]</ref> In the early 1950s, Dror's parents fled from their native [[Iraq]] for the newly established state of [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/my-fantasia?ifdsearch=a%20matter%20of%20size|title=My Fantasia {{!}} Israeli Film Database {{!}} Israel Film Center|website=www.israelfilmcenter.org|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> When Dror's father was 17 he was arrested on charges of political activism and served five years in prison as a political prisoner.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6okAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA306|title=Israeli Cinema: East / West and the Politics of Representation|last=Shohat|first=Ella|date=2010-07-30|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9780857713889|language=en}}</ref> Upon his release, he was not allowed to stay in Iraq. After moving to Israel, the family changed their Arabic name, Darwish (Arabic for "wandering") to Dror (Hebrew for "freedom").<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eyecandy.ucsc.edu/articles/2013.pdf#page=29 | title=The Long Way Home, an interview with Duki Dror | publisher=UCSC Eye Candy, vol. 23}}</ref>
Dror studied in the United States at [[UCLA]] and is a graduate of [[Columbia College Chicago]].
==Filmmaking career==
Dror's films are character-driven stories and deal with issues of identity, displacement and cross-cultural exchange.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.festivalmillenium.org/en/content/down-deep-dark-web|title=Down the Deep Dark Web|date=2017-02-21|work=Festival international du film documentaire|access-date=2017-08-29|language=en}}</ref>
His film ''Sentenced to Learn'' (1993), which tells the story of lifetime inmates in [[Illinois]] prisons, was screened in the [[Pompidou Center]] in [[Paris]] as part of an American Documentary retrospective.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://israelifilmchi.org/portfolio-item/shadow-in-baghdad/|title=Duki Dror – Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (CFIC)|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://africultures.com/personnes/?no=11181|title=Personnes {{!}} Africultures|work=Africultures|access-date=2017-08-29|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
The story behind his parents' [[aliyah|immigration]] to Israel and his father's story in particular is the central motif in Dror's personal film diary ''My Fantasia''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Levron|first=Merav Alush|title=The politics of ethnic melancholy in Israeli cinema|journal=Social Identities |year=2015 |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=169 |doi=10.1080/13504630.2015.1041015 |s2cid=142805621 |url=https://www.academia.edu/13266546|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldAOAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|title=Identity, Place, and Subversion in Contemporary Mizrahi Cinema in Israel|last=Shemer|first=Yaron|date=2013-07-30|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=9780472118847|language=en}}</ref> (2000) which takes place in the Dror's family-owned Menorah factory between the First and Second Gulf War. The history, culture and identity of Arab Jews has also informed a number of Dror's other work including ''Cafe Noah'' (1996),<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2010/10/2010101871221949705.html | title=Cafe Noah – Al Jazeera | publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> and ''[[Shadow in Baghdad]]'' (2013) about the disappearance of Baghdad's Jewish population and the story of [[Linda Menuhin]]'s family.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/arts/design/centuries-of-judaica-from-muslim-lands-in-middle-east.html?_r=1 | title=Centuries of Judaica From Life and Rites in Muslim Lands | work=New York Times| date=10 April 2014 | last1=Kahn | first1=Eve M. }}</ref>
In 2010, [[PBS]] aired a special series of his documentaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/archive/index.jsp?pgmid=19202|title=Israeli Film Festival: Duki Dror {{!}} KQED|website=KQED Public Media|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mhznetworks.org/about/press/israeli-film-festival-films-duki-dror-air-mhz-worldview|title=The Israeli Film Festival: The Films of Duki Dror Air on MHz Worldview|date=2013-01-18|work=MHz Networks: Programming for a Globally Minded Audience|access-date=2017-08-29|language=en}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition==
''Raging Dove'' (2002),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://international.ucla.edu/israel/events/10526|title=Raging Dove: A Documentary Film|website=international.ucla.edu|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> the story of Arab-Israeli world boxing champion Johar Lashin, which premiered at the [[Sxsw|SXSW]] Film Festival<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2002-03-15/85244/|title=SXSW Film Reviews|access-date=2017-08-29|language=en-US}}</ref> and won multiple awards, including Best Israeli Documentary in [[Docaviv]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.docaviv.co.il/2008/prev_fest.asp?y=2002|title=DocAviv|website=archive.docaviv.co.il|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> In 2006, Dror's film about the [[Vietnamese boat people]] who immigrated to Israel, ''The Journey of [[Vaan Nguyen]]'', was the opening film at EBS Film Festival in Seoul and received the Remi Award at Houston Worldfest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taufilmfest.com/2070+The+Israeli+Competition|title=TAU Student Film Festival – Judges|publisher=Tel Aviv University Student Film Festival|access-date=2014-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160900/http://www.taufilmfest.com/2070+The+Israeli+Competition|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, Dror's film on German-Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn ''[[Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions]]'' received the Golden Award(FILAF d'Or) at the [[Festival international du livre d'art et du film|International Art Book and Film Festival]] (FILAF) in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.artmediaagency.com/46923/filaf-awarded-its-prizes/|title=FILAF awarded its prizes|publisher=Art Media Agency}}</ref> ''Partner with the Enemy'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=30842|title=Partner with the Enemy {{!}} MidnightEast|last=Dekel|first=Ayelet|website=www.midnighteast.com|date=27 December 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> the winner of the Golden Panda Award for long documentary at [[Sichuan Television Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prod1.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=109651~f6af5ebc-b139-41c6-88c9-29fa63bb1ce9|title=Partner with the Enemy and Women in Sink|website=Rutgers Jewish Film Festival|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> ''Down The Deep, Dark Web'' (2016) – premiered in [[Dok Leipzig|DOK Leipzig]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://films2016.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/?ID=15447|title=Down the Deep, Dark Web (Down the Deep, Dark Web) {{!}} DOK Leipzig|last=Leipzig|first=DOK|access-date=2017-08-29|language=en}}</ref> nominated for the [[Ophir Award]] for Best Documentary under 60 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/30th-Israel-Film-Festival-In-Los-Angeles-To-Feature-Natalie-Portman-Sharon-Stone-Jewish-Federation-And-More-119-20161027|title=30th Israel Film Festival In Los Angeles To Feature Natalie Portman, Sharon Stone, Jewish Federation, And More, 11/9|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.earn-a-living.com/en/about|title=About – Earn a living|last=MENET|first=Nicolas|website=About – Earn a living|language=en-EN|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Director===
*1993 Sentenced to Learn
*1996 Radio Daze [http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/radio-daze/]
*1997 Warp & Weft [http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/warp-and-weft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024735/http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/warp-and-weft |date=2019-03-02 }}
*1997 Cafe Noah [https://books.google.com/books?id=2IvFAgAAQBAJ&dq=cafe%20noah%20duki%20dror&pg=PA32]
*1998 Shenkin – A Street of Faith [https://ucsc.academia.edu/DukiDror/CurriculumVitae]
*1998 Stress
*1999 Taqasim
*1999 Red Vibes
*2000 Watchman
*2001 My Fantasia
*2002 Raging Dove
*2004 Mr. Cortisone Happy Days
*2005 [[The Journey of Van Nguyen]]
*2007 SideWalk [http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/radio-daze/]
*2009 [[Across the River (film)|Across the River]]
*2011 [[Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions]]
*2013 [[Shadow in Baghdad]]
*2014 Partner with the Enemy
*2016 Down the Deep, Dark Web
*2017 Inside The Mossad (TV series)
*2018 Imperfect Spies (Inside The Mossad, feature film version)
*2019 There Are No Lions In Tel Aviv
*2020 Lebanon: Borders of Blood
*2022 The Cassandra Prophecy
*2023 Generation Turmoil (directed with Naftaly Gliksberg)
===Producer===
*2003 Paradise Lost
*2004 Collaborators
*2005 A General's Story
*2012 Seekers
*2013 Photonovela
*2016 Praise the Lard
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://takriv.net/english-article/you-have-to-be-on-the-move-all-the-time "You have to be on the move all the time" Interview with Duki Dror at Takriv Magazine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519194712/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/425796/Duki-Dror Duki Dror at New York Times Archive]
* {{imdbname|0238283|Duki Dror}}
* [http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/shadow-baghdad-israeli-filmmaker-duki-dror-chronicles-extinction-iraqs-jewish-community/2013/11/29 Shadow in Baghdad: Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror chronicles extinction of Iraq’s Jewish community.] [[The Baltimore Examiner|Baltimore Examiner]] BY LARRY LUXNER · NOVEMBER 29, 2013
* [http://www.timesofisrael.com/35-years-on-where-are-israels-vietnamese-refugees/ 35 Years on, where are Israel’s Vietnamese refugees?] [[The Times of Israel]], By [[Simona Weinglass]] September 20, 2015
* [http://www.techrepublic.com/article/review-down-the-deep-dark-web-is-a-movie-every-technologist-should-watch/ Review: 'Down the Deep Dark Web' is a movie every technologist should watch] [[TechRepublic]] By Dan Patterson | July 13, 2016 [https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/494015/the-dangers-of-the-deep-web/ The Dangers of the Deep Web] – The Atlantic 4.8.2016
* [https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/494015/the-dangers-of-the-deep-web/ The Dangers of the Deep Web] The Atlantic 4.8.2016
* T [http://www.galomagazine.com/movies-tv/talking-with-the-past-architect-erich-mendelsohn-on-screen/#.WaWPQT4jGUk alking With the Past: Architect Erich Mendelsohn on Screen] ''GALO Magazine'' by Ross Ufberg February 7, 2012
* [http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/incessant-visions-words-from-the-life-of-erich-mendelsohn/ Incessant Visions: words from the life of Erich Mendelsohn]  [[The Times of Israel]] By Rocco Giansante MAY 3, 2012
* FIFA 2012: Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions is a great film and not just for architecture buffs [[Montreal Gazette]] March 24, 2012
* [http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/mendelsohn-building-spurs-monumental-dilemma.premium-1.485735 Mendelsohn Building Spurs Monumental Dilemma] [[Haaretz]] Keshet Rosenblum Dec 19, 2012
* [http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/208526/kritik.html ERICH MENDELSOHN – VISIONEN FÜR DIE EWIGKEIT – KRITIK DER FILMSTARTS-REDAKTION]
* [http://www.shadowinbaghdad.com/ Shadow In Baghdad Official Film Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130143708/http://www.shadowinbaghdad.com/ |date=2020-11-30 }}
* [http://www.zygotefilms.com/ Zygote Films official website]
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