Michal Bat-Adam

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Michal Bat-Adam
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Bat-Adam in 2011
Born
Michal Breslavy

(1945-03-02) March 2, 1945 (age 79)
Afula, Mandatory Palestine
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer, actress, musician, teacher
Years active1972–present
SpouseMoshé Mizrahi

Michal Bat-Adam (Hebrew: מיכל בת-אדם; born March 2, 1945) is an Israeli film director, producer, screenwriter, actress, and musician.[1] Her films deal with complex and conflicted relationships, especially relationships within families. She also explores the line between sanity and mental illness.[2] Many of these movies contain autobiographical elements.[3] As an actress, she has been noted for her work, especially for strong performances in the films of her husband, Moshé Mizrahi.

Early life

Michal Bat-Adam was born in Afula, Israel to parents Yemima and Adam Rubin, who had immigrated from Warsaw in 1939. While she was a young child, the family lived in Haifa. Yemima suffered from mental illness, and had trouble caring for her family. When Michal was six and a half years old, she was sent to join her older sister Netta at Kibbutz Merhavia in the Harod Valley. While living there, both sisters changed their last name to Bat-Adam ("daughter of Adam"). At 17, Michal left the kibbutz and returned to care for her mother.[4] Originally wanting to be a musician, Bat-Adam studied at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music. After developing an interest in theater, she auditioned and was accepted to the Beit Zvi School of Performing Arts in Ramat Gan and turned her attention to acting.[5] During her early acting career Bat-Adam performed in leading roles at the Habimah National Theater, the Cameri Theater and the Haifa Theater.

Career

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Bat-Adam, 1984

In 1972 Bat-Adam was cast in the title role in Moshe Mizrahi's film I Love You Rosa. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[6] and entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[7] The role launched Bat-Adam's career as a film actress. After a short-lived first marriage,[3] Bat-Adam and Mizrahi married. She continued to act in several of Mizrahi's movies, including; The House on Chelouche Street (1973), Daughters, Daughters (1973), and Women (1996). She appeared in Mizrahi's Academy Award-winning French film, Madame Rosa in 1977.[4] Following Moments, Bat-Adam worked on two films that have autobiographical themes, The Thin Line (1980), which recalls a mother struggling with mental illness, and Boy Meets Girl in 1982. This film, shot on Kibbutz Ma'ayan Tzvi, draws from Bat-Adam's memories of a young girl left by her parents at a kibbutz.[4] In the late 1980s, Bat-Adam directed two literary adaptations, The Lover (1986) and A Thousand and One Wives (1989). For television she worked on a drama, The Flight of Uncle Peretz (1993). She returned to autobiographical elements for later films, Aya: Imagined Autobiography (1994) and Maya (2010). Although still active as a film-maker and actress, Bat-Adam now teaches at Tel Aviv University and Camera Obscura. She also performs poetry recitals[4] and has recorded a CD of her reading, set to music.[8]

Work as actress

As director

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Michal Bat-Adam’s filmography (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ "Bat Adam, Michal". Israeli Films. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Doron Halutz (May 20, 2010). "In her own image". Haaretz.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Amy Kronish (March 2009). "Bat Adam, Michal". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.
  5. ↑ "Michal Bat-Adam". IMDB. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: I Love You Rosa". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  8. ↑ "There Was Snow in One Country". Israel Music. Retrieved September 5, 2012.

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