Yariv Mozer

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Yariv Mozer
File:Yariv Mozer - Alexander van Keulen.jpg
Born (1978-02-17) 17 February 1978 (age 46)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationFilmmaker
Websitemozer-films.com

Yariv (Mordechai) Mozer, (born 17 February 1978)[1] is an Israeli film producer, screenwriter and film director.[2]

Biography

Mozer was born in Tel Aviv-Yafo and raised in Herzliya.[3] He served in the army as an armament officer in the Artillery Corps. After serving in the Second Lebanon War, he was promoted to the rank of major in the reserves. He graduated with distinction from the Department of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University.[2] Mozer served as director of the 10th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (2004) which hosted Richard Gere (USA), Patrice Leconte (France), Catherine Breillat (France), Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark), and Nabil Ayouch (Morocco) in Tel Aviv.[2] From 2005 to 2007, he was the supervising producer of Alma Films LTd., owned by Israeli producer Arik Bernstein. He supervised the productions of “Tik Lo Sagur” (2005) directed by Naftali Gliksberg, "5250" (2005) directed by Uri Bar-On,[4] "Hot House" (2006) directed by Shimon Dotan, recipient of a special Jury mention at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and the television series "Six Days in June" (2007) directed by Ilan Ziv. Between 2007 and 2011 he headed the Entrepreneur Production Studies at the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School.[5] In 2006, he founded Mozer Films Ltd a film and television production company. In 2008 he premiered his first documentary film as a director, My First War,[6] depicting his personal experience at the 2nd Lebanon War,[7] which was premiered at the IDFA[8] 2008 and won the 2008 DocAviv Special Jury Award[9] and the 2009 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Best Documentary Award. [10] In 2009, he directed the documentary film There Must Be Another Way[11] following the Israeli representatives at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, singers Noa and Mira Awad.[12] In 2010. he was the first Israeli to be accepted into EAVE Producers workshop.[13] In 2012, he directed the documentary "The Invisible Men" on persecuted gay Palestinian,[14] which received an honourable mention[15] Montreal World Fest Includes 113 Int’l Premieres, Variety, August 6, 2013</ref> Leading actors Moran Rosenblatt and Yoav Reuveni won a Special acting award as part of the 2013 TLVFest.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Ben-Gurion, Epilogue, focused on the last years of David Ben-Gurion's life and revealed for the first time a long interview with David Ben-Gurion, in which he expressed himself freely about the country and his life.[16] The film had its World premiere at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival.[17] The film won the 2017 Ophir Israeli Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary[18] and was commercially distributed in theaters all over Israel and at Film Forum New York.[19] The film had its US premiere at the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival[20] and opened the 2017 LA Israel Film Festival.[21] The film received excellent notices in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter. As of 2018, he teaches at the Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University.[22] His film Eizenkot was released in 2019.[23] The documentary accompanied the 21st Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant general Gadi Eizenkot in his last months in uniform, and received an exclusive approach to the chief of staff's role. The film was broadcast by Israeli Kan 11 and produced by IDF Spokesperson. A documentary series The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes was broadcast on Israeli television in the summer of 2022 drawing on interview recordings of Adolf Eichmann made by a Dutch Nazi journalist Willem Sassen in Argentina during 1957. "This is proof against Holocaust deniers and a way to see the true face of Eichmann", Mozer told The New York Times.[24] Mozer is a member of the European Film Academy,[25] a member of the Israeli Documentary Filmmakers Forum, and a member of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.

Filmography as Director

Filmography as Producer

  • 2006 52/50[36]
  • 2006 Hot House[37]
  • 2006 Monkey Business (HaMilchama Shel Giori)[38]
  • 2006 Hummus Curry[39]
  • 2007 Six Days in June[40]
  • 2007 The Talkbackers[41]
  • 2008 My First War[27]
  • 2008 The House on Tabenkin Street[42]
  • 2008 The Heart of Jenin[43]
  • 2008 Between Two Passovers[44]
  • 2009 The Life and Death of Gotel Botel[45]
  • 2009 My Child Will Sing Again[46]
  • 2009 Prince of Jerusalem[47]
  • 2009 Bus[48]
  • 2011 Jeannette[49]
  • 2012 The Invisible Men[50]
  • 2012 Heritage[51]
  • 2016 Ben-Gurion, Epilogue[32]
  • 2018 To Err is Human (Litot Ze Enoshi)[33]

References

  1. ↑ Yariv Mozer, Ishim site
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Yariv Mozer, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, December 3, 2012
  3. ↑ Interview with Yariv Mozer, A Wider Bridge, October 17, 2012
  4. ↑ 52/50, Israel Film Center
  5. ↑ Biography, A Wider Bridge
  6. ↑ Meron Rapoport, Levy's Choice, Haaretz, April 3, 2008
  7. ↑ Griff Witte, Revisiting a War That's Seldom Discussed, Washington Post, April 20, 2008
  8. ↑ My First War, IDFA
  9. ↑ Simon Kilmurry, The DocAviv Film Festival, pov.org, April 14, 2008
  10. ↑ An Interview with Yariv Mozer, the Winner of TJFF's 2009 Tzimmie* Award, Beyond the Toronto Jewish, Film Festival, May 7, 2009
  11. ↑ There must be another way, Institut de la Mémoire Audiovisuelle Juive
  12. ↑ There Must Be Another Way, UK Jewish Film
  13. ↑ Yariv Mozer participant, EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2010
  14. ↑ Sigal Samuel, “The Invisible Men” Accused of Pinkwashing, The Daily Beast, November 12, 2012
  15. ↑ Docaviv 2012 – Awards, Midnight East
  16. ↑ Israel Ben-Gurion-Interview, The New York Times, August 13, 2016
  17. ↑ Wendy Ide, 'Ben-Gurion, Epilogue': Jerusalem Review, Screen Daily, 15 July 2016
  18. ↑ Edna Fainaru, 'Foxtrot' wins top prizes at Israeli Academy awards amid controversy, Screen Daily, 20 September 2017
  19. ↑ Owen Gleiberman, Film Review: ‘Ben-Gurion, Epilogue’, Variety, March 15, 2017
  20. ↑ Larry Gleeson, Ben-Gurion, Epilogue will have its US premiere at the Santa Barbara Int’l film festival, HollywoodGlee, January 17, 2017
  21. ↑ Gregg Kilday, 'Transparent's' Jeffrey Tambor to Be Honored at Israel Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter, October 20, 2017
  22. ↑ Course Sylabus, Steve Tisch Film School at Tel Aviv University
  23. ↑ Eizenkot, IMDb
  24. ↑ Kershner, Isabel (4 July 2022). "Nazi Tapes Provide a Chilling Sequel to the Eichmann Trial". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  25. ↑ Yariv Mozer, The European Film Academy
  26. ↑ Passiflora Waltz
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 My First War
  28. ↑ Bed Stories
  29. ↑ There must be another way
  30. ↑ The Invisible Men
  31. ↑ Snails in the Rain
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 To Err is Human
  34. ↑ Eizenkot
  35. ↑ Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again review – an unflinching, moving account of Hamas’ attack The Guardian. 27 September 2024
  36. ↑ 52/50
  37. ↑ "Hot House". Variety. 2007-01-31. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31.
  38. ↑ Monkey Business
  39. ↑ Hummus Curry
  40. ↑ Six Days in June
  41. ↑ The Talkbackers
  42. ↑ The House on Tabenkin Street
  43. ↑ The Heart of Jenin
  44. ↑ Between Two Passovers
  45. ↑ The Life and Death of Gotel Botel
  46. ↑ My Child Will Sing Again
  47. ↑ Prince of Jerusalem
  48. ↑ Bus
  49. ↑ Jeannette
  50. ↑ The Invisible Men
  51. ↑ Heritage

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