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George Ovadiah (Arabic: چورچ اوڤادي; Hebrew: ג'ורג' עובדיה; Persian: گرجی عبادیا; c. 1925 – 1996), also known as George Obadiah, was an Iraqi-born Israeli film director, scriptwriter and producer.[1]
George Ovadiah | |
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چورچ اوڤادي | |
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| Born | c. 1925 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Died | 27 June 1996 Holon, Israel |
| Burial place | Yarkon Cemetery |
| Other names | George Obadiah, Gorji Obadiah, George Ovadya |
| Occupation | Film director, scriptwriter, film producer |
Biography
George Ovadiah was born in c. 1925 in Baghdad, Iraq. He immigrated to Iran in 1949, where he became an established filmmaker.[1] In Iran he directed 25 films and occasionally was an actor.[2] In 1967 he made "Harbor of Love", an Israeli-Iranian coproduction.
In 1969 he immigrated to Israel. Ovadiah directed 13 Israeli films, focused in melodrama and comedy genres, they were Bourekas film. Initially his films were box office successes, but his later films were failures. In 1996 the Israeli Film Academy paid a tribute to his memory.[1]
He died on 27 June 1996 in Holon, Israel.
Filmography
- 1959 – A Girl from Esfahan (Persian: دختری از اصفهان, romanized: Dokhtari az Esfahan)
See also
- Cinema of Israel
- Bourekas film
References
- Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 204-205.
- Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. p. 385.
External links
Media related to George Ovadiah at Wikimedia Commons- George Ovadiah at IMDb
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