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Israeli film director, producer and screenwriter
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Joseph Pitchhadze (Hebrew: יוסף פיצ'חדזה; born March 24, 1965) is an Israeli film director, theatre director, screenwriter and producer. His film Under Western Eyes was nominated for the 1997 Best Film Golden Berlin Bear award.[1], and two of his films, Year Zero and Sweets[2], were nominated for Best Director Award at the Ophir Awards.
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Screenwriter
Film producer
Theatre director
Nomination Best Director 2004, 2014, the Israeli Film Academy award
Joseph Pitchhadze | |
|---|---|
| יוסף פיצ'חדזה | |
| Born | March 28, 1965 |
| Occupations | Film director Screenwriter Film producer Theatre director |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Known for | Nomination 1997 Best Film Golden Berlin Bear Nomination Best Director 2004, 2014, the Israeli Film Academy award |
| Notable work | Under Western Eyes Year Zero Sweets |
He is currently (2025) a senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University's (TAU) Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, part of the Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts.[3]
Biography
Pitchadze was Born in Tbilisi, Georgia.[4] At the age of six, he moved with his family to Israel.[5]
He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from of the Department of Film & Television, TAU.[4]
In the early 2000's Pitchadze was also head of the production track at the TAU Film and Television Studies department.[5]
Film career
Student Films
During his studies at the Tel Aviv University’s Department of Film and Television, Pitchhadze directed two short movies:
Feature Films
Pitchhadze's first feature film, Under Western Eyes (1996) was shortlisted for the 1997 Berlin Film Festival[7] where it won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[8] The film is about a young Israeli man returning to Israel from Berlin for his father's supposed funeral, only to become involved in a scheme to capture his fugitive father.[9]
His next film, Besame Mucho (2000) shared the Jerusalem Film Festival Wolgin Award for Best Israeli Feature with Dan Wolman's Foreign Sister.[10] It is a crime movie, about southern Tel Aviv residents who plot to steal a valuable Christian icon from a local mafia figure, hoping to sell it in Paris and escape to a better life.[11]
Pitchhadze's third feature film, Year Zero (2004), was nominated for the Ophir prize. It follows a diverse group of Tel Aviv residents whose lives get interconnected as they navigate personal crises and loss, seeking meaning in life and redemption,[12]
His next film, Sweets (2014), described severe social and political tensions resulting from an Israeli-Arab entrepreneur's plan to open a candy store chain, igniting a fierce conflict with a powerful Israeli corporation. It was supported by the municipal Jerusalem Film and Television Fund[13] and was also nominated for the Ophir prize.
Theatre plays
In addition to his film career, Pitchhadze directed these theatre two plays at the Library Theater in Ramat Gan:
- Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros in 2002[14]
- Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 2003[15]
In 2006, he directed Gregory Burke's first play, Gagarin Way, at the Zionist Organization of America House in Tel Aviv.[16]
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