David Perlov (

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: דוד פרלוב) (born 9 June 1930 in

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; died December 13, 2003, in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

) was an Israeli documentary

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Biography

Memorial plaque to David Perlov in Tel Aviv

David Perlov was born in Rio de Janeiro and grew up in Belo Horizonte. At the age of 10, he went to live with his grandfather in

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. At the age of 22, he moved to Paris and worked as a projectionist for the newly established Cinematheque.David Perlov: Filmmaker whose poetic essay documented the state of Israel
/ref> In 1957, he made his first short film, ''Tante chinoise'' (Old Aunt China), based on drawings of a 12-year-old girl of the French provincial bourgeoisie of 1890 which he found in the cellar of the Paris house in which he was living.
/ref> In 1958, Perlov

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to Israel, settling with his wife Mira on

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Bror Hayil Bror Hayil ( he, בְּרוֹר חַיִל) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Sderot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology The name Bror Hayil means "selection of ...

. The couple had two daughters, the twins

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and Naomi Perlov.

Film career

In 1963, Perlov made a 33-minute documentary '' In Jerusalem'' (בירושלים, Be-Yerushalayim). This film came to be one of the most important films of Israeli documentary cinema."In Jerusalem: Now the World Looks Back at David Perlov"
''Haaretz'', 8 December 2003 Although Perlov made two feature films by 1972 (''The Pill'' and ''42:6''), his film proposals were repeatedly rejected by the

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and Israeli film board, which found his work too lyrical. In May of the year 1973, Perlov bought a

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camera and filmed his everyday life alongside dramatic events that took place in Israel at the time. He continued this work for 10 years, sometimes with almost no economic resources, until

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of British television expressed an interest in the project in 1983. Produced in association with Israel's largest television and film studio, Herzliya Studios (Ulpanei Herzliya), the result was Perlov's work ''

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'' (יומן). From 1973 Perlov taught in the department of film and television at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Biography

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