David Polonsky (; born 1973) is an Israeli book illustrator and artistic film director. His illustrations appeared in all major Israeli magazines and newspapers and illustrated many children's books, for which he received multiple awards. He also directed children's animated TV films. He taught illustration at the

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design () is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest institution of higher education and is considered the ...

. In 2018, he illustrated

Ari Folman Ari Folman (; born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film '' Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-action/animated film '' The ...

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adaptation of

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. That same year, an English-language translation of ''The Heart-Shaped Leaf'' (written by Shira Geffen and illustrated by Polonsky) was published by Green Bean Books.

Filmography

*2008: ''

Waltz with Bashir ''Waltz with Bashir'' (, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 adult animated war documentary film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of his experience as a soldier during the 19 ...

'', animated war documentary; made into a graphic novel by Folman and Polonsky''Waltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War Story'', Atlantic Books, 1 March 2009, *2013: '' The Congress'' *2021: ''Legend of Destruction''

Awards

*2004 Ben-Yitzhak Prize of the Israel Museum for Children's Books Illustration, Israel Museum, Jerusalem *2008 The Excellence Award of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem *2008 Ben-Yitzhak Prize of the Israel Museum for Children's Books Illustration, Israel Museum, Jerusalem *2008 The Ophir Prize of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television for artistic direction, for ''

'' *2008 Award for Decorations, Cinema Eye Honors, for ''

'' *2012 Andersen Prize for the Illustration of Children's Books, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), Basel, Switzerland.

References

External links

This Animated Life: An Interview with David Polonsky
about film and graphic novel ''Waltz With Bashir'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Polonsky, David 1973 births Living people Israeli illustrators Israeli children's book illustrators Israeli comics artists