Elly Kenner (born October 7, 1948) is an Israeli film editor, director, and producer.

Early life

Born in Jerusalem, Kenner attended

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. He studied psychology and theater at

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. In 1972, Kenner enrolled at

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in the

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, where earned for a

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in Film.

United States career

In 1976, his film ''Falling'' received positive reviews in

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and

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. It won a Cinematography award from the

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. In 1976 Kenner moved to

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where he edited films for the American Film Institute's

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. His second feature film, '' The Black Room'' was released in the

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in 1983.

Return to Israel

Kenner returned to Jerusalem in 1984. After returning to Israel, he became director of ''Hello Jerusalem'', a series screening in the United States. In 1989, he made an episode of the Israel television news program ''Mabat Sheni'', "No Free Enterprise." The program received positive reviews from Heda Boshes of Haarets Newspaper and Sima Kadmon of Maariv Newspaper. Later, Kenner became partner in the Jerusalem advertising agency "Sheta", and produced ''Visions of the Holy Land''.

Mystical period

The 6-part film series ''Esoterica Jerusalem'' deals with Healing and Channeling. One of the chapters of this series was screened in January 1992 at the Film Festival at Tours in France. In the newspaper ''

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'' Eitan Bar Yoseff called Kenner "Atlantis's Ambassador to Israel." In 1992, Kenner produced ''The Sixth Dimension'', a weekly program dealing with mysticism and alternative medicine, on Israel's then temporary Channel 2.

Later career

In 1994, Kenner directed a short dramatic film for the "Israel Film Service" about the new peace accord agreement with Jordan, starring Dubi Gal and Oded Menashe. The film was screened in schools around the country by the Ministry of Education. 1995, Kenner produced and directed feature film ''Mi Ha'Abba?'' (''Who is the Father?'') starring Dubi Gal,

Nitza Shaul Nitza Saul ( he, ניצה שאול; born June 25, 1950, sometimes credited as Nitza Shaul) is an Israeli actress known for her appearances on British television during the 1980s. In the 1970s Saul starred in several Israeli films, including ''Gi ...

, Uri Banai and Maria Ovanov. The film was invited to screen at the International Film Festival in

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in 1997.

Television

1988-2011, Kenner was a news editor for the Jerusalem Bureau of the National French television station

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