Eytan Fox (; born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director.

Biography

Eytan Fox was born in

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. His family immigrated to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a

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rabbi and a professor of Jewish education at the

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. His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox, was the head of the Jerusalem city council and involved in Jerusalem urban planning. Fox has two brothers,

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and Danny. General Yehuda Fox is his cousin. He grew up in

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, served in the army, and studied at

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's School of Film and Television. He is openly gay and many of his films contain themes of

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, as well as the effect the

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has on interpersonal relationships. Fox and his partner, Gal Uchovsky, have a long-term relationship. They are also professional collaborators, Uchovsky, a screenwriter, producer and journalist, is involved in much of the scriptwriting for Fox's movies. His 2002 film '' Yossi & Jagger'' is a portrayal of the love between two young Jewish military men while completing their mandatory national service. In the 2004 film '' Walk on Water'', he takes on the thorny topics of racism/discrimination and confronting the Nazi past of two young upper class Germans.

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plays a Mossad assassin under cover as a tour guide. In the 2006 film '' The Bubble'', he asks the big question: What is love? as the film follows three young Tel Aviv residents, a female political activist and her two gay roommates, one of whom (the same actor from ''Yossi & Jagger'') falls in love with a Palestinian (who also appears as a waiter) while on border guard duty as part of his national military service.

Awards

In 2006, Fox was the first recipient of the Washington Jewish Film Festival's Decade Award, a prize given to a filmmaker whose work has made a significant contribution to Jewish cinema over a period of at least ten years.

Filmography

Films

* ''

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'' (1990) * '' Shirat Ha'Sirena'' (''Siren's Song'', 1994) * '' Yossi & Jagger'' (2002) * '' Walk on Water'' (2004) * '' The Bubble'' (2006) * '' Yossi'' (2012), a sequel to '' Yossi & Jagger'' * '' Cupcakes (Bananot)'' (2013) * '' Sublet'' (2020)

Television

* '' Sipurim Kzarim Al Ahava'', episode " Ba'al Ba'al Lev" (1997) * '' Florentine'' (1997 - 2000) * '' Tamid Oto Chalom'' (2009) released in UK and US in 2011 as ''Mary Lou'', and starring Ido Rosenberg, Alon Levi, and Dana Frider * '' The Bar Mitzvah'' (2018)

References

External links

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"Between Sex And Country: The Films of Eytan Fox"Fantastic Mr. Fox
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