Early life
Uchovsky was born in Hadera. His family moved to Vienna while his father was studying there. They returned to Hadera when he was five-years-old. He attended high school at the Pardes Hana Agricultural High School. In his youth he excelled in sports and even played for a short time for Maccabi Pardes Katz larification needed/sup>. At the age of 14, he was registered twice on the team's squad and appeared once on the field. He started his military service in a pilot 's course for the first 11 months. After his military service he lived in Tel Aviv and studied photography at the Camera Obscura school as well as law at Tel Aviv University. Worked for seven years as a flight attendant at El Al.Career
Journalist
In 1983, while still a student, Uchovsky was one of the three publishers of the humor magazine "Tick in the Mind." He then wrote for the Ha-Ir as a columnist and culture editor and later editor. In 1993, he began working for Maariv where he served as a music reporter and culture editor.Film producer
Uchovsky worked on the soundtrack to Eytan Fox's film Shirat Ha'Sirena (Siren's Song, 1994). In 1997 he wrote a third of the episodes of the first season of Fox's TV series Florentine. In 1998 he wrote his first feature script for the TV drama Baal Baal Lev, which was directed by Fox. In 2002, he co-produced the Fox film Yossi & Jagger. In 2004, he wrote and produced the Fox movie Walk on Water. In 2005, Ohovsky co-created with Fox The Bubble.TV presenter
In 1993, he hosted "Lila Rock" on Channel 3. In 1997, he began hosting the cultural program "The Small Circle " on Channel 2. From 2006-2010, he was part of the judging panel of Kohav Nolad. In 2009, he hosted Soundtrack of the Decade on Channel 24. In 2010, he co-hosted Gal and Margul. In 2011, he co-hosted Gal and Eliraz. In 2012, he hosted the current affairs program "What are you saying?" and hosted the interview program Paskol Chai and also began serving as a judge on the reality show "Eyal Golan is calling you." In 2015, he participated in the third season of Golstar. In June 2019, he began hosting 24 at Tsehriim. In May 2020, he wrote and co-directed the docu-series The Proud Revolution.Awards and recognition
Uchovsky won "Best Screenwriter" award at thePersonal life
Gal Uchovsky has lived in Tel Aviv withFilmography
*1994: ''Shirat Ha'Sirena'' (English title ''Siren's Song'') - music consultant *1997: ''Florentin'' - screenwriter (TV series) *1997: ''Ba'al Ba'al Lev'' - screenwriter *2002: '' Yossi & Jagger'' - producer, music consultant *2004: '' Walk on Water'' - producer, screenwriter *2006: '' The Bubble'' - producer, screenwriter ;Appearances *2009: '' Gay Days'', documentary by Yair QedarSee also
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