George Ovadiah

George Ovadiah
چورچ اوڤادي
Bornc. 1925
Baghdad, Iraq
Died27 June 1996 (aged 70–71)
Holon, Israel
Burial placeYarkon Cemetery
Other namesGeorge Obadiah, Gorji Obadiah, George Ovadya
Occupation(s)Film director, scriptwriter, film producer
Ovadiah and Uri Zohar on the set of the movie "Call me Shmil", 1973

George Ovadiah (Arabic: چورچ اوڤادي; Hebrew: ג'ורג' עובדיה; Persian: گرجی عبادیا; c. 1925 – 1996), also known as George Obadiah, was an Iraqi-born Israeli film director, scriptwriter and producer.[1]

Biography

George Ovadiah was born in c. 1925 in Baghdad, Iraq. He immigrated to Iran in 1949, where he became an established filmmaker.[1] In Iran he directed 25 films and occasionally was an actor.[2] In 1967 he made "Harbor of Love", an Israeli-Iranian coproduction.

In 1969 he immigrated to Israel. Ovadiah directed 13 Israeli films, focused in melodrama and comedy known as Bourekas film. Initially his films were box office successes, but his later films were failures. In 1996 the Israeli Film Academy paid tribute to his memory.[1]

He died on 27 June 1996 in Holon, Israel.

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 204-205.
  2. ^ Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. p. 385.


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