Eran Riklis
Eran Riklis | |
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Born | October 2, 1954 |
Occupation | Film director |
Spouse | Dina Riklis[1] |
Children | Tammy and Jonathan |
Eran Riklis (
Early life
Riklis was born in Israel in 1954 and lived in
Professional career
His first film was the political thriller, On a Clear Day You Can See Damascus (1984).
In 1993, he made the film Zohar, the biggest box office success for an Israeli film in the 1990s, followed by several TV series and by the film Vulcan Junction (1999), which won the Best Film award at the
His 2010 film
His adventure thriller film Zaytoun, premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and in London as well as many other festivals. It was followed by Dancing Arabs (aka A Borrowed Identity), presented at the Telluride Film Festival, Locarno and many others.
Riklis's 2017 film Shelter, previously titled Refuge,[6] is a spy thriller set mostly in Hamburg.[7] His film, Spider in the Web (2019), starred Ben Kingsley, Monica Bellucci, Itay Tiran and Itzik Cohen. Riklis is preparing his new film Reading Lolita in Tehran, based on the bestseller by Azar Nafisi, that will be shot in late 2020.
Personal life
He is married to Dina Riklis and they have two children, a daughter, Tammy, and a son, Jonathan. The family lives in Tel Aviv.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ a b Judi Herman (October 2012). "Zaytoun". Jewish Renaissance. 12 (1): 34–35.
- ^ "Moscow International Film Festival (1991)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Hannah Brown (22 September 2010). "'Human Resources Manager' wins big at Ophir Awards". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Brad Miska (22 May 2017). "'Refuge' Imagery Hide in a Safehouse". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Jeremy Kay (18 September 2017). "Menemsha Films acquires Israeli spy thriller 'Shelter' (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
External links
- Eran Riklis at IMDb
- Eran Riklis at AllMovie
- Eran Riklis at the TCM Movie Database