Amos Kollek
{{short description|Israeli film director, writer and actor (born 1947)}}
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Amos Kollek ({{langx|he|עמוס קולק}}; born 15 September 1947) is an Israeli film director, writer and actor.
Biography
Amos Kollek was born in Jerusalem. He is the son of Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek studied psychology and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021131737/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/97053/Amos-Kollek New York Times bio] He became interested in film after working as a writer. He produced his first film, Goodbye, New York, in 1985. His film Fast Food Fast Women was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5168/year/2000.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fast Food Fast Women |access-date=11 October 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Al Tishali Im Ani Ohev | Assaf | |
| 1985 | Goodbye, New York | David | Director |
| 1986 | Forever, Lulu (a.k.a. Crazy Streets) | Larry | Director |
| 1989 | High Stakes (a.k.a. Melanie Rose) | Director | |
| 1992 | Lahav Hatzui (a.k.a. Double Edge) (a.k.a. Three Weeks in Jerusalem) | David | Director |
| 1993 | Five Girls (a.k.a. Five Lesbian Girls) | Director | |
| 1994 | Whore II (a.k.a. Bad Girls) | Jack | Director |
| 1995 | Teddy Kollek (a.k.a. Teddy Kollek, from Vienna to Jerusalem) | Director, Documentary | |
| 1997 | Sue (a.k.a. Sue lost in Manhattan) | Director | |
| 1998 | Fiona | Director | |
| 2000 | Fast Food Fast Women | Director | |
| 2001 | Queenie in Love | Director | |
| 2001 | A Bitter Glory | Director, TV Movie documentary | |
| 2001 | Beirut | ||
| 2002 | Bridget | Director | |
| 2002 | Angela | Short | |
| 2003 | Music | Short | |
| 2003 | Happy End | ||
| 2008 | Restless | Director | |
| 2008 | LL | Director | |
| 2012 | The Sumo Wrestler | Jack | Director |
Books (incomplete)
- Don't Ask Me If I Love (1971)
- After They Hang Him (1977)
- Tishali Im Ani Ohev [script for Barbara Noble Tishali Im Ani Ohev ("Worlds Apart") movie] (1980)
- Ha-Tapuah, ha-shir, veha-zahav (1980)
- Ein Leben für Jerusalem (1992)
- Approximately Clint Eastwood (1995)
- Es geschah in Gaza (1996)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Amos Kollek|id=0464180}}
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Category:Writers from Jerusalem
Category:Israeli people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli film directors