Ari Folman | |
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Born |
Haifa, Israel | December 17, 1962
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, animator, film score composer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Ari Folman ( Hebrew: ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir (2008) [1] and the live-action/animated film The Congress. [2] [3] He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [4]
Ari Folman was born in Haifa. His parents were Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors. He served in the IDF during the 1982 Lebanon war, and was in the area of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Folman's wife, Anat Asulin, is also a film director. They live in Tel Aviv. [5]
In 2006, Folman was head writer of the Hot 3 famous drama series BeTipul. Ari Folman's memories of the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place when he was a 19-year-old soldier, served as the basis for his movie Waltz with Bashir. The film follows his attempt to regain his memories of the war through therapy, as well as conversations with old friends and other Israelis who were present in Beirut around the time of the massacre. [5] [6]
In 2018, Folman adapted Holocaust victim Anne Frank's diary into a graphic novel illustrated by David Polonsky. [7]
In 2021, Folman directed Where Is Anne Frank, an animated drama film based on Frank's life, with the animation styled after Polonsky's illustrations for Folman's 2018 graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of a Young Girl. [8] [9] [10]
Media related to Ari Folman at Wikimedia Commons
Ari Folman | |
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Born |
Haifa, Israel | December 17, 1962
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, animator, film score composer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Ari Folman ( Hebrew: ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir (2008) [1] and the live-action/animated film The Congress. [2] [3] He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [4]
Ari Folman was born in Haifa. His parents were Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors. He served in the IDF during the 1982 Lebanon war, and was in the area of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Folman's wife, Anat Asulin, is also a film director. They live in Tel Aviv. [5]
In 2006, Folman was head writer of the Hot 3 famous drama series BeTipul. Ari Folman's memories of the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place when he was a 19-year-old soldier, served as the basis for his movie Waltz with Bashir. The film follows his attempt to regain his memories of the war through therapy, as well as conversations with old friends and other Israelis who were present in Beirut around the time of the massacre. [5] [6]
In 2018, Folman adapted Holocaust victim Anne Frank's diary into a graphic novel illustrated by David Polonsky. [7]
In 2021, Folman directed Where Is Anne Frank, an animated drama film based on Frank's life, with the animation styled after Polonsky's illustrations for Folman's 2018 graphic novel adaptation of The Diary of a Young Girl. [8] [9] [10]
Media related to Ari Folman at Wikimedia Commons