Sameh Zoabi

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Sameh Zoabi
Born
Education Tel Aviv University (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Employer New York University
Notable work Tel Aviv on Fire

Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film Tel Aviv on Fire .

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Childhood and education

Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel. [1] [2] His father is a farmer. [1] He studied at Tel Aviv University, graduating with a dual degree in film studies and literature, and then attended Columbia University on a Fulbright scholarship, receiving his MFA in 2005. [1] [2] [3]

Zoabi lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University. [4] [5]

Career

Zoabi made Be Quiet, a short film, in 2005. His feature length debut was Man Without a Cell Phone (2010). [2] He won Best Screenplay Award at 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Tel Aviv on Fire (2019). The movie was also nominated for a 2019 European Film Award for Best Comedy and was Luxembourg's submission to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Tel Aviv on Fire' representing Luxembourg, not Israel, at the Oscars". Jerusalem Post. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Soap-Opera Comedy Ignites 'Tel Aviv On Fire'". Baltimore Jewish Times. 21 August 2019.
  3. "On A Global Scale: Sameh Zoabi '05 in Between Comedy and Arthouse". Columbia - School of the Arts. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  4. "'Tel Aviv on Fire' Director Sameh Zoabi Talks About His Venice Fest Film". Variety. 4 September 2018.
  5. "A comedy about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? An NYU professor and filmmaker's 'Tel Aviv on Fire' goes there". amNewYork.