Yoram Gal (born 7 January 1952) is an international Israelipainter, playwright, director, actor and theater, TV and cinema producer. His first play was EVERYMAN (1978). He has been an actor and director and a painter in the United States, China and more, with collectors of his works in Canada, Australia, Europe and Israel.
Early life: Yoram Gal was born in Jerusalem, son of Ephraim Roytenberg - Fima - a Jewish painter born in Harbin, China, and emigrated to Israel in 1949, and Naomi Margalit, born in Jerusalem, a teacher and economist. His parents divorced when Gal was a year old. When he was six, his mother married Yossef Gal, an economist, and the three moved to the center of Jerusalem. Three years later, his sister Aya, psychologist, was born, and when he was 11 the family moved to London, UK, where his stepfather represented the state of Israel as the economic attache's in the embassy. Gal began painting at age 12 when he underwent psychotherapy at the Anna Freud Clinic in London.
Artistic career: In painting, Gal found catharsis for his soul's storms, and at age 15 he passed the A' Level exams in Art, which enabled him to enter Art College. His teacher -according to Gal - advised against it, and told him simply to paint and observe and self study works of masters like Van Gogh and Botticelli. He graduated from JFS - the Jewish high school, at age 17, returned to Israel and joined the IDF ending his three-year service as a lieutenant. In Jerusalem, he exhibited his first one-man show in Beit Mori. The leading Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot published a favorable critique of the show, written by the renowned critic Miriam Tal.[1]
From 1973-1977 Gal studied Theater and Cinema at Tel Aviv University (Hons. BFA).
From 1977-1996 Gal wrote numerous stage plays. Acted in Israeli, American and British TV and feature films, traveled in Israel with his Traveling Theater, for which he wrote the plays, directed some of them, acted and produced.
In 1999 Nili Dotan (his 2nd wife) produced the film "Wild" which Gal wrote and directed. "Wild" received enthusiastic critiques in the Israeli newspaper, was invited to ten international film festivals and received "Best Feature Film" award in the alternative independent film festival in Picciano, Italy, 2001.[2]
Gal and Dotan got into debt, and only at the end of 2002, when his paintings landed in the US, the financial turnround occurred. The journey of coming free of debt while moving from theater and cinema to painting and writing prose, and the falling in love with America which brought him money, glory and satisfaction, he recorded in a semi autobiographical, illustrated novel which he published on Amazon.com as an E Book in 2009: "The Secret of America".[3].
In 1978 Gal married his ex theater professor Edna Shavit, and was her two year old son'r stepfather. They divorced in 1994. In 1996 he married Nili Dotan, playwright and screenwriter, and in 2000 their son Nimrod was born. They divorced in 2013. In 2016 he married Tzlila Hurvitz, their marriage lasted 4 years.
Filmography
Theater
Everyman, director Edna Shavit, 1978.
Hanoch and Sophocles', director Yoram Gal, 1980.
Billy-Bull The Great, director Edna Shavit, 1983.
Outs, director Yoram Gal, 1984
Isaac the Crybaby and his revenge on the Homeland, director Aviel Hadari,1985
Jacobo Hero of Goldonia, director Edna Shavit, 1989.
Gal has written many plays which have not yet been produced, among them Psyche (1983), Spiritolini (1989), Professor Bergman (1982), Gabriella (1993), Hanita sets out on Life (1994), El Rais Is Coming (1994), The Egotist (1994), The Individualist and The Devil (1993), The Buick and The Caravan (1992) and Shira from T (1990).
Wrote and directed the feature film "WILD",[4] which was independently produced and upon completion received backing by Israeli FilmFunds, was invited to Film Festivals worldwide, got first prize for feature film in the Indie Film Fest "The Alternative Film Festival" in Picciano Italy 2001, was purchased by SBS (Australian TV channel) and YES in Israel and more. Created and produced (in co-operation with Opus, Gil Mitterani) the Israeli video cassette for toddlers "Wheels", director Nili Dotan. Distribution Hed Artzi 2001. partial filmography at the New York Times website.
↑ In the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, dated 17 August 1973 it says: "…A illustrative drawing talent… sophisticated humor and a slight tendency to surrealism."
↑ 1st prize for best film at AFF, Alternative Film Festival, Picciano, Italy Oct 2001 by Medusa films + Giuseppe Tornatore
↑ "Like a fresh breath of rain, somewhat wet"...irit Shammer, Maariv (newspaper) 12 October 1999, "Wild’ is the Israeli Candid" - Uri Klein, Haaretz newspaper 19 Oct. 1999, "Wild’- something which become cult".. Gigi Orsher Galatz, 20 October 1999, "The local audience gapes open jawed"... Or Korel - Maaviv Newspaper 31 October 1999.
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