Biography
Nurith Aviv was born in Tel Aviv in 1945. Currently based in Paris, she a citizen of Israel and France. She began her career as a press photographer in the Israeli Army, following in the footsteps of her father, a famous press photographer. She went on to Paris, where she studied at the film school IDHEC. Upon graduation, she returned to Israel where her first Director of Photography position was on the feature film Shablul (which has a cult following to this day).
Upon her return to Paris in the mid-1970s, she became the first woman in France to be officially recognized as a Director of Photography. As such, she has worked with a wide range of directors including Agnès Varda (Daguerreotypes, 1975) and Réné Allio (Moi Pierre Rivière ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère, 1976), and perhaps most notably, she has collaborated with the important filmmaker Amos Gitai on his masterpieces Field Diary (1982) and A House in Jerusalem (1998).
Nurith Aviv has worked on about 100 films, both fiction and documentaries, and has directed her own documentaries, including Circoncision (2000), in which men and women express their views on circumcision, as a mark on the body, as a lineage, and cultural heritage. Beyond her work in film, Nurith Aviv is frequently invited to teach all over the world.
Camerawoman
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1997 |
Oskar and Jack |
1996 |
Clando |
1990 |
Lung Ta : Les cavaliers du vent |
1989 |
Berlin-Jerusalem |
1985 |
Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen (TV movie) |
1984 |
Ananas |
El filandón |
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1982 |
Miras Haus (TV movie) |
1981 |
Documenteur |
1980 |
Al Hevel Dak |
Auf halbem Weg (TV movie) |
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1979 |
A Woman Like Eve |
La Fille de Prague avec un sac très lourd |
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Mais où et donc Ornicar |
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1978 |
Io sono mia |
1976 |
I, Pierre Rivière |
1975 |
Story of Paul, The |
1974 |
Erica Minor |
Documentaries | |
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2024 |
Lettre errante |
2023 |
Nurith Aviv - Woman with a Camera |
2022 |
Des mots qui restent |
2018 |
Signer |
2015 |
Poétique du cerveau |
2013 |
Those Who Go Those Who Stay |
2011 |
Traduire |
2008 |
Kurt Masur: Adventures in Listening |
2002 |
Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection |
Tehora (TV movie) |
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2001 |
Homemad(e) |
Wadi Grand Canyon 2001 |
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1999 |
Ein flüchtiger Zug nach dem Orient |
1998 |
A House in Jerusalem |
1996 |
Paris Was a Woman |
1995 |
Aqabat Jaber: Peace with No Return? |
1994 |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy : III. Queen Mary |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy II : In the Name of the Duce |
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1993 |
The Neo-Fascist Trilogy : I. In the Valley of the Wupper |
1991 |
Birth of a Golem |
Wadi 1981-1991 |
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1988 |
Jane B. for Agnès V. |
1987 |
Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through |
Brand New Day |
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1982 |
Field Diary |
1980 |
Mur murs |
1976 |
Plaisir d'amour en Iran |
1975 |
Daguerreotypes |
1971 |
Shablul |
1969 |
Mai 68 : Pano ne passera pas |
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1984 |
7 Rm., kit., ba... |
Actress
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2023 |
Nurith Aviv - Woman with a Camera |
2019 |
Varda By Agnes |
Director
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2024 |
Lettre errante |
2022 |
Des mots qui restent |
2020 |
Yiddish |
2018 |
Signer |
2015 |
Poétique du cerveau |
2013 |
Annonces |
2011 |
Traduire |
2008 |
Langue sacrée, langue parlée |
2004 |
Bruly Bouabré’s Alphabet |
Misafa Lesafa |
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1997 |
We, France's Undocumented Immigrants |
Screenwriter
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2024 |
Lettre errante |
2020 |
Yiddish |
2013 |
Annonces |
2011 |
Traduire |
2008 |
Langue sacrée, langue parlée |
2004 |
Bruly Bouabré’s Alphabet |
Misafa Lesafa |
Editor
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2022 |
Des mots qui restent |
2020 |
Yiddish |
2018 |
Signer |
2004 |
Bruly Bouabré’s Alphabet |
Composer
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2004 |
Bruly Bouabré’s Alphabet |