Biography
Born in New York, Joseph Cedar immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of six. Cedar studied philosophy and theatre history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is an NYU Film School graduate.
His first two feature films, TIME OF FAVOR (2001) and CAMPFIRE (2004) were chosen to be Israel’s official selections for the Foreign Language category at the Oscars®. Both films were box-office hits in Israel and were distributed theatrically in North America and Europe. CAMPFIRE had its world premiere at the Berlin Int. Film Festival 2004. Cedar received the Silver Bear award for best director for his third film, BEAUFORT (2007), which premiered in the main competition at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival. BEAUFORT became the top grossing film in the Israeli box-office that year and was later nominated for an Academy Award® for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2008.
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Director
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2025 |
Jerusalem, I Love You |
2016 |
Norman |
2011 |
Footnote |
2007 |
Beaufort |
2004 |
Campfire |
2000 |
Time of Favor |
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2024 |
Constellation |
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These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin (E08) |
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Through the Looking Glass (E07) |
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Paul Is Dead (E06) |
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2019 |
Our Boys |
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Chapter 10: A Shaft Into a Dark Tunnel (E10) |
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Chapter 9: The Perfumer and the Tanner (E09) |
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Chapter 8: Defendants 2 and 3 (E08) |
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more episodes (7) |
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2010 |
Sharon Amrani: Remember His Name |
Screenwriter
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2016 |
Norman |
2011 |
Footnote |
2007 |
Beaufort |
2004 |
Campfire |
2000 |
Time of Favor |
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2019 |
Our Boys |
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Chapter 6: Acceptance of Silence (E06) |
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Chapter 5: Shabbat Shalom (E05) |
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Chapter 3: Two Packs of Red Next (E03) |
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Creator
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2019 |
Our Boys |
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Chapter 10: A Shaft Into a Dark Tunnel (E10) |
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Chapter 9: The Perfumer and the Tanner (E09) |
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Chapter 8: Defendants 2 and 3 (E08) |
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more episodes (7) |
Actor
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2009 |
A History of Israeli Cinema |
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2004 |
At the Movies |