| Ilan
Ziv was born in Israel in 1950 and came to the United
States after fighting in the Yom Kippur (The October)
War in 1973. Ilan Ziv is a graduate of New York University
film school, and in 1978 he co-produced New York's
first Middle East Film Festival. That same year he
founded Icarus Films, an educational film distribution
company, which he left in 1980 in order devote himself
to making documentary films, and since then he has
directed dozens of documentaries dealing broadly
with issues of human rights and investigations of
contemporary history.
His most recent film Six Days, 1967: the War
that changed the Middle East. just opened theatrically
in NY and will be broadcast in June around the
world ( PBS (US), ARTE (France Germany) , RAI
(Italy) Radio Canada ( Canada), Channel 10 (Israel),
SBS (Australia) and many other countries . The
film has been hailed by critics. “helmet Ilan Ziv provides invaluable perspective
and fresh insights while offering an enlightening
history lesson with the narrative momentum of
an engrossing drama” -Variety . “Six Days gives the Battle of Algiers
, a run for its money “ -Time out With interviews with insiders and a number of
key players, and a wealth of archival footage,
Ziv's gripping film is as tense as any Hollywood
movie and filled with a cast of larger-than-life
personalities. - TV Guide His other critically-acclaimed films have included
On the Edge of Peace (1995); Tango of Slaves
(1994); and Human Weapon(2002) hailed by the
New York Times as “gripping and important”.
His films have been broadcast by leading television
networks and presented in film festivals around
the world. Accolades include the Prix Europa
(Europe highest television award), Silver Nymph
and International Jury Award in Monte Carlo,
and Cine Eagle in the United States. The Best
Documentary Award at Israel's Haifa International
Film Festival. Ilan Ziv has been a pioneer in the United States
of developing a new kind of television documentaries
where ordinary people working in collaboration
with professionals are producing personal records
of their lives Ilan Ziv produced and co produced “Video
Diaries” with the BBC , ARD , Israeli Television,
IKON (Dutch TV), PBS (US) and Channel 4 in the
UK. Some of these unique documentaries premiered
in int’l film festivals including Sundance.
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