Amir Gedalia

Amir Gedalia was born in 1952 in Mesilot

Amir Gedalia was born on July 17, 1952, in Kibbutz Mesilot in the Beit She'an Valley. His parents, Avraham and Tamar, came to Israel with a Hashomer Hatzair group from Alexandria, Egypt. The family moved to Kiryat Gat so his father could study accounting, and later to Kiryat Ono, where he finished Ben Zvi High School.

He joined the Paratroopers Brigade and served as an officer and as a squad commander instructor at Bahad 1. He fought in northern Sinai in the Yom Kippur War. After the war he commanded a reserve outpost deep in Syrian territory on the Golan Heights.

He studied accounting and economics at Tel Aviv University. He worked as chief financial officer of Global International Transport, became a partner and managed several companies in which it held stakes.

In 2004 he founded Polmon Productions with director Haim Bouzaglo. The two produced about 10 films and opened an acting school for the camera. He later produced films with directors including Dan Wolman, Beni Fredman, Rikki Shelach and Tali Ohayon.

He is married to children's author Ami Gedalia and has 2 sons. He lives in Neve Monosson in Yehud.